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Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. A CITY SET UPON A HILL
CHAPTER II “IN THE BEGINNING ALL THINGS ARE DIFFICULT”
CHAPTER III. SERVICE AT THE POINT OF A RIFLE
CHAPTER IV “IF A MAN’S AFFAIRS ARE TO PROSPER”
CHAPTER V. FOR SALE—DRAGON’S BREATH, CHEAP
CHAPTER VI. TILTING WITH FIRE
CHAPTER VII. THE DEVILS OF DISEASE
CHAPTER VIII. A FOOTSTOOL FOR BANDITS!
CHAPTER IX. A RIVER ON THE RAMPAGE
CHAPTER X. A SMALL PROBLEM OF OWNERSHIP
CHAPTER XI “HE WHO RIDES ON A TIGER CANNOT DISMOUNT”
CHAPTER XII “IN THE COURSE OF TIME MEN’S MOTIVES MAY BE SEEN”
CHAPTER XIII. A USE FOR CURIOSITY
CHAPTER XIV “ONE MUST FIRST SCALE THE MOUNTAIN IN ORDER TO VIEW THE PLAIN”
GLOSSARY OF CHINESE WORDS
Footnote
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER XIII
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
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Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Young Fu made no effort to continue the conversation. While the newcomer assumed no superior airs, he might if opportunity arose find delight in exercising his talents along this line. The tall Lu entered and held a sheet of metal in the heat. He poised the tongs carefully and spoke: “When Small Li has eaten, you will go with him to deliver a mei-shiang-tz of kettles. It is too heavy for him to carry alone; also, in this fashion you will become familiar with the city.”
They set out, the mei-shiang-tz suspended from a carrying pole, the flat ends of which rested on a shoulder of each boy. Young Fu soon learned the swinging stride which load-bearers used, and Li cleared a path for them through the crowded thoroughfares by yelling, “Open the way for a load of brasses!”
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