My lady of the Chinese courtyard : being a sequel to "The love letters of a Chinese lady . ys sure to blot out the garden—to-day isspring, and love is love and youth is happy. Thy shameless daughter „ Kwei-li XIX My Dear Mother, Thy gifts which came by the hand of Tuang-fang aremost welcome. We have already drunkof the sun-dried tea,and it brings to thought the sight of the long, laden trays ofthe fragrant leaves as they lie in the sun on the mountain-side. The rose wine we will use on occasions of special re-joicing; and I thank thee again for the garments which willbring comfort to so many i
My lady of the Chinese courtyard : being a sequel to "The love letters of a Chinese lady . ys sure to blot out the garden—to-day isspring, and love is love and youth is happy. Thy shameless daughter „ Kwei-li XIX My Dear Mother, Thy gifts which came by the hand of Tuang-fang aremost welcome. We have already drunkof the sun-dried tea,and it brings to thought the sight of the long, laden trays ofthe fragrant leaves as they lie in the sun on the mountain-side. The rose wine we will use on occasions of special re-joicing; and I thank thee again for the garments which willbring comfort to so many in the coming days of cold. I wasglad to see Tuang-fang, and sorry to hear that he, with hisbrother, aregoingso faraway from homeinsearch of there not work enough for our men in the province with-out going to that land of heat and sickness? Our people go far in their passion for labour; in search ofit they cross land and sea. They are the workers of theworld, who sell their labour for a price; and it is only strongmen with great self-dependence who are capable of taking104. •ON THE RKCORD DAY WE WENT TO THE TEMPLE LADY OF THE CHINESE COURTYARD a road that is likely never to join again those who speaktheir language and worship their Gods. What is it that hasgiven these men this marvellous adaptability to all cond-itions, however hard they may seem? They can live andwork in any climate, they are at home in the sandy wastesof our great deserts or in the swamps of the Southern coun-tries. They bear the bitingcold of Northern lands asreadilyas they labourunder the burningsun of more I come out from the courtyard and see ourpeople,the more I admire them; I see the things that are so oftenlost sight of by those of other lands who seek to study are a philosophical race and bear the most dreadfullosses and calamities with wonderful bravery. Nothingdaunts them. Behold the family of Tuang-fang: they sawtheir home ruined at time of flood, and b
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