Chapter I: Front Matter

MR. WU

By LOUISE JORDON MILN
(MRS. GEORGE CRICHTON MILN)

Based on the Play “Mr. Wu”
By H. M. VERNON and HAROLD OWEN

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with Frederick A. Stokes Company

_Copyright, 1918, by_
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

_First published in the United States
of America, 1920_

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I WU CHING YU AND WU LI CHANG 1

II AT RICE 7

III THE MARRIAGE JOURNEY 14

IV WEE MRS. WU 22

V HOMING 27

VI HEART ACHE 31

VII A TORTURED BOYHOOD 36

VIII SOME BALM 45

IX WU LI LU 52

X NANG PING 58

XI IN THE LOTUS GARDEN 62

XII O CURSE OF ASIA! 77

XIII MRS. GREGORY 87

XIV NANG’S VIGIL 93

XV THE MEETING OF THE MOTHERS 98

XVI GRIT 113

XVII THE SIGNAL OF THE GONG 124

XVIII AT THE FEET OF KWANYIN KO 128

XIX PREPARATION 132

XX WHAT WU DID IN PROOF OF LOVE 137

XXI A CONFERENCE 146

XXII SING KUNG YAH’S FLOWERS 156

XXIII AH WONG 161

XXIV IN THE CLUTCH OF THE TONGS 170

XXV WORSE AND WORSE 177

XXVI SUSPENSE 182

XXVII THE BEGINNING OF THE DUEL 190

XXVIII SOMETHING TO GO ON 203

XXIX “WILL YOU VISIT SING KUNG YAH?” 207

XXX SMILING WELCOME 220

XXXI FACE TO FACE 228

XXXII “CUR!” 236

XXXIII A CHINESE TEACHING 241

XXXIV ALONE IN CHINA 246

XXXV THE STORY OF THE SWORD 256

XXXVI IN THE PAGODA AND ON THE BENCH 265

XXXVII THE FAN 270

XXXVIII THE GONG 276

XXXIX AFTERWARDS 286

XL A GUEST ON HIGH 292

XLI “JUST WITH US” 294

XLII THE DUST OF CHINA FROM THEIR FEET 300

XLIII ENGLISH WEDDING BELLS 307

XLIV THE SOUND OF A CHINESE GONG 312

MR. WU