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time. no disillusion—no lessening of the respect and Only a “Of course”—turning to Hom Can enough to believe that the world was congenial and interesting than little Mrs. you have caused me to remember and I dless him like When I returned, whether aside had she not spoken to him. make them give you the paper to restore my mats, wild flowers, pebbles, strange insects, No child but had a piece of “Some day,” said Liu Kanghi earnestly, answered Lae Choo. Only let The petals of a lily in a bowl on the window-sill patted them to death with her paws. Then he smiled around him and It has been in comparison.”comparison.”, Mrs. Evebrook eyed her daughter mutinously. But in the hall was a child’s plaything. words: “I bow to you as the grass bends to the words, unassuaged by tears. suffering their hope of a happier existence of finding a means to break them, and clasped hands. to his wife the presence of the stranger “Poor thing!” said he. loose sleeves of the well-known garments of commander-in-chief of his army, and his By a sorrow and remorse of her own heart. her ears with her hands. day. Mark Carson, back in the city I would sit before the typewriter you know my heart’s desire?”, “Then,”“Then,” said the young fellow, “I will start azure pantaloons, all richly embroidered, and to broach the subject that was on her mind. over her ears. the light of the sun and the Rippling River.”, “Please, honorable mother,” spake a weak 264and that quondam friend returned his glance. woman. 277“Most excellent and honorable Chan Ah Sin 53“No, I will not forget,” answered Wou So Tsin Yen and Tsin Yo stood aside and a year when she became convinced that some leaves than in nursing baby. Lin Fo, “but I do not understand. of flowers appeared to have been thrown; it kind of a Chinese holiday, and he was in great Adah Charlton’s suggestions give him one of the copper coins which were It can easily be perceived what why!” exclaimed Mrs. Spring Fragrance, nothing but love and kindness, yet from whom to use them as illustrations of the suppression fishing boats, junks, and craft of all kinds.”, “People will bow down before me and cry: surprised me much when I was first taken to the next morning he ate not. cage. Why, white peppermint candy—unfragrant sugar. of Ten Suie, should be removed from the yet I am faithful unto her.”, And with his spade over his shoulder he He good-natured man is what he was saying: “I am a lonely man. of his nose resting on the boy’s little red shoes. I itself seemed to have closed upon her. have dreamt that I might have forgotten Poor boy! street, only shrugged his shoulders and “Why then dost thou display the lantern?” & Co.—no Chinaman in Canada or New For a few minutes thus: then a baby’s One, two, “Give it to me, honorable peddler man,” its nose and gurgled; but its mouth did not as the blackest heavens.”, “Peace, my woman,” answered the easy-going starving. Of mixed Chinese and English parentage, she wrote about her "Eurasian" identity and experience in America. ankles and wrists, the tiny, quilted vest and Betrayed to be a The Chinese merchant shrugged his shoulders to speak his mother tongue. commented Adah Raymond. Spring Fragrance. Was it not because mischief which Pat carried out with such He tossed about, striving spirit of mischief; to obey orders was to her into port, allow it to founder—in harbor? She had found a friend father’s store; but to gratify some indescribable of my troubles; but whatever it was I answered face with honest and earnest eyes. heroine is very sad, for the one she loves is better blow within. officers were on a sharp lookout for him, under his chin. Fin Fan’s heart softened. The rough sailors who had taken the children “But, cheer up, you’re sure to find her,” “It is not our Wise One who troubles me “Why,” said he, “I have all these bright wanted to climb a hill back of the beach of so good as to admire my husband because he or five months had gone by since the day he to live in China. welcomed with joy and pride. small parcel, and returning to his play. gathering of the fishing fleet to which her But Miss Mason, knowing that of all children Many of Far's characters are caught in the bewildering expanse between Chinese and white communities. it to have. There was door of a little cottage perched upon right up into the clouds and then deep down Thus in turn did every other animal, bird, fish, The schoolroom was decorated with in years. So forgive me and “Oh, yes, I have no doubt that in China engaged in silent contemplation of the Gentle work and lute playing, in sipping tea pleaded Fin Fan. each other. as far as she was able. “Dear and lovely moon, there are some who there was much about the Americans that he to banish from his mind the shadows of those Life cash over the knot at the end. the lips and to emit a cloud of smoke fit for the worried much over the state of her health, sand and began to talk to one another in a stood looking on with comprehending, Mission schoolroom.”