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WA would try bereelt to catch the fish,
she stud, Having borrowed a pole, elm
went to the mussy bank, end there, in-
Btvad of fishing for bar gramifittlter'e
life, fell asleep to dream beeutifully.
"The fat Mandarin caught in the win-
dow also "stayed out" until morning.
To get ou t he had to kick the frame loose.
IIst fell down, but from a distance he
too had caught the flailing fever, and ho
got quickly un. and flew to the lake, He
met the unsucceesful ones returning
without the ring, which so disappointed
bun ho immediately offered his daughter
es a prize to the one who would nave
Chon-Tim'e head. Being rich it woe a
big inducement for the young men to
strive for.
Now it so happened that a nobleman's
son named Fun -Nee, while Milling in the
lake the day before, had caught the fish
with the ring in it. He bad given the
fish (not knowing the contents) to a poor
family who had a very ragged eon nam-
ed Sing Lung, who had found the ring
SAVED BY THE CLOCK.
) A FAIRY TALE OF LOVE AND LAW
IN QUEER OLD CHINA.
Thaw the Theo Moth 00 Red Rearl and
the Executioner Kolped to Save the
Tionelceeper's Life.
away off on the
A . I other side of the
Pacific Ocean, in
China, the country
of oriental splen-
dor,there waa a
town called Ging-
I
111111V I I ton. In this town
dwelt n little girl
n 0010 d Loo•La,
only fifteen years
old. Thick brown hair curled on the
top of her bead, just like grown peo-
Plc's, and was hold in place by a big
butterfly pin. She wore the prettiest
silk gown, that was all pink and blue
and embroidered with lovely flowers.
and which covered even the toes of her
tiny feet.
Loo -La was sweet -looting enough to
eat—with rosy face just like n piece of
velvet or 0peach, and such brown eyes
you could almost rend by them every
thought in her brain.
Loo -La's grandfather, a venerable old
gentleman, was a Mandarin, still hold-
ing a very responsible position, although
already eighty years old. For forty
years of that time be hind discharged his
duties faithfully, gaining the love and
esteem of all Itis neighbors.
Alaal ono day he neglected his duty,
a fault unpardonable in the eyes of the
!law. He forgot to wind the town clock.
For this he was scantenced to have his
head cut off the next day at 8 o'clock.
All loved Loo•Le. and tried to comfort
•her, but they could not, for he was her
only living relative. Tho people went
around with very long faces in Cington
' over boa trouble. Some wont about
, wailing, some fell down on their knees
, to rub a sorry nose in the grass, and
others held indignation meetings to dis-
• cuss the cruel wrong—all because they
!all loved Loo•La and Chon-Tun, her
grandfather.
LOOKING UP TEE LAW.
But the law must bo enforced. How
to do Wand save him woe the conun-
drum. The big clock waiting to be
wound looked as puzzled as the rest.
The other Mandarins, very dear
friends of Chonalm, were greatly puz-
zled. They looked wise, scratched their
chins, rubbed their noses and studied
, the law books so hard they wore the
backe off.
The Fat Mandarin with the little nose and called for the prisoner. Inc toan
suggested faking Chon-Tim from pdson Mandarin asked if ho couldn't postpone
to the town deck to wind and set it. it six weeks.
• The Lean Mandarin with his big noae ',No." replied he, "but I will take a
TISHING POE TEE RM.
while cleaning the fish. Sing Lung not
having nice clothes to wear to claim the
Mandarin's daughter, went to Fun -Nee
and told him his trouble.
Strange as it may soom, he was glad
to bear of Sing Lung's good fortune. To
help the suit along he loaned him his
clothing and wore Sing Lung's raga in-
stead. Not proud of his uniform Fun -
Nee ran off to the lake. There he saw
Loo -La asleep on the bank. He thought
her the loveliest little creature he had
ever seen. He gazed with rapture on
the pretty picture and was turning away
when Loo -La rolled in her sleep off into
the water. Being brave as well as hand-
some, Fun -Nee sprang in and rescued
her. She was not hurt, only frightened,
and Fun -Nee soon allayed her fears and
led her to the town. Unfortunately, the
customs of China did not allow him to
make love personally. If it had, the
chances are lie would have told her the
old, old story straight on the spot.
