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tailor by the name of Wu, who possesses an Bridge, Soochow, lives infant prodigy in the person of " boy baby exactly two old. The other day this baby suddenly called out some written Chinese words which he saw, to the utmost astonishment of the family and those who happened to be near by. 'This news speedily getting abroad, people from all round began to, crowd into the tailor' house to a00 the Those slaiters made their teste by writing infant prodigy and test its knowledge. 4 number of charac, or words, which when shown the igy it at once repeated with clear voice aad accent to the wu-bounded astonishment of every one, Of course, those who came brought gi them for it im the abate and money. Naturally the fame of the spread about far and wide until it came to the ears of the chihsien of Ch'angtaouhsion—the portion of Soochow city in which the parent of the child live.
Ssu ingly sent for the prodigy and he, in his turn, was also profoundly astonished at the infant knowledge. Mr. Ssu gave the child' parents four dollars as a "cumshaw" and told them to care of it, and that when the grew up he,
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