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Show PLAYED POCAHONTAS RACKET. The Thrilling Experience of a Chinaman Wrecked on an Alaskan Coast, San Fhanc isco, Aug. 14. Ah Wing, a Chinese cook on a whaler, recently arrived here from Sitka with his Indian wife. The story of how he ennie to wed his Alaskan bride reads like the romance ro-mance of Pocahontas and John Smith. The whaler on which Wing cooked was wrecked on the Alaskan coast and Wing escaped to the ice where he was found by Indians. They treated him kindly and fed him so carefully his suspicions were aroused, and he learned from the chief's daughter that he was to be barbecued bar-becued for a big feast. He made love to the damsel aud on the fatal day when ho was brought out to be killed the daughter pleaded for his life, which her father granted. They wero married and lived some time with the tribe, but Wing grew tired of walrus ' meat and escaped with his wife in a whaler, lie is now tailoring in this city, his wife helping him, as she has become an adept ad-ept with the needle. She shows signs of consumption, however, due to indoor life, as she can not be induced to venture ven-ture on the street, being afraid of tho noise and bustle. i |