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Mrs. Spring Fragrance

Sui Sin Far
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  1. CONTENTS
  2. MRS. SPRING FRAGRANCE
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV
  7. THE INFERIOR WOMAN
  8. I
  9. II
  10. III
  11. IV
  12. V
  13. VI
  14. THE WISDOM OF THE NEW
  15. I
  16. II
  17. III
  18. IV
  19. V
  20. VI
  21. VII
  22. “ITS WAVERING IMAGE”
  23. I
  24. II
  25. IT WAS A COOL, QUIET evening, after a hot day. A new moon was in the sky.
  26. III
  27. “CURSED BE HIS ANCESTORS,” BAYED Man You.
  28. IV
  29. THE GIFT OF LITTLE ME
  30. THE STORY OF ONE WHITE WOMAN WHO MARRIED A CHINESE
  31. I
  32. II
  33. HER CHINESE HUSBAND
  34. THE AMERICANIZING OF PAU TSU
  35. I
  36. II
  37. III
  38. IV
  39. IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
  40. I
  41. II
  42. III
  43. IV
  44. THE CHINESE LILY
  45. THE SMUGGLING OF TIE CO
  46. THE GOD OF RESTORATION
  47. THE THREE SOULS OF AH SO NAN
  48. I
  49. II
  50. III
  51. IV
  52. THE PRIZE CHINA BABY
  53. LIN JOHN
  54. TIAN SHAN’S KINDRED SPIRIT
  55. THE SING SONG WOMAN
  56. I
  57. II
  58. TALES OF CHINESE CHILDREN
  59. THE SILVER LEAVES
  60. THE PEACOCK LANTERN
  61. CHILDREN OF PEACE
  62. I
  63. II
  64. III
  65. IV
  66. V
  67. “HOW MANY MOONS, LIU VENTI, since our little ones went from us?” asked Pau Tsu.
  68. THE BANISHMENT OF MING AND MAI
  69. I
  70. II The Tiger’s Farewell
  71. THE STORY OF A LITTLE CHINESE SEABIRD
  72. WHAT ABOUT THE CAT?
  73. THE WILD MAN AND THE GENTLE BOY
  74. THE GARMENTS OF THE FAIRIES
  75. THE DREAMS THAT FAILED
  76. GLAD YEN
  77. THE DECEPTIVE MAT
  78. THE HEART’S DESIRE
  79. THE CANDY THAT IS NOT SWEET
  80. THE INFERIOR MAN
  81. THE MERRY BLIND-MAN
  82. MISUNDERSTOOD
  83. THE LITTLE FAT ONE
  84. A CHINESE BOY-GIRL
  85. I
  86. II
  87. PAT AND PAN
  88. I
  89. II
  90. III
  91. THE CROCODILE PAGODA
  92. A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  93. A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

Mrs. Spring Fragrance

Sui Sin Far

Mrs. Spring Fragrance was first published in 1912.

This edition published by Mint Editions 2021.

ISBN 9781513271866 | E-ISBN 9781513276861

Published by Mint Editions®

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CONTENTS

  1. MRS. SPRING FRAGRANCE
  2. THE INFERIOR WOMAN
  3. THE WISDOM OF THE NEW
  4. “ITS WAVERING IMAGE”
  5. THE GIFT OF LITTLE ME
  6. THE STORY OF ONE WHITE WOMAN WHO MARRIED A CHINESE
  7. HER CHINESE HUSBAND
  8. THE AMERICANIZING OF PAU TSU
  9. IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
  10. THE CHINESE LILY
  11. THE SMUGGLING OF TIE CO
  12. THE GOD OF RESTORATION
  13. THE THREE SOULS OF AH SO NAN
  14. THE PRIZE CHINA BABY
  15. LIN JOHN
  16. TIAN SHAN’S KINDRED SPIRIT
  17. THE SING SONG WOMAN
  18. TALES OF CHINESE CHILDREN
  19. THE SILVER LEAVES
  20. THE PEACOCK LANTERN
  21. CHILDREN OF PEACE
  22. THE BANISHMENT OF MING AND MAI
  23. THE STORY OF A LITTLE CHINESE SEABIRD
  24. WHAT ABOUT THE CAT?
  25. THE WILD MAN AND THE GENTLE BOY
  26. THE GARMENTS OF THE FAIRIES
  27. THE DREAMS THAT FAILED
  28. GLAD YEN
  29. THE DECEPTIVE MAT
  30. THE HEART’S DESIRE
  31. THE CANDY THAT IS NOT SWEET
  32. THE INFERIOR MAN
  33. THE MERRY BLIND-MAN
  34. MISUNDERSTOOD
  35. THE LITTLE FAT ONE
  36. A CHINESE BOY-GIRL
  37. PAT AND PAN
  38. THE CROCODILE PAGODA

MRS. SPRING FRAGRANCE

I

WHEN MRS. SPRING FRAGRANCE FIRST arrived in Seattle, she was unacquainted with even one word of the American language. Five years later her husband, speaking of her, said: “There are no more American words for her learning.” And everyone who knew Mrs. Spring Fragrance agreed with Mr. Spring Fragrance.

Mr. Spring Fragrance, whose business name was Sing Yook, was a young curio merchant. Though conservatively Chinese in many respects, he was at the same time what is called by the Westerners, “Americanized.” Mrs. Spring Fragrance was even more “Americanized.”

Next door to the Spring Fragrances lived the Chin Yuens. Mrs. Chin Yuen was much older than Mrs. Spring Fragrance; but she had a daughter of eighteen with whom Mrs. Spring Fragrance was on terms of great friendship. The daughter was a pretty girl whose Chinese name was Mai Gwi Far (a rose) and whose American name was Laura. Nearly everybody called her Laura, even her parents and Chinese friends. Laura had a sweetheart, a youth named Kai Tzu. Kai Tzu, who was American-born, and as ruddy and stalwart as any young Westerner, was noted amongst baseball players as one of the finest pitchers on the Coast. He could also sing, “Drink to me only with thine eyes,” to Laura’s piano accompaniment.

Now the only person who knew that Kai Tzu loved Laura and that Laura loved Kai Tzu, was Mrs. Spring Fragrance. The reason for this was that, although the Chin Yuen parents lived in a house furnished in American style, and wore American clothes, yet they religiously observed many Chinese customs, and their ideals of life were the ideals of their Chinese forefathers. Therefore, they had betrothed their daughter, Laura, at the age of fifteen, to the eldest son of the Chinese Government school-teacher in San Francisco. The time for the consummation of the betrothal was approaching.