Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
| full blooded Chinese.

full blooded Chinese.
 l But it has been left to reporter fol
 the Call to bring out a lot of her fine points that nobody in these parts, not even Mary, ever suspected before. Here is what he says:
 Miss Lee Kue. Chinese cattle queen of Arizona, is in town. She arrived unostentatiously and has taken up her abode in the Chinese quarter. As vet she has not shot out the lights of the district nor has she attempted to dec- crate it with a streak of carmine after the custom of cattle queens of 5-cent fiction. MissLee Kue is a most peace able and refined cowgirl. She left her shooting Irons at home near Phoenix, Ariz.
 She is here on her way to China as an escort of the ashes of her father, who died several years ago and must, according to custom, be buried in the fowery kingdom. While Lee Kue is thousands of years ahead Of her own race she still clings to some of its traditions. Therefore her fathers last wish will be religiously carried out.
 Since she was 15, Lee Kue has had full charge of her fathers ranch, which brings an annual income of $10,000. Every detail of it's workings was man aged by her. With a staff of admirins cowboys she superintended the brand ing and the rounding up and she rode her own horse into Phoenix.
 Her life entrusted almost gro- tesquely with that of her sisters here and in China. While they seldom saw even the little corners of the world in which they lived, all Arizona was Lee Kue's to wander over. Her sisters covered their faces from the sight of men. Lee Kue goes forth among the sterner set of her own land and of America, jokes with them, quarre.s with them and bargains with the'n shrewdly. While her sisters toddle on their uncertain pyramid feet, Lee Kue leaps into the saddle of a bucling mus tang and rides with the best cattle puncher in Arizona.
 Farming and horticulture are open books to this Chinese girl of 20. Most of the markets in Phoenix are pro- vided with fruit and vegetables from her ranch. When the cattle were not occupying all her attention she would rise before dawn and drive four horse wagon loaded with produce into town.
 Lee Kue Is small and trim. Except for tho frank and fearless look in her oblique eyes there is nothing in her appearance to distinguish her from the conventional Chinese girls cooped in arborS of lilies and occupying their time in wondering how the street be- low them looks, But tbe desert tan of Arizona is on Lee Kue's cheeks and now years of indoor life would never make them pale. She belongs to the strenuous life.
 Though Miss Lee Kue is an heiress, she is not regarded in Chinatown as a matrimonial prize. She is so mar velously new" that the eligibles fear her.
 Marry a woman who rides astride like a white devil" upon a prancing horse and no doubt has a Colt 45 CO., quettishly tucked away in her hip pocket? Not for Ah Kee! Not for Fat Sung! Not for any of the Beau Brummels of Chinatown!
 On the other hand the cattle queen would hardly care for them. If she brought An Kee or Fat Sung to Phoe- nix as her husband, his skin might promptly be perforated by some of Miss Lee Kue's narrow minded admi- rers among the Alkalai Ikes or Tue son Charities.
 When Lee Kue returns from China she will continue to manage the ranch. If she decides to take in a partner. he will not be led to the altar by his pig tail. Lee Kue does not admire long hair on men. Her fortunate husband will be "all samee white man."