The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-04-17

sort OF goods were shipped by way OF
the Fall River Limo TO his countrymen
In New York.
We secured corner table in the
inner room at the Savarin. 1t was
not so crowded there and It was less
busting and noisy. My companion at
tracted some little attention, Of course,
but not sufficient to prove annoying.
New York. as Il rule, pays small heed
| simply to the unusual, and Cinnamon
are common enough not to be abso-
lute CurIosities even in tho big down.
town restaurants.
A very dapper little fellow was Mr..
Now; neatly aud inconspicuously clad.
| and well brushed and combed. He
was for recalling old college days,
when he was CoXswain OF the class
crew and | pulled the stroke oar, but
my time was too precious for such
rorninlscence, and as speedily az pos.
slblc preached tho subject had at
heart
Now" l began. perhaps less deli
ca'ely than should, there's n saying,
you know. that the only good Indian is
q dead Indian. That wouldn't apply
to the Chinese. would It? And yet,
while there are some very excellent
Cinnamon, there are some pretty bad
ones, aren't there"
lie grlnned. exposing his fine teeth.
"Oh, yes" he answered, there are
good and bad. but the percentage OF
bad is less in my country than in
some others" caught the signlh-
cameo Of his remark, and realized that
| deserved tho rebuke.
And amongst the educated Chinese,
here in Now York;" went on, with.
out stopping for comment There
are a few bad?"
lie was still smiling.
Bad?" he Queried. What do you
mean by bad? There are some who
have vices. yes. Some gamble, some
smoke opium some get the best OF
a bargain"
Are there some who would kill?" |
asked, b!untly
'4lr Nv hNs Af plOA'Situ, NllllAAA
raising his voice Il certainly should
hope there are mono such among the
educated"
And then told him about tho three
letters, and what had happened, omit.
ting only CamcrOns name and place
Of residence Impcrturbable little
chap ,hat he was. he listened without
emotion When / concluded he said:
You are sure they were Cinnamon
who did rhis?"
Would men Of any other nationality
quote Confucius and Mencius?"
asked
NO, think not" was hts reply.
"and yet It might he done by crafty
persons to mslead."
But | could not agree with him.
I'VE are not rcyengeful as a nation"
he said, I'VE are rather long,sufferlng.
II Cinnamon did what you tell me, It
was in return for some very great In
jury; some crime, ! should say.
against their parents or near kIns-
men"
But my friend was never in China"
declared. And he was the last man
in the world to harm anyone"
For little while Nov Chez ate in
thoughtful silence. Presently he
looked up.
Clyde my friend. know so little
Of my own people here in New York.
But one man know, n merchant, who
is very prominent and very upright
He is n big man in the Six Companies
will give you a card to him; you
can speak to him In confidence, and II
he can help you, he will. not only be-
cause sent you, but because he
stands for all that Is best, and de-
sires that my countrymen in the
United States shall have the respect
they deserve from your citizens. !
would send you to tho Chinese Con-
sui, but my friend, Mr., Yup Sing. is
Better"
My hand was on tho newspaper In
my pocket, but | did not show II to
Now Chez. would reserve 1t for tho
encyclopaedia Yup Sing. whose ad.
dress, as written on the card which
my classmate furnished me, was on
Mott street, few doors from Pell.
New York's Chinatown is a much
more familiar locality to the transient
visitor than to the average citizen. In
all the years OF my residence in tho
metropolis. Of which | am a native, ]
had never before had either the occa.
sion or the desire to dip into this most
foreign OF all the city's foreign sec.
tions. To me, Chinatown was as q
far country. Vaguely ! had an idea
of its location. II lay, knew, east OF
Broadway and west of the Bowery;
but its latitude was not clearly de
fined
My impulse was to hail cab, give
the driver the number OF the Mott
street establishment, and so. without
further individual effort, be whirled
away to my destination. But there are
no cab stands on lower Broadway:
and TO walk to Broad street, where
the cabman lies all day in wait for the
prosperous stock broker and bis NJ
fluent customer. required more time
than In my impotence / was WILLING