Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 546
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! … THE MANDARIN S MESSAGE. Then the sweet Ting-a-Ling wrung her handsin despair,And as pale as a lily she grew;Oh, my father! she said, I would soonerbe deadThan to marry a man with a queue!For since wearing a queue ruined Ah LeeBen LooI shall hate a pigtail all my life;And I 11 float out to sea, for…
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