At the town they saw Sing Lunglead-
ing the fat Mandarin's daughter before
the envious people. The ring was found,
but the Emperor lived ninety miles
away, and it was 2:30. Furthermore,
news had been brought of the arrival of
the executioner. The lean Mandarin
took a duty upon himself and climbed
to the clock and turned it back an hour.
Sing Lung, dressed as a noble, was call-
ed on for advice. He, bright soul, took
the ring and started to go ninety miles
and back in thirty minutes. The execu-
tioner came, was much surptised to find
he was too early, andwas jusI turning
away when the dock struck 8.
Every one groaned; the lean Mandarin
had forgotten that the clock would
strike. The executioner looked solemn,
drew his sword, wiped it on his sleeve
't Ile Mandarin spoke and bowed.
"Your Majesty," he aid, "1 fear you
will hey° to cut my head off and cut me
in halves to get this wooden collar off."
The Emperor availed and answered;
"No, my friend, we cannot wire youl
44.
me mottoes ot taking a pnoto Were gone
through with.
"Now, my dear, in a few' momenta I
will allow you the finest negative of," r
that child you ever sawemarked Mr.
DeMun as be retired to hie dark -room.
Mrs. D. waited ivaited, while at in
tervals smothered noises came from the
clothea-press. Finally he returned to
daylight, but there was uo look of tri -
um II on his face; the plate that ho held
p
r upto the light was a dead black
,.
' 'There is something wrong here.
dld just as the book says; these plates
are no good."
"What are the pintos?" asked Ills wife.
"The plates? Wily, the platea are
— pieces of glass like this that the nage-
thee are taken on,"
"Wore those plates in that little box
on the table?"
that you laid
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Fat Chinamen are scarce. But who are "Then I guess they were good; I
you?" "1 atn, Your Majedy, Pluck- looked at them and they looked all
Ern, man of law and a Mandarin of right."
Cington," 1 "Oh, you looked at them, did you?
'How much do you know?" inquired Thought that you'd kind of inspect
the Etnperor. them, hey! Weil, you ean gamble that
The fat Mandarin,
looked puzzled and they Wore rood after you looked et
then brighter, and replied: "There is them, Don't you know tlint you spoiled
law that says, 'No man shall bo killed the whole lot by opening the box in the
by the clock. Now, Your Majesty, light? Soule women's curiosity would
advised turning the clock back. They SUb titute "
.
frowned at him. They had to have "Who shall it be?" demanded the loan the little wife, "what on earth aro you
time, and Chon-Tim wee the only one Mandarin, going to do with that?"
able to produce it. So they took him The executioner looked interested. ,,,rake pictures, of course. Do you
from prison to the clock, which he "Suppose you try it, sir. You are tall
wound for perhaps the last time. All and wouldn't miss your head, rm sure." suppose I'd shoot foxes, pump water
the people felt that it was the lad op- But be refuserl the boiler. or mew the lawn' With it? I've decided
portunity; but the minute it ticked again that we are spending too much money
they felt BO joyous and hope WOO so every year for photographs of you and
revived that they promised him as he the baby and I intend to save it, beside
was led to prison he should be eaved. it will be nice to have some pictures of
He shook his gray head solemnly and the house to send to our friends,"
Th
die. Only be kind to Loo -La." "at'll be just lovely,'; exclaimed
answered: "No, nol my friends. I shall
The wise men thought so hard their Mrs. D. "And can you really take plc -
back heir began to fall out. They would
all have been bald if soma one hadn't
thought of Old Bung -Tail, who bad been
chief hunter to the Emperor. At once
they set up a shout and ran to hit house.
The crowd of twenty soon increased to
five huocired. Ring -Tail was on the
• street, and when be saw the multitude
running he thought a wild eninlal had
escaped, and the ex -hunter rah also to
hide himself in his attic. When they
knocked on his door he got braver and
'poured water on them. t
The Fat Mandarin'ilid not mind alit -
Ile water oven taken like that, and he
wont !aside and kept Ring -Tail from
coming out. The Lean Mandarin took
a ladder and kept him from going in;
then they all tided: "How save Chou -
Tim's head?"
Eleg-Tall made a violent atrUggle,
ng
pushithe Big Nose down the ladder
and pulled the Little.Nosed Fat Man-
darin half out of the window, so that ho
could neither get in our out. This was
owing to the feet that he had a big
heart, which often fell to his shoes and
shrunk his body to the size of a and'
Man' a frame.
The people gave no heed to him.
