The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

The Mandarin's small daughter
battered behind her mother, gay as
butterfly in a tunic Of pale blue silk,
short embroidered skirt and scarlet
satin beaded slippeVs. She carried
q, moonshine-colored parasol in her
| hand tiny ivory fan up her sleeve.
! and wore a jeweled pin in the bow
OF shining hair on the side OF her
| little head. She was in very high
spirits, Her mother was taking her
to visit her fathers old nurse, whose
son kept q duck farm, and as Ku
Yum had for many moons longed TO
see the place where little ducks co "
10 be big ducks, of course she was
much eiated. Now and then she
gave little skip and jump.
''Bum-m- M" she cried 10 a great
bee that few heavily by. Then she
pursed up her tiny vine-leaf mouth,
Tilted her little powdered nose and
chirrupped 10 bird in the bough
OF s. tree.
Little fish," she cried to Some min
to show yourselves to me; but hide
under the stones quick, quick, fer
the bad boys are coming along"
Why aren't you taking your kit
tens for a walk instead OF enjoying
this fine day all by YOURSELF" she
scoided a big tortoise shelf cat, prowl-
ing slowly along. Look at my hon
orable mother ! am sure she feels
much better with me by her sidu
than If she went out alone, don't you,
mother?"
She ran forward and slipped her
tiny hand up her mothers sleeve
Yes. daughter" replied her moth
er.
You see You heart, cried Ku
Yum, nodding her head at the cat
Meow Meow!" answered the poor
thing. It's green eyes were full of
tears. You see II didn't happen to
have any kittens and felt that it was
being blamed unjustly.
When they reached the duck farm.
Ku Yum was all aquiver with excite
ment and she was so anxious to got
around amongst the ducks and duck
lings. the geese and goslings, that
she found it very hard TO sit still in
the duck farmers sitttngroom while
her mother talked to his wife and
his mother about many things which
were not at all interesting TO Ku
Yum.
SO when Pau Tsu. the duck farmer
little daughter, crept into the room,
Ku Yum was very glad indeed and
, smiled brightly upon Pau Tsu, and
Pau Tsu. who was very shy, looked
down upon the ground and drew
her rather big hands up withilt her
brown cotton sleeves. She had not
] been accustomed to meeting such
splendid and dazzling little girls as
Ku Yum. However. when her
mother told her that she could take
Ku Yum around the duck farm and
show her all its wonders. she bright
/ Sned uu and began to explain things
about ducks so clearly that the Man
! dartn's small daughter forgot to re-
member that Pau Tsu was dressed
I In brown cotton. What, however, she
| could not help regarding with an
| which was braided In a very old
fashioned manner with q piece OF
| coarse black Irvine.
How elegant the rope which de-
scends from your head.' observed
! Ku Yum mischievously as she fed
| the great gray gander with a piece
! OF rice cake.
| Pau Tsu made no reply. but a drop
| Of water fell from her eye and help
| sa 10 swell the stream.
| II see that most Of the ducks and
| geese are In the wide water over
! there said Ku Yum the next mo-
| ment. She gazed Iongingiy at what
| appeared TO be a lake some distance
| UP stream.
THAT is the paddy field" inform
! ed the little farmer girl. frgettine
| all about her hair. After the rice
harvest. father flooded 1t with water
ana. OF course, all the ducks and
geese love TO be In it. There Is SO
| much grain left behind and also lots