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Show I'dgan Tfinplia In han I'ranclico. OiltOin..l Tbe oldest JuM-houm In Han Francisco Fran-cisco Is the Temple of the Queen ot Heaven, on Wavcrly street. It wis erected over forty ycara ago, and Is the property of the Ham Vp Company. lhu goddeu wonhlpped at this temple wasaCnlneao yoiini lady who lived hundreds of yiaraaco. Htiowasboru In tho province of I'oMon, and was tho daughter of a mtrchaiit uf the liurn Clan. In her girlhood she Is eald toliavo illsp.'ayid remarkable Intelligence, In-telligence, nnd waa abivu all renowned lor her prophetic Insight. Her father and futir brothers frequently left their homo on trnJInir vojages up and down tho cen.t, Ono Oay while two of her brothers wero at sea ehu fell Into n trance. Her parents thought her dead, aud their lamentations wero su luudas toawnkin her. Hhu told how ehe had Just been In tho inldat of n vlolonl typhoon an! had seen her brotbera touting about on thu wild waves. A few daya elap'od and tho youngeat eon returned home, reporting the lois of hie brother at eei, and telling tell-ing how, In tho height uf thu storm, a lady appeared In mid-heaven and let luwn n rope nnd tuwod thu ehlp lo n safe ansherago. Huviaa Juet relating the sad news aif his brother's death, when lile "nlattr cilno Into the room and congratulated him on Ills issape. Hbo recounts. 1 with exactueu Iho ovrnla nf that fearful night, aud told lion- sho wasjuit hav toning lo her brother's rescue when she was awakened by her parent' crlea. Years passed nud another calamity befoll the family. Tills time tbo father waa drowned at lea. Tbe legenda tells how the devoted daughter, daugh-ter, on hearing thu news, battened to Iho seashore, Hhe callod lu vain for her father's return, liouder and louder beuaruu her walls of eorrow, III), Irantlo with grlel, abo throw heraulf Into tho waves aud was drowned. |
