-
Articles/Ads
Article AN EASTERN NOVEL. ← Page 3 of 4 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Eastern Novel.
passengers that was sinking to the bottom ; they heard the poor wretches cry out for help , and the people on the . bank , alarmed with the sight , called to several small barks to go to thenassistance ; but the watermen , being a kind of hard-hearted people , required the assurance of a good reward before the } ' - would give any .
During this debate Liu and his bark arrived ; when he understood what was the matter , said he , within himself , to save a man ' s life is much more meritorious than to adorn temples and maintain bonzes ; let us consecrate the twenty taels to this good work , and succour these poor wretches that are like to perish ; at the same instant he declared that he would give twenty taels among
those who should save in their barks these half-drowned peoj . de . No sooner was this offer made but the watermen covered the river in a moment ; even some of the spectators who stootl upon the bank , and were skilful in swimming , threw themselves precipitately in ! o the water , and in a moment ' s time they ail were brought safe to land ; Liugreatl leased with the success
, y p , immediately delivered the promised reward . These poor people taken out of the water , and from the gates of death , came to return thanks to their deliverer ; one of the company surveying Liu more attentively , cried out all on a sudden , How ! is it you my elder brother ; by what good fortune do I meet you here ? Liu , turning about , " knew his third brother Liu-tchin ,
and was so transported with joy that he was quite in a rapture , and joining his hands together , , O ! wonderful , said he , Heaven has conducted me hither at this critical moment to save my brother ' s life ! after which he lent him his hand , embraced him , helped him into the bark , assisted him to take off his wet garments , and gave him others . Liu-tchinbeing come to himselfperformed all the duties that
, , custom requires from a younger brother , and the eider having made a proper return called Hi-eul , who was in one of the rooms of the bark , to come and salute his uncle ; then he related all his adventures , which filled Liu-tchin with amazement from which he did not soon recover : but let me know , said Liu , what could bring you into this part of the country ?
It is not possible , replied Lju-tchin , to tell you in a few words the cause of my journey : when you had been three years absent from your house we had news that you died of a'disease in the province of Chan-si ; my second brother , as head of the family , inyour absence made an inquiry , and assured us that it was true ; this was like a clap of thunder to my sister-in-lawwho was inconsolable
, , and went in deep mourning ; as for myself I constantly affirmed ¦ that the news was not certain , and that I believed nothing of it . A few days after , my second brother pressed my sister-in-law to think of anew marriage , but she always rejected the proposition ; in short she engaged me to undertake a journey into Chan-si , to inform myself upon the spot concerning your affairs , and when I
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Eastern Novel.
passengers that was sinking to the bottom ; they heard the poor wretches cry out for help , and the people on the . bank , alarmed with the sight , called to several small barks to go to thenassistance ; but the watermen , being a kind of hard-hearted people , required the assurance of a good reward before the } ' - would give any .
During this debate Liu and his bark arrived ; when he understood what was the matter , said he , within himself , to save a man ' s life is much more meritorious than to adorn temples and maintain bonzes ; let us consecrate the twenty taels to this good work , and succour these poor wretches that are like to perish ; at the same instant he declared that he would give twenty taels among
those who should save in their barks these half-drowned peoj . de . No sooner was this offer made but the watermen covered the river in a moment ; even some of the spectators who stootl upon the bank , and were skilful in swimming , threw themselves precipitately in ! o the water , and in a moment ' s time they ail were brought safe to land ; Liugreatl leased with the success
, y p , immediately delivered the promised reward . These poor people taken out of the water , and from the gates of death , came to return thanks to their deliverer ; one of the company surveying Liu more attentively , cried out all on a sudden , How ! is it you my elder brother ; by what good fortune do I meet you here ? Liu , turning about , " knew his third brother Liu-tchin ,
and was so transported with joy that he was quite in a rapture , and joining his hands together , , O ! wonderful , said he , Heaven has conducted me hither at this critical moment to save my brother ' s life ! after which he lent him his hand , embraced him , helped him into the bark , assisted him to take off his wet garments , and gave him others . Liu-tchinbeing come to himselfperformed all the duties that
, , custom requires from a younger brother , and the eider having made a proper return called Hi-eul , who was in one of the rooms of the bark , to come and salute his uncle ; then he related all his adventures , which filled Liu-tchin with amazement from which he did not soon recover : but let me know , said Liu , what could bring you into this part of the country ?
It is not possible , replied Lju-tchin , to tell you in a few words the cause of my journey : when you had been three years absent from your house we had news that you died of a'disease in the province of Chan-si ; my second brother , as head of the family , inyour absence made an inquiry , and assured us that it was true ; this was like a clap of thunder to my sister-in-lawwho was inconsolable
, , and went in deep mourning ; as for myself I constantly affirmed ¦ that the news was not certain , and that I believed nothing of it . A few days after , my second brother pressed my sister-in-law to think of anew marriage , but she always rejected the proposition ; in short she engaged me to undertake a journey into Chan-si , to inform myself upon the spot concerning your affairs , and when I