Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-12

/ ne representative Of the tong. He
whispered in her ear that II was be
who had sent the money to bring her
over she asked about Wun Lung.
Fow Kee smiled and said that Wun
Lung was happy-Wun Lung and his
Irish-American wives. And he
scowled and smiled as Sun Joy ut
tered a low voiced exclamation of
despair.
At last Wun Lung and Sun Joy met,
with enthusiasm on one side and
much reserve on the other. Fow Kee
hung around for a time, but finally
was compelled to leave them alone.
And then Sun Joe burst forth and
told Wun Lung about his Irish-Ameri-
can wives. Wun Lung smiled. The
wives belonged to Fow Kee, not to
himself. And so he told Sun Joy.
And she believed him and was glad.
And Sun Joy joined the troupe
and she was a strong drawing card.
The Kee-Lung-Joy Chinese Acrobats
held their place at the top of the pro
gram. And Sun Joy learned. She had
not forgotten the bamboo rod In the
market place. But she chung to Wun
Lung and rebuffed Fow Kee. She was
a queen In her way, was Sun Joy. and
Fow Kee was afraid of her. But he
thought II Wun Lung was out of the
way II would be a good thing-a very
good thing. But the troupe msde
money. Fow Kee got the most of IT.
but Wun Lung and Sun Joy had plen-
ty, too.
High up in the laundry on the stage
was a tight wire which was supposed
to be an indoor clothes line. The wire
was not ten feet-it was rs feet above
the hard boards of the stage. All
three of the troupe danced upon this
wire. Fow Kee was not altogether
graceful and he generally was afraid.
and the other two had most of the ap-
plause. Wun Lung especially made
hit
One night before the curtain rose,
Fow Kee with his own hands moved
the real iron stove over to a point
directly under the wire. A man fall
ing from above upon the stove might
be crushed to death.
It was at the very climax Of the
act. The three were upon the wire.
Sunddenly, by an almost impercepti-
BILE movement, Fow Kee jerked his
elbow into Wun Lungs side. Wun
Lung braved himself. grasped at the
air, tottered and fell. He was q lit
tie fellow and he did not weigh over
much. Fow Kee Smiled and scowled.
But little Sun Joy darte6 forward
and caught Wun Lung as he fell.
This, too. destroyed her balance. but
with her other hand she chung to the
wire. And there they hung, In mid
air. Fow Kee now grasped the stu
alton He did not want her harmed,
and he saw she would cling to the
last gasp. And anyway II they did
fall now 1t was likely that they
would light on their feet. He there
fore waved his hand lightly to the
audience and STOPPING down. by main
force lifted Sun Joy and Wun Lung
back to the wire. The audience, who
thought 1t was a new trick, laughed
and aPpiauded. But Sun Joy, who had
seen IL all, did not laugh. Nor did
she laugh later when she saw Fow
Kee shake a bit of white powder into
Wun Lungs tea.
But she did laugh the next day
when she and Wun Lung, in luxuri-
GUS palace car, sped west from dan
ger into safety, sped on thier hasty
wedding trip back to the beautiful
street of the Six Hundred Full Blown
Roses. Back to the Imperial theater
a scowling Chinaman was trying to
do the Kee-Lung-Joy act all by him
self He didn't do it well and the
crowd knew 1t. Bring on the little
Chink and the little girl" they yelled
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