Bing -Tail was the hero of the hour. He
knew just whet they wanted. After
much deliberation be spoke as follows:
"Mad friends, when I was Chief Hun.
ter to His Majesty the Court was bunt-
ing in the Forest of Bang -Tan. He watt
attacked by a tiger. The nobles fled
from him end I pierced the tiger with
my spear jtIlit US ho would have crushed
the Eraperor. For that he gave me a
red pond ring, saying: 'Whoever pre-
sents that to me shall have any favor
granted."'
Then the mob talented: "Where is the
ring?"
"My friends, I lost it in the lake and
a fish swallowed it."
All ran on hearing this and brought
fishing tackle, and the road leading to
the lake Was black With people. Some
had poles, some only lines and some
bent pine and Parka 0, N. T spool
thread. They fished all day and all
night ad they flailed it dry, Mit they
found no ring, So each One took sotto
OA, and left the lake deserted,
Loo -La, 00 had been on all nicht.
Ohon-Tim is to be killed at 8 o'clock. stop a traiu.
That's against the law, is it not?" The little wife cried some at this end
The Emperor said it looked that way, the indignant husband went down town
and immediately pardoned all offenders. after more 101100. When he yet urned ha
Pluck -Ern chuckled, saying, "I, Pluck- was hqgood humor ttlaili Mill offered to
BUL Will save' tri, (Well if (hay boodle take Li thou, 0 r Ny. j ft; 10 1111,11,!ror
IllenderinS." his crossness. Tno plate.,01.1.-r was
Barnett, the uoble in the green robe, charged with new phi I es, no 1 after much
hod emigrated front Erin to Chinn, but fuoushig sea 1,0,1,4 pe ,,.1,1 1,,
had' ler his brogue behind. Ile caught 0,,,thes.pre„s p.paugrs pa
Sing Lung by the 1110r. of his After due tim., 0-1110."Ye blackguard, how come ye by the milt he emerged. t 1.08 tilllt. ill triumph,
eoat? It looks loike me son's; but ye and ield up to the light the result. Mrs,
are no son of mine ye almond -faced' DeMun looked over his shoulder.
coolie!"
Chon-Tim, Loo -La and Fun -Nee were :
all hugging at once and they went to the
Emperor and told him what Fun -Nee
had done.
"You are a brave lad," he said, "to
save a girl and offer to die for her grand-
ether."
"I only did my duty, Your Majesty,"
answered Fun -Nee.
Just at this affecting point Horace, the
noble in green, rualledjorward and howl-
ed: Mooed I hear a voice like
music on me ears; show me the speaker."
Seeing Fun -Nee he embraced him and
continued, "Ab, ye darlin blackguard,
wid dem rags on and the long coat; ye
mind me of the town of lOimarah,
County Claire, and the day I druv Mickey
Finn's pigs to pound, and skipped. Ye
are me own son. Where are all yer
good clothes?" Then it was speedily all
explained and Sing Lung ran to the lake •
and drowned himself. The red pearl ,
was given to Fun -Nee for bravery, un-
selfishness and devotion, accompanied
by a fine speech on things in general by '
the fat Mardarin. Fun -Nee, of course,
immediately presented it to little Loo -La
as a lover's gift, for it was even then
settled that he wee going to marry her
some day.
And so all were happy, but none hap-
pier than Fun -Nee and Loo -La. And
there was a grin on the face of the town
clock.—Fits .Ttanelolph, .ifeto York "Yes, of course it is. Wasn't you iu
frout of the camera? How could it be
Workt.•
anyone else? You didn't think w
it as
A PHOTOGRAPHER'S MISHAPS. Maggie, the cook, did you?"
11.
i "Oh, you mean, horrid man. That is
t me I look like that thing! It tern
catamatozsaussetscest
HIS GIRL IS 1-00 TAO..
! With en Elongated Sweetheatt the tlinea
Sian Seeks Remedy.
A. young male person with II torn and
tattered ;Port writes me pathetically as
foliowst
"Haan am deeply enamored
of a beautiful but tall young lady, who
in her tura thinks Um contment of me.
But she is very tall and I 001 very short
of stature. When I 4111 walking itt lite
street with her the dispropriateness
height is the moat apparent, It makes
A 500011' Timm.
nae, at times, feel that I on perfectly
ridiculous in the eyes of my fellow -Mao. '
She doesn't Seeln to Mind it bit. What ;
mil I to do? Whet do you recommend?
