The San Francisco call., 1905-08-13
ORIENTAL MAID
MOURNS LOVER
Tiny All Sue Waits in Tears
for All Fun, Who Was to
Bear Her Off in His Arms
BREAKS HIS TRYST
Flees From Methodist Home
to Meet Man She Adored
When in Seattle Prison

Little Chinese All Sue, tiny-footed,
tender hearted. pretty. romantic withal
lies in a dark cell of the City Prison,
afraid to go back to the home from
which she escaped and crying for an
Oriental lover whose courage was not
equal to the task of carrying her away
from the Government authorities. For
little Ah Sue is prisoner Of the United
States of America. All day she cries
and at night she tosses restlessly in
the rough cot of the iron clad room.
How different from the quiet tree
house in far-away China, where she
had dreamed of living joyously with
her lover, feasting on daintily cooked
rice and supping on the dark teas of
her native land. She is waiting for All
Fun, the noblest, in her eyes. of all the
followers of the mighty Confucius AL
though he claims not his betrothed, yet,
woman like she clings to the hope that
he will come and with tender kisses
fly away with her.
The story of All Sue is a romantic
one-of a sort that will create envy in
the heart of many an adventurous
American lass She was a care free
girl in Canton, living in the peaceful
vision of a marriage with her noted
cousin, Sing Now. One day she wan
dered down to the river, bad man
seized her cruelty around the waist,
and half smothered, she was brought
to Portland in charge of the famous
abductor Moy Bun. Then she was TAX
en- to Seattle, and there, one night. the
police raided the dingy rooms in which
she was kept and carried her away
with them, a prisoner of the dreaded
United States.
WOOED HER IN PRISON.
Thrown in prison, for days she
waited to be let out. No one except the
keeper came to her. But, late one
night, wonder of wonders. she heard
voice calling sweetly to her in her ma
tive tongue. 1t was All Fun, a young
man, arrested for gambling. By days
he cooed loving words to her, and at
night he sang the quaint Oriental airs
that she loved. Cousin Sing Now was
forgotten, and for weeks she lay bask-
ing in the sunny smiles of All Fun. She
was troubled no more
Then came her trial and the appeal to
the United States Supreme Court.
Pending the decision, she was torn
away from her lover and placed in the
Methodist mission in San Francisco.
She did not forget Ah Fun Letters
came from him and her heart yearned
to speak to him. again. One day came
startling news. All Fun, the man she
loved, was in San Francisco!
The Home no longer held charms for
her. She must be with this one of her
heart. The escape was planned. Fri
day night, when the moon was dark
ened. was the time set.
AS the hour of midnight approached,
All Sue crept down the Home stairs.
With her was All Ying, who was also
anxious to escape. Into the dining
room they went and looked out the
window. All Fun was nowhere to be
seen. Still believing, Ah Sue pressed
against the heavy screen with all her
force, and it gave way The two girls
were free, but the lover of little All
Fun was nowhere to be seen. They
to go. To return to the Home
seemed to them impossible
LOVER DOES NOT COME.
With trembling steps they walked to
the City Prison. They asked for the
Judge. When informed that he had
gone hours before, they resolutely
asked to be locked up Their request
was granted.
At the Home all was excitement. The
escape had been discovered within a
few minutes of its success, and the
search was begun. Mrs. Berry, in
charge of the Home in Miss Davis alb
sence, searched the Chinese quarter in
vain. 1t was not until to-day that she
learned that the refugees were safe in
prison.
Meanwhile Ah Sue and All Ying put up
a different tale to the police. They say |
that the Home was cruel to them and |
that they wanted to get away. But the
intense love of All Sue disproved this |
story When the name of All Fun was
mentioned to her, she raised her fearful |
eyes and said: Him my lover-him no |
callee for me las night"
1t is probable that All Sue will be
again, for the Home will |
not take her back. Mrs. Berry saws |
that the girl was never treated cruelty.
but that the escape was planned. For |
the last two days she has stood at the |
front window. looking for Ah Fun in I
the meantime her lover may look in |
vain for her. as it is likely that she will
be soon deported.