. A'Chu and other stories. n, the joyof having grandmother back again would have coveredit all. They paused only long enough to answer theirinquisitive neighbors, No mistake! Grandmother isback again, and went on quickly getting the sur-prise meal ready. Grandmother seemed quite satisfied to lie restingafter the exciting time and long walk. After all,she could not feel that her life was all sorrow. Forin what her prodigal son had come short of duty,his children were making up to her with swift feetand loving hearts. Chang Tak Meng, still unlucky as ever and nowalso shamefaced, crept quietly in
. A'Chu and other stories. n, the joyof having grandmother back again would have coveredit all. They paused only long enough to answer theirinquisitive neighbors, No mistake! Grandmother isback again, and went on quickly getting the sur-prise meal ready. Grandmother seemed quite satisfied to lie restingafter the exciting time and long walk. After all,she could not feel that her life was all sorrow. Forin what her prodigal son had come short of duty,his children were making up to her with swift feetand loving hearts. Chang Tak Meng, still unlucky as ever and nowalso shamefaced, crept quietly into the house whilethe street watchman was beating the small hoursof the night. After a few hours of restless sleep hewas up at sunrise to try again his luck at thegambling tables. THE GAME WON AT LAST MONTHS wore away while things went onabout as usual in the Chang family. Changhimself was always pursuing good fortune, while evilfortune was forever overtaking him. What he wontoday he lost tomorrow. Whatever his fortune, he. TELLING FOKTINFR BY THE PALM always wore good clothes. No one knew exactlywhere he got them, though it was suspected they wereborrowed. That he was less than half well fedwas plainly to be seen in the gauntness of his thinbody. Mrs. Chang and Fung Mui were always busywith the mats. Once I said to the girl, We have afine group of young girls like you in our girls202 The Game Won at Last 203 school. Would you like to go to school and learnto read ? Yes, indeed, she replied. I have heard themsing, too. You can come to our school without pay. Schoolbegins next week. Will you come? I have no clothes for school, she said. But, Fung Mui, if you wish to go to school,dont stop to think about clothes. Many of the girls
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