The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-03-11


friends" Few OF those brought TO
America occupy higher position.
With no hand In the shaping OF their
destiny. they usually accept the ineyl.
table withou. question. at Is our an.
Client custom. Il Is our Chinese way"
Two weeks later Wong brought his
heather sweetheart and placed her I'm
my care. She was bright and attrac.
tive, spoke ANA read English fairly
well, and seemed perfectly at home In
her new surroundings. She listened
with Difference TO all l had 10 say, but
absolutely refused to be married I'm
Chinese costume. Her plum.colorcd
tunlc ana wldc.nowiug trousers must
be exchanged for American clothes;
only her jade stone earrings and silver.
tipped bamboo bracelets were retained.
together with the jcwclcd darts that
held back her purpleblaclg hair.
Close questioning convinced me TINT
this was true love malch-no bargain
and sale. MS I had feared. such as IL
common on the Pacific Coast. All
they asked was American protection
and freedom from molesiatlon.
With painstaking care, matrimonial
responsibilities, moral ana legal. We're
! explained. and minister engaged, who
helped Wong secure his license. The
ceremony was set for half-past two,
and the young couple departed to Sc
cure suitable garments.
with amused Impotence the clergy
man and few invited guests waited
TIL . p. m. for the chief actors. At last
they appeared, In full conventional
dress, gray kid gloves and fashionable
hats, the poor little bride struggling
painfully with her unaccustomed
skirts.
Without further preliminary. these
two members OF an alien race were
made one. "What God has Joined
together let no man put asunder."
Then came an unexpected hitch. In
the marriage certificate "Nn 10y" was
the name given the bride by the clerk
OF the court. To this she objected, say
Ing, "My name not so. my Sunday
school teacher say right name Anna
and Anna only would she sign.
Vainly the newly married pail
searched for respectable boarding
place among the whites. No one would
take the Chinese pair. lodgings were
secured, however. In the American part
OF the town. and they settled down Il
housekeeping.
At this juncture was suddenly
called East Before leaving l tool
Wong and his wife to church. and be
spoke the kindly interest OF the Ladies'
Missionary Society In their behalf. /
also impressed upon them that the min
lister would hefrlend them I'm case OF
need. Then. secure In the thought that
these two heather at the door would
be well cared for by workers In III,
hidden field" took my departure.
Six weeks later | returned 10 find
that the Chinese bride had beer
claimed by n Chinese Free Mason OF
Butte. MS his friend and chattel. valued
at $500. and spirited away, while hel
husband had seemingly been swept
from the face OF the earth as not IN,
falntest trace OF his whereabouts could
be found.
Chinatown. though rnclge1 10 the
centre. hllndly smiled at the inqulsitlv,
reporters, aud refused an explanations
My own anxious inquiries among my
Chinese friends were mot with pollt,
eyaslons or ablcct apologies. 1--WE allie,
solly Wong make Miss Ellcry so mucl
trouble. He steal him wife" To my
Indignant protests that Ma Toy wa,
lawfully married ana should be pro
tcctcd by the courts. they answered:
wong know better than go 10 court
Wong 90 TO law. no win. alice lite. ht
pay cost. You help Wong win, ther
Chinese papcr say. 'Ono thousand dol
lars for some one stlcl; knife n
Wong NOu not know what Chimes,
paper say No one Rim FOR one thou
sand. paper say. Two thousand. tire,
thousand Some night Wong die. n,
one know. Flee Mason pay. Six Com
pauy pay. Wong Flee Mason. Na 10,
b'long 20 Flee Mason. Wong steal hin
| wife; tell much biz lie. Velly bad"
! Somewhere In Butte Montana, Z
sweetfaced wife. worse than widowed
drags out her hopeless days IN degra
| dalton and shame. while her mnrriag,
certificate Is filed away by the clerl
OF the court
sufficiently enlightened 90 understand
that America was the home OF the free
where no slavery could exist. thes,
simple-minded children had sought un
der protection OF our laws 10 evad,
. y Chinese customs Na 10y, the chattel
bad run away from bondage. beleyln,
that IN this Christian land she woulC
be- permitted 10 lead clean. yirtuoul
life as the wife OF Wong Wa Foy.
what could / dog What could anJ
one do single handed with the swor,
Of Damocles hanging by a hair owe
their headsY
no doubt Wong was killed" sal,
the minister. 10 which the editor added
; ITS hot stun for story Write Il mp
Have It illustrated Ia colors. New
York Evening Post