. Chinatown ballads . hould sing, remarked the Doctor, but a woman should be still. He who slumbers, says the goldsmith, wit an adder in Is blouseIs more happy than a husband wit a wildcat in is house. Chun was thinkin up an answer, wen a coolie shuffled In,Came and stood beside the Doctors chair and pulled a yeller grin,Then, a-leanin confidential, closer to Is ear he said:** Jim Mok sent me fer the money. She has left the Chamber— Chun Hing Gay politely raised his glass to old Wing Lee: Lo! the Wise Man loves is neighbors— and preserves Sff IQ 1906 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
. Chinatown ballads . hould sing, remarked the Doctor, but a woman should be still. He who slumbers, says the goldsmith, wit an adder in Is blouseIs more happy than a husband wit a wildcat in is house. Chun was thinkin up an answer, wen a coolie shuffled In,Came and stood beside the Doctors chair and pulled a yeller grin,Then, a-leanin confidential, closer to Is ear he said:** Jim Mok sent me fer the money. She has left the Chamber— Chun Hing Gay politely raised his glass to old Wing Lee: Lo! the Wise Man loves is neighbors— and preserves Sff IQ 1906 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 016 235 134 5 •. Nev^ York Duffield A Company 1906 I Copyright, 1906, BY DUFFIELD & COMPANYPublished Augusty igo6 To the City of Dreams that has passed againto the magic box of the Dreamer this collectionof rhymed memories is affectionately dedicated CONTENTS PAGE Young Mr. Yan 13 YUT Ho . . , 21 You Sabe Me! 35 How MucHEE You Pay? .... 45 The Rival Wizards 55 The Green Rat 65 The Chamber of Tranquillity . 73 ILLUSTRATIONS Kep old Wang on the anxious seat / And the slant-eyed dudes in a constant stir. Frontispiece Found a ladder to the ground were Facing page she glided down, then fleetAs a bird she sought the door o the Mission up the Street. 23 . On a brown bench long o mine, poppy-dead, a smoker lay. 28 / ** See the varnished pigs they carry in sacks And the funeral grub galore. 46, An the slave girls from the alleys, an the coolies from the streetShuffled up to the excitement on their padded cat-like feet. 60 Chinytown babes, have ye seen era play Here in the streets that has sickened me
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