. The yellow angel. ely beast could be only richlyembroidered silks, held together in golden set-tings. She still saw two lines of half hidden,gorgeously dressed men, who strained withlong poles beneath the heavy frame-work tomanipulate the wonderful monster. In spiteof what she really knew, the springing greenlegs below the Dragon seemed half a , on either side, she had seen understudies,ready and eager to relieve at a seconds noticeperspiring, over-worked cousins. And somagical had been the exchange of a turkeyfeather fan for a pole that few onlookers per-ceived the trick. Eor ag
. The yellow angel. ely beast could be only richlyembroidered silks, held together in golden set-tings. She still saw two lines of half hidden,gorgeously dressed men, who strained withlong poles beneath the heavy frame-work tomanipulate the wonderful monster. In spiteof what she really knew, the springing greenlegs below the Dragon seemed half a , on either side, she had seen understudies,ready and eager to relieve at a seconds noticeperspiring, over-worked cousins. And somagical had been the exchange of a turkeyfeather fan for a pole that few onlookers per-ceived the trick. Eor again the beast leapedforward, writhing; ever controlled by heathenexpedient. Ah Puck had listened with delight to thecrash of Chinese gongs—^to the shouts of hercountrymen. But the most remarkable fea-ture of the monster was its great golden head,with jaws of precious jade always open for adarting tongue of jewels! Nothing so splen-did had ever been conceived of by admiringwomen of Los Angeles Chinatown. To-day, in. AH PUCK icas very hajijiy. It teas-a distinction to be ozcned by thednde of Chinatoivii. THE AWAKENING 209 the little garden, Ah Puck smiled when she re-membered that her lord and master had beenchosen to walk at the dragons head. It waspleasant to imagine Lem Gay arrayed in of-ficial finery. His gorgeous costume, a dreamof lavender and rose, was quite finished; every-thing from a beautiful head-dress to Orientalshoes was in the front room, ready for thePresidents coming. And perhaps with theadvent of McKinley, great luck would fallupon Chinatown—^upon the wife of Lem Gay IThe fancy was sweet to Ah Puck. With no thought of impending disaster, sheleaned lazily against a porch prop twined withmoon-flowers. Here happy dreams bloomedlike awakening blue-eyed blossoms. Suddenly Ah Puck felt the need of had come with one glad flash of goldenlight, and with velvet tread the young wife re-entered her little home. Lem Gay, in thedarkened front room, must not be ar
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