My lady of the Chinese courtyard : being a sequel to "The love letters of a Chinese lady . wned himself in the olden time,and whose body the jealous Water God took to himself andit nevermore was found. Dost thou remember how we toldthe story to the children when the family all were with thee—oh, it seems many moons ago. The garden of my friend was most beautiful, and weseemed within a world apart. The way was through highwoods and over long green plots of grass and around queerrocks; there were flowers with stories in their hearts, andtrees who held the spirits of the air close neath their rag
My lady of the Chinese courtyard : being a sequel to "The love letters of a Chinese lady . wned himself in the olden time,and whose body the jealous Water God took to himself andit nevermore was found. Dost thou remember how we toldthe story to the children when the family all were with thee—oh, it seems many moons ago. The garden of my friend was most beautiful, and weseemed within a world apart. The way was through highwoods and over long green plots of grass and around queerrocks; there were flowers with stories in their hearts, andtrees who held the spirits of the air close neath their raggedcovering. Pigeons called softly to their mates, and dovescooed and sobbed as they nestled one to the other. Weshowed the children the filial young crow who, when hisparents are old and helpless, feeds them in return for theircare when he was young; and we pointed out the youngdove sitting three branches lower on the tree than do hisparents, so deep is his respect. When the western sky was like a golden curtain, we wentto the canal, where the children set their tiny boats afloat,32. THE WAY WAS THROUGH HIGH WOODS LADY OF THE CHINESE COURTYARD each with its lighted lantern. The wind cried softly throughthe bamboo-trees and filled the sails of these small barks,whose lights flashed brightly from the. waters as if theSpirits of the River laughed with joy. We returned home, happy, tired, but with new heart to start the morrows work. Thy daughter, Kwei-li My Dear Mother, We are in the midst of a most perplexing problem, andone that is hard for us to cope with, as it is so utterly children seem to have formed an alliance amongstthemselves in opposition to the wishes of their parents onall subjects touching the customs and traditions of the fam son, as thou rememberest, was betrothed in childhoodto the daughter of his fathers friend, the Governor of Chih-li. He is a man now, and should fulfil that most solemn obli-gation that we, his parents, laid upon him—and he r
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