The Washington herald., 1907-04-22
TRUE TO CHINA GIRL
Moy Wong, Gambler, Goes
Back to Sweetheart.
BRAVES PACIFIC FOR OLD LOVE
Came TO washington When a Boy.
Returns to FIowery Kingdom an
ola ARn-Win Become Husband of
Woman who Has Grown Gray An
ticipatIng His Return.

Moy Wong has gone home to die. Moy
Wong is a Chinaman; a chinaman who
came TO Washington many years ago,
and who has lived practically without
working.
Stin he was respected and popular ana
at last, having gotten together enough
money 70 live the rest of his life and
among his own people. Moy Wong has
gone back to China 10 live and die and
be buried in the sunny land where he frst
saw light Moy Wong's one fond hope
the hope Of a lifetime-has been realized.
Moy Wong was shrewd. All Cinnamon
are shrewd, but Moy Wong was a little
bit wiser had different disposition, was
always good natured, mixed Well with
Americans, and as a result, if he ever
actually worked. no one in Chinatown
ever heard OF it. Anyway, Moy Wong
lived. and he lived we'll. His headquar-
ters in Washington were in a little garnet
room in the building az SlS Pennsylvania
avenue, and the home of the local reform
association. But Moy Wong didn't take
much interest in reform; ne was too busy
with his business and longing for the
time when he would land on his own soil
again.
In addition to his shrewdness. Moy
Wong was industrious-that is, in a way.
During most Of his existence here he had
been connected with the different Chinese
lotteries and other games Of chance that
are always going on among the Celes-
tails. In other words, MOy Wong was a
gambler good gambler. He was always
on the square, never hesitated about help
ing a fell0w-man who was down and out,
and above all, it is said of him that he
never took advantage of a Chinaman or
an American in a game OF chance that
wasn't conducted along absolutely honest
lines Moy Wong took chances, but was
honest.
All Chinatown Knew Him.
All Chinatown knew Moy Wong. All
Chinatown respected him. As a result
when Moy Wong announced that he was
preparing to pack his little wicker trunk
and his sack, for a suit ease and start
on his long journey-one that every
Chnaman lives fOr-there was a good
deal of regret among the Chinese who had
known him and seen him daily for many
years. Moy Wong had long been IA
miliar character in Chinatown. The deal
ers. the Iaundrymen, and the Chinese ser
wants all depended on Moy Wong for val
liable Information of all kinds and MOy
Wong was always equal to the emer-
gency.
Moy Wong wasn't very tall. but he was
broad-broad-m minded and broad in body.
In fact ne was fat. which may account
for his amiability. He wore long mus
tache. always had good clothes. and was
D.
fat. chubby face.
Moy Wong was strong on mingling with
his native brothers, and he was foRd OF
talking-he barred but one subject. This
one subject is a little bit Of romance that
brought him 10 AmeTica-tO seek his for
tune make good, and eventually bring
the little girl he had loved in his bOyhood
to this country, when they We're to be
made man and wife with ceremonies as
nearly as possible like those of China.
Came Before Exclusion Laws.
In Washington Moy Wong's life has
been without incident. He came to the
United States before the exclusion laws
were put into effect. The exclusion laws
have always been source of worry 10
this Chinaman. even in his ole age. f0rif it
had not been for their enactment his life
would have been altogether different MOy
Wong would have been a different man
he would not have been a gambler, per-
haps Moy Wong planned for years be
fore he left home to bring his little ORR
entail sweetheart to this country But the
exclusion act interfered with Moy Wongs
plans-they changed his life.
But through years and years of separa-
ton, thousands of miles apart. and with
a whole continent and the Pacific Ocean
between them, BIoy Wong has been true
TO the little Acknowledged girl that he left
in the Fi0weTy Kingdom when he was
nothing more than a boy. And the girl,
now a woman well along in years, is still
unmarried. is still waiting, back at the
old home IN China. for Moy Wong.
VIII Not DfsappOtnt Her.
Moy Wong viii not disappoint her. Sew
eral days ago he left here amid the pro-
tests of his friends, who hated to lose
him, to marry the girl the choice Of his
youth, 70 live the rest OF his life in peace,
and last, but not least, be buried where
he belonged and IN the soil Of China, 10
which every Chinaman is loyal.
MOy Wong has gone home TO die, but
first he is TO be married and enjoy the
life he has looked forward to for so many
years. in spite of all his trials and tribu-
lations in this foreign land.