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Romantic Story Of A Chinese Emperor's Son

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Day
10
Month
June
Year
1870
Copyright
Public Domain
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Almost every duy, at tbe eutruuoo of the Occidi-ntal Hotel, on Bush 8treet, inay be seen an ohl hutie Chi.iaraau, who importunen us f.r alms. A countenauce traced with tho furrows of euro and starrution is no way iinpioved by its total abstinoncu from waler. And yot, wbo of tbe m:iny perons wbo bestow a passing glance un tbat weather beatón, dirt bjgnoDed fuoe, tliinR for a moment ibat in ihnse nld t-hriveled veini cour, a bio. d of roaltj? Y t tlus is oven so. Fi t.-ni e ycai-M ago „11 tbe brgbi dreams Of ür.tual luxury wcru bis. He, ibe yvxiigjsi of five broihers, bad for bis til ln.r no lega a pwttiimge tlian tbe Soveiiiigu ui tbo Cel.siiul Empire. Uuiil bis tentb year, rea.ed n tbe splttidor of tbut court, of wlucb somuob Is told aud ■o hule ki.ovvi), be b;,d uot a wish that was not grii ficd. Ma-adaiius of bigb lank wereglad indeed lo wait on tbis scioa ofa royol l.ouse. He, wiih hu lirotbfi-8, bad eaoh iheir littlo court. To ouo wa8 allotied tbo'care of thu roval fowls; to anotbtr, tbe ríyal abeep; ti. i another, tbe r-yal goats; aud to bim c louged tbo care of bix niotber's pot cuCK. Sinecures, thai exist in uil wullr.gulated governmems, uro by DO meaos unknotro in (Jliina. Su he grew up happy in ihe execuiion of bis dulies and riit; pa'en.al commands. Already had Ijg beeu promised tbs eommand oí the 1 hibetau fmijtier. Far fríini tbe capital, n tho country where r bels wero niübt powerfu], we oan wcll iiniigiiio tbo consten atim,' caused bis tuolher at tho impar;ed ti her by her favorite sjii. Eveu at th-.t carly age lio was eager for tbe martiaU life. Ha driamed ouly of gieat dted aud war's aliirms ; and h u liis niotber, geutly braidiug bis liuv queue, wuuU gaze ioto L r boy's biigh't eyos, aDd read there the langunge wiu, b tbey spuke, her lieart alteruaitd between hope aud far. A gentla little maidou bad loug siuce bcm bis betrothed. Sbe, too, feil keonly tbe paugs of prtiug whioh bis hopcful, cbafiug }leart had not tbe tiinft to feel. Bright, brigbt iudeeJ, a ihe future for him: and vet oue short mg oast him from his airy height ovüu to the depth into whicli hc is suiik Onj of those euddeu revolutions to whiob that kindom is no subject bunied his futher from tho throDC, and caused the muider of all wlio ioved and hono.-td him. ïhrougb the fideliiy of uu o d servunt this Princo was saved from tbe general butchery. Stiil, his name uiouu would have bien his de::th-ar-" rant at any time. So he lived ia p.,vcrt and corj;-iant dread, shunned by all and shuiiüing ill Wbon tho first cargöesof Cbinese were sent to our 8tate, he, wrlcoining :his of.po'tunity for ecajie from au atmosph. re of death t hiiD, smuagled himeif on board one ut' the sliips. The dosu confincmeut whieti ho had to undergo, and the tossing of the carii in the h ld, ruiucd his btal b aüd cnppltd Ixkui for hfo Too weak to beg, aDd t(io honest to stcal, notLing was let bina but to accept tbe bonntjr which a ktruDfir i a siraugc l-.ud saw fi i stcw upon hm V h ) eaó teil tho pais i it cost ifaat pr.ud heurt liefore it eould i descend to this? A yon see him now, I o he ha lived fur ibe past ten jeais. Throagh tbu aid'ofuu interpretar we I gleiiuid th sad history ,,{ ihia poor oíd Piiuce. Thal baidslnp and waut uiay have affected the brain uf the uuf.Ttu uuto s more than likelj ; huí Lis lale u tuld wiih so uiuch opparent truthfulness, í niuch eiirnestne.-s, il;at we have thought it orthv i Le betring f our leaders. Iïrigliter was bis sturtipg io lifo thaa oue iu ten th"uaBd dark darker, p.rliap iu ts oloug thau oue iu (en Uiilliuii.

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