The story related pertained to one Eu-nou, beautiful and talented only daughter of a great beggar king, about the vera 1161 A.D, When this king, by name Jin Lao-dah, Decame old "he turned over th weighty affairs of his calling to hi brother who also grew rich in the trade. The difficulty remained however to obtain for Jin's lovely daughter a husband who could give liber social position, wealth not being required by the Beggar Family.
Then one day, the story continued, 'a handsome youth was spied standing disconsolately by the bridge at the entrance of the town, by neighbour of Jin Lao-dah, who instituted himself as a go-between thereafter in providing the youth with a wealthy bride. The youth, Mob-joe, had family and scholar-Jines, but was decidedly low funds, and upon hearing about the status of his proposed father-in-law, he questioned himself in entirely sensible fashion, "What does it matter? I myself am on the verge of beggardom'
Whereupon the festivities were arranged for, but unfortunately, the old father of Eu-now wished to set {nto the background as far as possible some of the unpleasant realities of his past. Therefore, none of own undistinguished relations were invited to the wedding. When the ceremony had progressed as far as the feast, in came the King of the Beggars, Eu-Nou's uncle with a motley horde of choice mendicants to shame the bride and groom, nad eventually to fall upon the feast hastily left by departing and scandalized guests. The beggar King told his brother a few. undeniable facts which left the old man nothing to say.
The Happy Ending The bride then did what she could to rehabilitate her happiness. Her husband was encouraged to study for still higher scholastic and official honours. He received them in due course and returned, dressed in full mandarin regalia, to the house of his father-in-law.' En route, he was set upon by the observant street-Arabs of China who followed him shouting "This is the son-in-law of the beggar-chief". The words rang in his ears and eventually brought him to the point of ingratitude where he attempted to murder his wife by throwing her overboard when they were on their way to a new district where Mob-joe was to be collector of evennes, How the poor girl was rescued by Commissioner on his way to the tame town, and adopted by his wife
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