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Fong Hen, a slender young Chinaman, the official slipper, or messenger, of the society, rose and, lifting a lacquered gold box from the table, passed it solemnly to each member. "This time there will be four," said Wong Get. Each in turn averted his eyes and removed from the box a small sliver of ivory. At the conclusion of the ceremony the four who had drawn red tokens rose.
Instead of accepting, Ah Kim departed to Honolulu, and in the big general merchandise store of Fong & Chow Fong began at the bottom for fifteen gold per month. He worked a year and a half, and resigned when he was thirty-three, despite the seventy-five gold per month his Chinese employers were paying him.
"Kwa" he began, and stopped. Emotion for an instant softened his impassive countenance. He turned away. "Fong Wu," he added, and was gone. The following afternoon the crunch of cart wheels before the square-fronted house announced her coming. A white man was seated beside her in the vehicle.
"Zephyr-aunts": In Chinese the name given the aunt is "Fong," which in another stylization means "wind." To the west of the gulf of Kiautschou is the Wu-Lian Mountain, where there are many spirits. Once upon a time a scholar who lived there was sitting up late at night, reading.
By the time I'd finished out in front, getting my prisoner off to the lock-up, sending Eddie Hughes, with Capehart and the other helpers he'd picked up to guard the Vandeman bungalow, handed over to the Santa Ysobel police the matter of finding Fong Ling, and turned back to see how Barbara was getting on, the music sounded once more, the rhythmic movement of many feet.
She came forward a little farther, and sucked in a long, deep breath. "You dog of a Chinaman!" she said at last, and struck her riding-skirt. Fong Wu answered silently. With an imperative gesture, he pointed out the figure on the ironing-table. She sprang to her husband's side and bent over him. Presently she began to murmur to herself.
He picked it up and held it before him by two corners. From it there wafted a faint, sweet breath. Fong Wu let it flutter to the floor. "The perfume of a plum petal," he said softly, in English; "the perfume of a plum petal." Copyright, 1906, by McClure, Phillips and Company Reprinted from Caybigan by permission
In a few words he told him what had happened, that he didn't know how long he might be away and that if news came from Jim before his return to let him know. Crowder promised. The next morning Crowder sent a letter to Fong advising him of Mark's departure. Should Jim get back from Sacramento within the next few days he was to communicate with Crowder at the Despatch office.
Occasionally then the I.G. would retaliate with reminiscences of Ah Fong making the Grand Tour of Europe with him in 1878 how he kissed his hands to the winning French chambermaids, and called out "Allewalla, Allewalla!" In this age of uninterested or inanimate "helps," a servitor like Ah Fong is about as rare as an archaeopteryx.
Chrystie's glance was diverted from the cornice, wide open and astonished. "A party here, in this house?" "Yes, it's big enough. There's plenty of room and we can afford it." "But, Lorry" the proposition was so startling that she could hardly believe it "a real party?" "Any kind of a party you want. We might have several. We could begin with a dinner; Fong can cook anything."
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