Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... "Drunk?" she queried in a tone of horror. "Oh, yes, I remember now," she went on; "his mother said he was in that condition. How dreadful!--and the child is so young!" The mother took her little one into her arms after the last pin had been adjusted. She regarded those about her--especially the young surgeon--with a curious suspicion. ("Devils they be, without doubt. White Devils!" she thought to herself. "And I fear even their gifts; and perchance they look with the Evil Eye.") On the same principle she rejected the ten-dollar goldpiece that the young lady had put into the palm of Lee Moy. But the kindness and the consideration that had been shown to her and her little one had their due effect, so that she relented to the extent of giving her address. She was Suey Yep, of the household of Lee Chung, who was a merchant on Jackson Street. She would even accept conveyance to her home in the white woman's carriage. For the lady with the fair hair had a countenance that begat confidence, as one found on further reflection. Yes; she would certainly bring Lee Moy to-morrow and have his wound dressed; and she would not give him any more sam shu to-night, --if the Heaven Born wished it. The Heaven Born did wish it. Then, turning to the doctor, Suey Yep went on: "But, always, you will know that Lee Moy is dlunk. Is it not so, Light of Mine Eyes?" she queried, caressing the little one. And Lee Moy nodded his head solemnly and stared vacantly before him. "You see," she resumed, " you see, he no play when he no dlunk, but sit and sit and say nulling. So I give him sam shu, --one, two, tlee dlinks; and then he clap his hands, and say he see birds and flowers; and he laugh and dance, and then my heart laugh and dance. But to sit and sit and no...