Overland Monthly
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Excerpt from Overland Monthly: January and February 1921 Maurice Moore and his bride, Lilian, flushed with love and excitement, followed the guide and his party down through Chinatown. The streets were brilliantly decorated with lanterns, bright-colored flags; lilies potted in odd vases bloomed along their path; fire-works illumined the whole district, for it was the celebration of the Chinese New Year. Lilian´s dreamy blue eyes peeped, from under her brown sailor, up at the tall, wide-awake husband at her side; she clung tightly to his arm, but half heeding his remarks, herself charmed into silence by the scene. They visited the shops crowded with jade, peacock-feathered fans, Oriental parasols, quaint pottery, dragon-embroidered cloths of silver and gold. Then, on they went to a Joss house, smoky with sweet-burning incense, smouldering upon altars where, perhaps, prince and princess had the Buddha. The guide led them through long dark alleys, down into basements, where several large families dwelt together in one room, divided into apartments by bright draperies and ornamented screens. From dark alleys, he guided the party up long winding stairways, into one of the finest Tong houses of the city. As they admired the old paintings, the hand-carved teekwood furniture; Lilian, standing apart, saw her reflection in a mirror, framed in blue and gold, enameled with curious Chinese emblems. Closing her eyes, the fumes of the sweet-burning incense cast on the spell of the Orient, vivid with mystery. In place of a brown tailored suit, she saw a silk jacket and pantalets embroidered with blue birds. The blue eyes, the mass of yellow, fluffy hair, that she knew as her own. Why, what strange thing was this? Black hair arranged in Oriental style framed her face, and black, almond-shaped eyes peered at her. Lilian brushed her hand across her eyes and opened them quickly. "I - I´m mesmerized by this sweet-burning incense. I must go out," she murmured to herself; and immediately pushed her husband out of the room, ahead of the guide. They stopped next at the Chinese concert. The music sounded to Maurice like a whole symphony of discords. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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