Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-15
SHORT STORY FOR
EVENING HOURS
VENGEANCE OF FOON LUX

The curtain of the Varieties went up
and the orchestra after the overture
began q rondeau. The seats were allied
with an anxious and expectant audi.
ence. Foon LAX. the child wonder,
was TO appear. Wonderful things had
been written about the feats Of this
mite of Chinese femininity. The play.
bills had pictured her in full Oriental
costume, gay with colors, and golden
with the dragons on the silk. She was
"A success before she appeared.
Before q bar of the music had been
played she came out fro mthe wings,
with short, quick steps toward the foot.
lights. The applause Of the audience
came to her as she knelt down on the
mat before beginning. Resting on her
knees and hands she bent forward UNI
I'll her head touched the floor.
"she is praying" said somebody in
the audience to his neighbor, that ~
the way those hratnens pray"
She was praying. but not one OF
those whose eyes looked at her could
have guessed what her prayer was.
Amid a dead silence she rose and stood
up. while a big, strengthening Celes.
tial brought chairs and other parapher.
MALTA upon the stage.
Hurry" he said to her, roughly, in
Chinese. they will laugh at you II you
wait as though you were afraid. Hurry,
or you will know what the black stick
means when you have finished"
She began tremblinsly. AS fast as
the man builded the chairs one on top
Of the other. her body, serpent.like.
glided in and out Of the rungs, through
the open backs, and over the seats. It
seemed as though she had the power
to balance those beneath her. When
she had reach point so high that the
man could no longer reach he tossed
the chairs up to her. This was con.
tinued until ten chars stood, one above
the other, in the center Of the stage.
All the while he kept talking to her
In their native tongue.
Beware. II you fall. I will prod
you like pig; make but one error and
Iso" wiz HeNe' see 'oinoiroW' shiiie' VI
you VIII fail; let a laugh come to your
lips, you cat"
To all Of which the child replied not
one word. She kept her knees from
trembling and performed her feats
wei. When the tenth chair was In POI
sition, the man handed her up lacquer
globe. She balanced the globe on the
back OF the hn'nest chair, then crawl
ing up until she STOOD on IT, she
walked II slowly as 1t rolled from one
END OF the CHAIR TO the other. Not a
sound was heard In the theater; even
the music stopped until she was safe
back on the chair seat again. Then
the applause burst out, and Tor the
llrst time a genuine smile came TO her
lips and she bowed, half bashfuily-as
any child would-in the direction or
lhe misty rows OF races beyond the
tootlights.
Gliding IN and out OF the chairs as
they were taken down, she reached the
stage as she mad lett II. Then came
the mans turn. he raced the audience
and bowed obsequiously; then' strip
ping on MS outer blouse ne threw him'
sell upon padded table ana Deck
oned the child TO MIN. she came and
ne picked her up and raising her upon
MS upturned feet' balanced her mo-
ment' ana then sent her through the
ar IN somersauit ana caught her az
she descended.
"Aiya! she cried; and the audience
appiauded again.
What Is II now?' ne asked her.
II pains my BACK.
rhe black SUCK VIII pain you more
than that ne answered. as with a
swift deft jerk he whiried her round
again. The act ended.
Hand In hand, they bowed themselves
OH the stage amid applause, but were
called back TO DOW again, once, twice.
three times
This was the DEBUT OF Foon Lux AFTER
TWO years OF nara work under vicious