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A MONGOL MAIDEN.
Captured in Car.ton, Brought to Cali*
fornlft and Sold.
Front the &fan Francisco Examiner.
J.OAA REWAPJi ' reward of S.V9 will
IfOv' > be paid for the return of tho girl
Toi Kata to No. —— Dupont street.
The above notion, in Chinese obaiototors,
appeared posted on the dead walls or China
town last Monday.
Who Tai Kara is, why she disappeared,
aud why so large a bonus was offered for
her capture, will appear from the following
story:
About !i o’clock last Sunday evening a
ring was heard at tho door of til- Methodist
Chinese Mission, No. 910 Washington street.
The door was opened, and two Chinamen,
accompanied by a cowering, frightened lit
tle Chinese girl, appeared. The child, though
pale with fear, had an intelligent and rather
face, and her evident distress ap
pealed at once to the kind hearts of those
in charge of the institution.
A WARY GUARDIAN.
The mission is a refuge and home for Chi
nese women and girls, having now 21" of
these within its walls. During the vacation
of Mrs. Masters, the manager, a sturdy
Welshman, David D. Jones, and his wife,
are in charge. Mr. Jones has lived in
China, and understands the language well.
The Chinamen who brought the girl said
she had been abused by her master, aud
that they had taken pity on her and brought
her there for protection.
Little Chan Ah Kin, for that is her right
name, was reassured bv kind words, and
having recovered from her fright, she told
Mr. Jones and the matron a pitiful story of
how she had been overworked like a slave,
had been frequently stripped naked and
cruelly whipped by her mistress, aud then
recently she had overheard her mistress say
she intended to sell her to a life of infamy.
When she heard this she made up her
mind to escape, and on telling the story of
her wrongs to a Chinaman whom she knew,
he brought her to the Home.
ACCUSED OF THEFT.
She said her master’s name was Leong
Foo, and that hgjkept a restaurant on Du
pont street. ®
The girl was taken in charge aud thor
oughly searched to see if she had any valu
ables about her person, but nothing was
found.
The next morning Leong Foo, the poor
little slave’s master, appeared on the scene,
accompanied by Consul Bee and a Consulate
interpreter, and wanted to see the girl. They
said she had stolen £6OO .in .money, besides
two tin boxes containing about SOOO worth
of jewelry.
Mr. Jones’ experience at once showed him
that this was the same old game so often
tried to enable a slave-driver to regain pos
session of his victim. He therefore con
sented to have the girl interviewed by Con
sul Bee and the interpreter, but not by
Leong Foo. It her owner talked to her he
knew he would try to intimidate her and
make her tell lies to suit his purposes.
On being questioned by the Consul the
girl, in a cool, straightforward manner,
told how she had been kidnaped near her
home in Canton, sold to a Chinaman,
brought to San Francisco and sold again to
her present owner, Leong Foo.
A TRANSPARENT STORY.
Consul Bee. Mr. Jones and the inteipreter
then went down stairs where Leong Foo
had been waiting. The Consul told hint the
firl had brought no stolen goods to the
fome.
Foo then admitted in the presence of the
three men that he had three girls. One of
them, he said, was his daughter, and the
other two, including this one, he had
bought.
‘He then invented anew story, and
claimed that little Chan had gone" into a
store on her way to the Home, and there
toft the stolen goods.
“Did you go to the store and inquire abont
this?” asked Consul Bee.
“No,” was the reply, “a friend told me
about it.”
The Consul, seeing the transparency of the
fraud, had no mors to say, and left the
house.
Tuesday afternoon Consul Bee called again.
He said that on further investigation he had
changed his mind and had come to the con
clusion that the girl had stolen the money
and jewelry.
“Leong Foo,” continued he, “does not
want the girl back; he only wants his
money. Can he have an interview with
her?'*
“I’ll see about it,” said the wary Jones.
“Bringhim around this evening.” %
SEEKING REVENGE.
Leong, with the Consul, called at the ap
pointed time. Mr. Jones suspected some
game. Leone’s object now, evidently, was
to find out the names of the two men who
had taken the child to theJHome.
Mr. Jones tried to corner him on his ad
mission of his having bought the girl, and
induce him to sign a paper relinquishing all
claims on her.
“1 didn’t buy her at all," said the China
man
“Didn’t he admit this morning that he had
bought her?” asked Mr. Jones of the Con
sulate interpreter.
“Ye. I would swear that in court if
needs be."
“Well, you can’t see the girl,” said Jones
tb the master. “You have lied about the
matter. The best thing you can do is to
drop the subject and keep yourself out of
trouble.”
The slave-owner, being foiled, then left.
The reporter called at the Mjion, where
he found a comfortable, nicely-furnished
house. In the yard were about a dozen
Chinese girls, ranging in age from 10 to 25
years, enjoying themselves with a skipping
rope. Their faces had a cheerful, happy,
animated expression. The little girl who
had escaped was brought in and questioned
through an interpreter.
“How did they capture you in China?" the
reporter asked.
“I was playing in the street, a man came
along and offered me nice presents, and I
went with him.”
“What became of you then?”
“He kept me a few days and sold me, and
sent me over the water here.”
“Did they treat you badly here?"
"Yes; my mistreat often stripped me and
beat me with a limber cane.”
The San Francisco Woman and tho
Artist.
From lire fian Francisco Chronicle.
“I want you to paint my picture,” said a
Wealthy lady to an artist iu Paris.
"i shall lie delighted.’’
“J don't care about the price,”
"Thank you.”
"When do you want to begin?”
“I will bo ready a week from to-day.”
"Very well. Good morning.”
A week afterward the artist, awaited his
patient. At the hour appointed a maid
appeared with a huge box.
"What is tfliis?”
"Madame'w costume.”
■ Oh:”
It struck him nsctiriotis, forthe maid departed
w ithout another word. lie shrugged bis shoul
ders and waited. Those American people were
mi queer Hut he. supposed the lady would
aPI tear and put on the dress there. Bln* did
tint cotue. Two or three days passed, and n<>
message. SuddeDly the lady bounced Into tho
studio.
"Well, how- is tho picture progressing?”
"Madame, you have given mo no sittings. I
have tiot been able to begin.”
"Begin: Why, didn't you get the dress I
sent you?”
"Vies, I have a box of madame's here.”
•Well ”
"But I can't make a picture—”
'Taurine! I thought you could All in the
head at any time. That dres a cost SA.iKW, and 1
want it painted. The likenessdoesn't matter.”
A boy sat in the alley by the Moffat Block
yesterday, eating the half of a watermelon, and
ne was so voracious about It that a man who
was passing by felt called u|>oq to remark “fio
you m m sine vnuraelf to be a pig?'" “bay’ beg
your portionj” replied the boy, “but looka-bara.
When you haven’t got but 7c.. aud you buy half
a melon with It, and you have only two minits
before a gang of twenty boy* will come down
on you, are row going to stop for Fifth aveuoo
ekvie?" '—Jmroit Free Ficus.
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