Seed of the Sun (The Asian Experience in North America)

Japanese in habitants could not pronounce because the letter will always be an obstacle to the fluent tongues of Nippon. The younger and more progressive referred to it as Bry ;the conservative ones adhered to the Japanese name which they had given it when first they decided that the region round the old Ely tract was worthy of attention. Such of the villagers as could read English these being in the majority recognized the name Ely when they saw it, as they could, plainly painted in giant letters on the side of the packing house or less prominently displayed at either end of the Southern Pacific way-station. But to the slanting black eyes of its inhabitants Ely was, at best, a barbarian word. I ndeed, as a settlement for Californians, the town of Ely had long since ceased to exist. Sparse February rains had been blown again into the Sierras, a north wind was drying away the good moisture of heaven, and the yellow folk of Ely those sufficiently mature to worry about Nature swhims were collected in Mr. Sago sgeneral store, there to gather wisdom from the lips of the Honorable Sago or of the still more honorable Mr. S. Oki, local secretary of the Beneficent Society. Bow-legged little women, dressed in hand-me-down A meri can clothes, were assembled on the porch of Mr. Sago sestablishment, a respectful distance removed from the conference of their lords.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.