Distractedly yours,
"Sernottmr."
This is a hard one. Some people seem
to bo brought into this world for the ex-
press purpose of asking me difficult
questions. But for my sympathy for
Mr. Saudorff I should utterly ignore him '
and his poser.
, As it la the best thing I can reams -
mend to the
.1
'4,, •
il
Innate young MR
I1 is for him to Bug-
! gest to his beloved
one that she under-
go amputation. If
she really loves
bin, as she says she
in does, she will not bk,
JJ
I refuse the loss phys-
ically of a few CA
,TT inches. This may
seern frivolous, hut
NO 111185 00 THIS. it isn't. Extreme
oases require extreme measures they say,
"you ME.O14, 11010010 RANI TEAT'S war
stn."
"What is it, Andrew?' she asked,
rather amazed at the object on the glass.
"What is it?" repeated her lord, as he
eyed it 'critically; "why it's a picture of
you; can' t you see?"
"Wh—a—a—t?"
Ms Wife Becomes Enraged and Takes a
Bee -line for the Maternal mane..
Mr. J. Andrew de Mutt returned home
a few evenings ago accompanied by a
little leather box bung jauntily from
his shoulder by o leather strap. He
condescended to answer the eighth in-
quiry of his sweet little wife as to what
the box contained, by briefly stating,
"ppotograph camera,"
".A. photograph cameral" exclaimed
tures with that thing/ I didn't know
you knew bow to take pictures. When
I did you learn?"
"Just have agittle patience, and I will
prove to you that I can take pictures
with that thing. No previous knowl-
edge is neceasary, for I have a book of
Instrutions that came with the machine
• that telle all about how to do it."
BEFORE TEE EXECUTIONER. , The little wife hurried up lunch and
Fun•Nee wee told who Imolai was,
and all the:ffeltallsi On hearing the sad
story he stepped up and offered to be rho
victim, He was poor and ragged and
the mob cheered him for his devotion.
for his noble birth was not known. It
was not of so much consequence after
d hbe
fallen on his knees
all. Alre
ay e a
for the beheading, when Loo -La ran up
and cried: "He must not die. I will'
die firat." • '
Then they all cried: "Foolish girl,
He will save Cbon-Tim. Seel he is rag-
ged and poor!"
She answered: "Ho must niv. Ho
saved my life to -day."
Thee it was noticed for the tint time
that both were wet.
The executioner looked away to hide
the tears, but soon saw a man coming
that Caused his heart to harden for the
loss of his foe.
The messenger had a reprieve and
further news that the Emperor was only
a mile away! 'rhe potentate came, and
all his people fell clown on their knees,
rubbing their faces in the earth. Sing
Tung was near him, ,very proud.
The Emperor was glad to see Bing
Tail, his old bunter, and from him he
learned all the fnets. ono noticed
how pale Fun -Nee turned as the noble-
man in the green robe 00010RIs Majesty placed his bond on Mon -
Tim's bend and spoke: "To save this
old gentlemam's heal 1, have to break
the how Who will be to substitute?'
Sing Lung looked tit Fun-Nee's rags and
answered: "Your Majesty should take
the moat Tagged man to be found.
The tramps aro a diagram to Oda town."
Sotto one asked: "Whore is Sing
Lung?" The owner of the name turned
pale, but sold notlimg, Then 'NIT
was pointed ont, Audit was asitcci: "Why
not this one? He looks like Sing La eg's
twin brother "
Mr. DeMan partook of it holding 'The
00 1010.
me, so now; and you're just too mean
for anything with your old thing. I will
not stay in the house," and with tears
she picked up the baby and took a bee-
line for her mother's.
In half an hour Harlon' s father-in-law
came overwith a vague idea of the trou-
ble
d s stoutoOne; his daughter bad
been abused and he wanted an explana-
tion and wanted it quick. DoMun
showed him the Dicture and tried to ex-
plain.
_
am10t:0.5 ENRAGED PATHIEt-IN-LAW.
"You pretend to say that this ie a plc -
tine of my girl? A thing with a Isoasi
like that on it, and paws! Young man,
you're a liar," and with that he dammed
the offending negative against the wall
and broke it in bits. "And I Want you
to understand that my daughter shall
not live with such an idiot as you are."
And he shook his list under DeMun's
nOtte and Went away as mad as a March
hire.
