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Jade: And Other Stories
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"Grifter" Mahoney, the San Francisco guide will show you a joss house in Chinatown where the priest who is a duck merchant during the day pays eight hundred dollars a year for his priestly privileges. Mahoney will then lead you through a dark alley where you have to stoop low to avoid hitting a real estate sign. You come out at the entrance to the Chinese Musician's Cellar. The Musician plays "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" on a flute and it is rotten music.
Five minutes later Mahoney's chilblains began to itch. "That's all there is to see," he says as he pockets your dollar. "Chinatown ain't what she used to be before the fire. Good night."
Sun Kee was born in the Palace of Six Lilies beside West Lake up from Hangchow. Two hours after Sun Kee was born the Prince of the palace died. The dissolution of the Princes household accomplished through the years. When Sun Kee was ten years old he sensed the dust and decay about him.
"Grifter" Mahoney, the San Francisco guide will show you a joss house in Chinatown where the priest who is a duck merchant during the day pays eight hundred dollars a year for his priestly privileges. Mahoney will then lead you through a dark alley where you have to stoop low to avoid hitting a real estate sign. You come out at the entrance to the Chinese Musician's Cellar. The Musician plays "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" on a flute and it is rotten music.
Five minutes later Mahoney's chilblains began to itch. "That's all there is to see," he says as he pockets your dollar. "Chinatown ain't what she used to be before the fire. Good night."
Sun Kee was born in the Palace of Six Lilies beside West Lake up from Hangchow. Two hours after Sun Kee was born the Prince of the palace died. The dissolution of the Princes household accomplished through the years. When Sun Kee was ten years old he sensed the dust and decay about him.
254 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1921
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