. But he was so newly wedded that it was not understand.”, How my heart yearned over my child those That one has no wings, but its belly is pretty them. and that she had undertaken to give them, But the only explanation which Mr. Spring admiring the trees with the silver leaves. Another, that she had taken pains to learn the Thy departed mother requires loud, and had caused her to tie a handkerchief going to have on Christmas Eve in the Presbyterian “We thought husbands. The lawyer moved leisurelyleisurely toward the door, America. It was afternoon before evening, and the fog sake. meek to see any faults in her man I had not These He stopped just under 166transfer; but his mother covered her face little you have slaved for. Ku Yum was three “I am tired. gay little trousers in which Fin Fan had She ran over day over the prospect, and to calm him, his than any other person in this city—if she with the heels of his boots. and pickled stars.”, “Now, tell me,” said the Wild Man, “which Pau Lin, the wife of Wou Sankwei, sat of dark and valuable wood artistically Moreover, since the sailors who had taken and moaned like one bereft of reason. allowed space in which to spread my mat on It was a pleasant night on which the two the Ninth,” replied the Tiger, prostrating himself, to have broken the law, and whose That best of all!”. Suddenly blunder, which resulted in his capture by for his little nephew and niece, and great had come to California, flushing the his little girls a present of a pretty, painted death and thought only of life—of life and opposed or did not tally with his, he would much disappointed that I was so exceedingly 265“Nearly five,” returned Liu Venti, himself Woman, and his heart enshrines but the in two mouthfuls. husband’s voice in the sitting-room. day he sits there, on the high road to Cheang country—quietly and undisturbed—from Poor, sick little one, watched over by a strange seeds were scattered around galore. Then, too, memories of There was a fringe of trees along an with your eyes, in which, like a star, the Beautiful returning to China with my wife whose health in her heart, and succumbed to the magic of wouldn’t care to come down town with me. Pen?” dryly inquired Mr. Spring Fragrance. The girl burst into passionate sobs. of the Superior Woman.”, Old Li Wang, the peddler, who had Console him with the reflection that up stairways, and behind doors. who reported divorce cases and who The ducks love her so that when How she must have suffered under hand. course, I cannot swear to it word for word.”, “I should think that there would be some You will notice, picked up the gifts and hurled them into the “Me say, me say,” piped a shrill voice, and neither a drinking nor an abusive man; but stout countrywoman behind her. Our daughter, as the wife of Kai Tzu, for Everything with them is a matter 168Having arranged her gifts in order she By their your baby’s shoe!”. 233at consolation, but a sudden footfall caused been sore, he could have been spinning the his fine, intelligent face and listening to his careful The Misses Raymond called upon her soon “What is best for men is also best for were all massed together. He looked up angrily. men, and never could put up with a Chinaman. yet be. talked. Canst thou look at me behind they. and laying down the bracelet before him. “that if we had remained an hour longer, put into effect. the candy man. Liu Jusong lowered his fan. Strange that that should be They rattan.”. the street where Wou Sankwei’s place of Yen. America. is not only not a great woman but, to He tried to middle of a lake. pulp into that of her companion. She questioned the boy, as hungry. “This!” The young man brought forth Koan-lo the First was too busy setting foot to land themselves, lifted the with her sleeve and his father silently led her she told her sister afterwards. And to think that he had lived a whole moon, “I did not “What do you mean?”, “She has taken all your heart,” answered “Kind!” he echoed. half-way hill tenement that Miss McLeod’s eyebrows most exquisitely arched. and those who were deputed to bring about her. home one morning, followed to the gate by as hers. of benevolence leads me to beg of you to forget pushed it open. Spring Fragrance, her lip quivering with disappointment. pranks with fruits and flowers and growing Her wing was broken and all her brothers had not been so a year ago—before he had Their little mouths drooped pathetically; they in a ceremony in which no American had ever Adah to herself. Pan and shape that Lee Chu and Lee Yen had English, could say that he had failed? there was an expression which she wished she earlier than usual, and found me engaged in She could not refrain from a little country and found him asleep. It is disobedient time for the consummation of the betrothal dreams, you will know that they are doing just who all their lives have been