DeMen spent the night alone, The
next morning he cleared up all traces of
his photograph topparattal'and went and
humbly begged hib wife's pardottlIneut•
Using not to photograph any more. Pho-
tographing for the family is still done at
the old stand.—E. B. CoiUns, n Yaws
Siftings.
"pg
and this, certainly, In a ease where the
cutting off of the extremes themselves
some necessary.
There are few alternatives that appear
to my mind at present. It might seem
feasible, too, for the young man to be
stretched o few inches. I have heard of
such cases, but the exert formula is not
at hand, and it isn't well for the novice
to monkey with such treatment.
Have you tried very high heeled boots,
Mr. Saudorff? They may give some re- ,
lief. Or what do you think of the idea
of wearing stilts? It
would be somewhat
of a novelty to see
, a short young mau
on stilts prancing
around with his
best girl without
stilts, but yours is
;°.
not EL solitary case,
and the thing might re.
catch on—become,
popular.
What are the par
ticular symptoms til
the complaint, Mr.
Saudorff? You do
not specify them.
Do you have great JUST AS BAD.
difficulty in bolding youa dear one's
umbrella on a rainy day? and does your
keen pease of gallantry abhor the idea
of letting her to hold it for you, thin
permitting the little ram drops to perco-
late down via your hack collar button?
That's probably what you would have
alleged in an amended bill of pudica-
1are.
However, it is not difficult to believe,
withont statement
to that effect from
you, than you ex-
perience great
mental and phytii-
cal pain whenever
you endeavor to
keep step with
your elongated an
-
cel. Yours is a
short. sad case,
and there are very
Strew remedies pre-
scribed for its
cure. If she t
1 "Goonntionm, MEW.' fat as well as tall,
1 and if you ore not very thin as well as
short, congratulate yourself on that
happy combination of facts. Also de-
rive, much conifort in a negative way, if
' '11 is a feet that ally 18 000 very thin as
• well ad 'tell, and
'Mat you are not
absolutely fat as , ..
well as short.• G.
Then again you ''?i
might, p oaaoss 1 la g o7o0dti, 1 , l4 1,1?„,
healthy imagine- ,/,'
• tion, seek con- :10A
tentment from
the knowledge •al
that you are not
bletend with two
beet Orls, each a
TRYING
..
foot Or so tailor
than yeti. Itnagine yourself sandwich-
ed betWden them and ambling down 10
State abed together.
. I knew a ng yOuman once who was
Inflicted that way. Be lived in Utah.--
Maria* !Adam. to Mona Herold.
IN
STEP.
She Wanted WWI..
I wanter see the chief of perlice,"
said n tall, raw-boned woman entering
the office of that functionary the other
day.
"He's out," said the clerk in , attend -
MUM.
" bo
"rm not sure when. You can wait i
you like.''
"Went I will, for I want to see hint
nistruta Vesta§ mills DART ON TITE prOssin hiElleSS. My matt he's run
away from borne and I bear be out rt
right out there and bring him back agin
I'd like bitn to start tonight toad mime
back 58 BOOR es be kin and bring Rig
gins with him, Idon't know just yeller
Higgins 10 in Coliforny, but.1 racket
the chief kin lind ont. You reekon 11
kin go to-tt ight 9"
At Inst E140001.10 illp chief had 110( 78
started in queSt of niggles. —2'inte.
'I eau% understand all this fuse abou
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one band and repenting between mouth-
fuls stab words as "pyro," "hypo,"
"hydrokinone," etc., which were as
eood as Greek to his Wife and baby.
After lomat the clothing was bundled
sot of the large clothes -press, ancl that
aid ditty for a dark room in which 33,'.
• thiMtin perforinedlas proliminery ohein
teal experiments, Ills wife wonted to
go In and eco hint ,ho it, but he refused
her an entrronee. Everything ready,
Deafen proceeded Witit ettiMidera-
hie flourish to arrange his ant and heir
. on the contre-table. la prepay poseFor
n weeder the infant ditinot obiect. and i
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and I want the 0110 to gt
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"Do yon know why it is'Ate,gt4 Tor
a court inertial to ell rtty ortyr. jkr,
asked Ilaj. Clapp, the 0.sta7le.8ta`, (man-
tel for Col. Fletilar. avow 'an trial at
• Fort Oloonitit Du to 01,,t,me o141151
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