🚀 go-pugleaf

It was the merchant's
    young wife. She had been confined in a brothel not two blocks from
    the Mission, and often saw the missionary pass by, but had no
    means of attracting her attention. The merchant told her one day
    that he wished to take her to a cousin to learn a different way of
    dressing her hair, and he would leave her there a day or two while
    he was away from town on business. The young wife went without
    fear, but never to return to virtue until she escaped to the
    Mission. She was tied to a window by day to attract custom, and at
    night tied to a bed, for she was no willing slave. When rescued
    she was horribly diseased. Three days before her rescue, the
    Chief of Police and an interpreter had gone through the house
    questioning every inmate as to whether they wished to lead a life
    of shame or not. She was asked the question in the presence of the
    brothel-keeper, the head mistress, and all the girls. She had been
    told beforehand, "If you dare say you want to escape, we will kill
    you." The Chief of Police had it announced in the papers that
    he had made this investigation, and that no slaves existed in
    Chinatown. Immediately after his visit, she was removed to a
    family house, lest her rescue might be effected, and one man and
    two women set to watch her day and night. She feigned willingness
    to lead a bad life, and the two women, lulled into a sense of
    security, turned aside to gossip, while the man dropped off
    asleep. She suddenly rushed out of the house, and but for the
    quick wit and