. The yellow angel. k—^makedragon po-lite! heap buUy! Ah Puck was proud of her English, pickedup on the street, and at a school for Chinesewomen, which she occasionally attended. To-night she aired freshly acquired slang. Every-thing was bully! her belated lord Puck was very happy. It was a distinc-tion to be owned by the dude of the eve of La Fiesta, the young womanrealized her social position as never before. To-night her tongue seemed loosed for flat-tery, while she squatted at her husbands tell Hop Lee loman you heap good! shecajoled. I say I give you heap b
. The yellow angel. k—^makedragon po-lite! heap buUy! Ah Puck was proud of her English, pickedup on the street, and at a school for Chinesewomen, which she occasionally attended. To-night she aired freshly acquired slang. Every-thing was bully! her belated lord Puck was very happy. It was a distinc-tion to be owned by the dude of the eve of La Fiesta, the young womanrealized her social position as never before. To-night her tongue seemed loosed for flat-tery, while she squatted at her husbands tell Hop Lee loman you heap good! shecajoled. I say I give you heap beau-ti-fullittle son—^velly soon. The unconscious blow struck sharply. Gaycould endure the irony of his fate no longer. You shut up! I go catch sleep, he criedwamingly, as he flung himself across the bed. Ah Puck, unconscious of offence and sure ofher lords preeminence, waited until hebreathed heavily; then she slipped from theroom. Her pretty head was now fiUed withplans for social aggrandizement; she had given. fJOP LEE loman too ploud! She toosmart cause that little son! THE AWAKENING 207 up all idea of rest. For a time slie wished toindulge in day-dreams; to gloat in secret on po-tential joy. Her rival across the way—^ Lee—^would be compelled to relinquish aboasted corner on wifely indulgence. Soonthe woman of Lem Gay might also ride in ahired hack, driven by a white devil. AhPuck laughed softly, as she passed from thehouse into a tiny garden fenced off at the , above a bed of blood-red poppies, hermental pictures bloomed still richer. Whenthe man-child came, there could be little to wishfor—^Lem Gay would then adore her beyondall others! Pride of condition brought new dignity toAh Puck. Natural color spread around thepainted spots of her cheeks; then her thoughtswent back to the promised triumph of the ap-proaching week—^to La Fiesta! to the awaken-ing of the dragon. With rapture the wife of Lem Gay recalledvivid impressions of the great Chinese
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