Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 545
A MESSAGE IN HASTE TO LI-CHING. So he measured the tail of the busy Ah Lee,And away to the palace he flew For an officer grim to accompany himAnd imprison poor Ah Lee Ben Loo. In a dark dungeon cell overhanging th:stream,On the banks of the yellow Hwang-Ho,In a tower sky-high Ah Lee waited to die… … THE LAW NEVER SPARED ANY SUBJECT WHO DARED WEAR A LONGER PIGTAIL THAN THE KING. 1894.J THE PIGTAIL OF AH LEE BEN LOO. 533 If you value your life, send to me for a wifeYour fair daughter, the sweet Ting-a-Ling!
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