The Dolores star., 1924-07-11
The Blow
That Came
to Lin Loo
By ANTHONY RElMERT
- ~. ,,.s.sEa NsNsPapsE Ualoal

WYE ALL took natural Interest
Wv in Lin Loo, chop suey restaurant
proprietor. In the first place, he was
a member Of the Presbyterian church.
and in the second he was the only
Chinaman in town
This interest was naturally en-
hanced when there appeared on the
scene suddenly a pretty little Chinese
wife.
And It rose to boiling point when he
brought to the Rev. Mr.. Sturgis Jones
[ a tiny baby TO be chrlstened.
Ii howled as Justify as any eau
casian infant when the water was
poured on It. That assured Lin Loo's
standing In the community. Thence
forward all Rockiugton took pride
In Its two Christian, civilized Mon
gollan adults and It's one Mongol
United States citizen. The business of
the chop Suey restaurant went up by
leaps and bounds. Someone, learning
that Lin Loo's deposit at the bank
was u heavy one, even proposed nom
mating him for village trustee. How
ever, as Lin Loo was not citizen,
and couldn't become one, the proposal
came to nothing.
Spring brought It's annual crop of
InfantIle disorders. Measles and
mumps-nothtng to white children,
but death TO MongOlians. The little
baby sickened and died.
1T might have been malignant
smallpox" said Doctor Harrington.
No one could have saved it,"
Lin Loo bore up under the blow.
He's taking it Ike a white man and
a Christian" said the Rev. Sturgis
Jones admiringly.
They'll get over It when the next
one comes" said Mrs. Sturgis Jones,
with one of those feminine glances
that are so significant.
Three months later pretty little
Mrs. Lin Loo was dead. She was
| buried with the newborn baby beside
her. Lin Loo was left alone.
Not a change appeared upon his
stolld. smiling Mongol face. But he
| feels it." said Rev. Sturgis Jones.
| Don't believe for moment that he
hasn't any feeling. These Chinese
have a wonderful power Of self-con-
troll"
Opinion was divided on that point.
| But outwardly this second blow had
| left Lin Loo unscathed. He still pre-
sided over the chop suey restaurant,
his voice was still raised in the hymns
on Sundays. Whatever the inward
change, he had succeeded in conceal
ing his feelings from the eyes Of the
| world.
He'll get another wife" suggested
| Mrs. Sturgis Jones.
But no other Chinese bride ap-
| peared, and RoCklngton gradually t0.
got the tragedy that had wiped o-.
the family of its one Chinese !lhEb-
liant. However, the chop spey res
taurant continued 10 prosper.
Then an astonishing thing occurred
Loo was not In his seat at church
one Sunday. And the restaurant vas
closed.
The Rev. Sturgis Jones. going To
Loo's house to inquire whether he vas
| III, NdS IOTCeu 10 gan -6l &C
through the scuIlery WINDOW. He
smelled a peculiar sus-- and dtscov-
cred Lin Loo lying o. : cpEch, under
the influence Of OPIUM,
Then and there he preached him a
sermon on the iniqgIty ot his back.
sliding, but Loo Ees too tar gone TO
understand
The restaurant continued closed.
For a week all the village was agog
to know what had happened to Lin
Loo.
At the end Of the week It was an
nounced that the chop suey restaurant
was to be taken over By compa-
triot. Loo's house had been sold at a
knock-down price to Aarons the local
clothier.
And Loo vas going back to China.
Finally the Rev. Sturgis Jones
making another effort to probe to the