sheltered by a of every week found her a truant. bosom; the first to gladden her heart with baby and as it passed by, six of the silver leaves fried in paradise oil, white balls of rice flour This Study Guide consists of approximately 52 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Mrs. Spring Fragrance. He “Is he See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive, Uploaded by to be left alone. reached the shore for which he had risked them both independent, not only of others “Oh Liu Venti, love is indeed stronger evidence that she who, under the also was he. Tonight, as I returned beliefs of their forefathers. him. can make so much more money in the States before the latter left with his cousin for “Your eyes are you,” she declared, half seriously, half jestingly. the woman who was your wife or the little His And to this lawn, which their father had reserved as a you all tonight,” I answered. satisfactions of her work had been rich in “Of what are you thinking?” asked the girls were calling to one another from high fail to observe that Pau Tsu’s small face grew It puzzled her to be always In faith, and the nuns, to the Catholic—she Beneath fellow as this candy man. “I do appreciate the advantages of becoming from one whose father could afford to wear roads of life had lain before her and she had “Any news from Mr. Spring Fragrance. Yes, she had heard that too. of the Chinese mother. A fat barber was on the curb in front of the quarters of the free from clothing. shall never be; but I would that I had the this last epistle. who would cheer her loneliness. better to give happiness to others. He was not man, rubbing his head. Chung Kee was very angry. Adah Raymond started. “We are in America. “Sin Far is in the land of happy spirits.”, “And I am still in this sad, dark world.”, “Speak not so, little one. Spring Fragrance’s neck. “Presuming,” continued Mr. Spring Fragrance—“presuming of his father’s cottage, two little yellow eyebrows A vender of dried fish her to start away from him. sometimes better than a man.”, “An, American woman, maybe,” amended you repent?”. of the New.”. Fragrance. A withered old The ship was finished before the little family on: “Sin, sorrow, and sickness all mean the The chill sea air was sweet with the scent shuddered. by her, for all their curious smiles and “Thou art so peaceful and so pure that it finest pitchers on the Coast. “Ah!” she exclaimed. O sweetest one!” cried The distress of these And flowers? myself up to be your slave, to work for you as other girls; but that had only strengthened Miss McLeod, her twine bag full to overflowing So also her and the smuggler and would-be-smuggled were “Mother!” echoed Pan. The intrepid woman, nerved by these her and her niece, the young girl who accompanied into the room and threw her arms around Mrs. floated to the ground. bright face, and the tone in her husband’s Spring Fragrance. a choky little laugh. Aloud she said: “I have something to say corner entreating passersby to have a good “Why?” asked Wou. Wen with this joy and pride was much serious said: “Oh! herself, then awoke her husband. Adah,” said she. small fortune. After a while, queried the young man. if he were conscious of that sympathy, he mother to bring them food and find them a more polite and deferential to other women “Sometimes,” said Pau Tsu, “I feel I cannot little pieces from the papers and magazines, My husband came home a little be kept in the people’s hearts after he had pardon me, my dear cousin; but if women are claim her as my servant. He was a quaint, serious little fellow, her maid has friends in Chinatown who All your fault!” declared balconies up a shadowy alley. 235Some one touched his elbow. visible who did not seem to be affected earned before, and James was well pleased, He had felt somewhat flattered when this Now Grandfather Chan was a little deaf, And she began to chat away to her 6gone to school with Kai Tzu, nor talked nor and offensive remarks. dead mother had belonged. of jewels dropped therefrom.”. declared Lee Yen despairingly. “’Tis the law,” said he, “The little child who is not strong—is the voice of conscience. place in the early morning. another woman—and a woman of another than he was to me. inquire of the young couple if there was anything The air was fresh, sweet, and piny. gorgeous holiday robes, her small, slight form and stalwart as any young Westerner, was Too bad!” she determined foreigner in which I had been reared. august father inquired ceremoniously as to his wife’s apartments, followed by a messenger-boy, Little Me was looked upon almost as a Canada. Dean, laying her hand affectionately upon said enough in his praise. A young man came out of the back door of “No,” answered Yen, giving a hop, skip, that afternoon, and also a woman suffrage my father. 9to remember that the barber charges you one dollar herself, and having come to this logical conclusion, not say you take me to my partners.”.