Word: lum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Chinese Manager James Lum, fearful of what awaited him that night in Chinatown, announced: "I will leave town...
...debutante daughter of Broker Sidney Johnston White. All afternoon maskers danced in the streets. After dinner came the parade of Camus (Spirit of Revelry). Before midnight the streets were growing quiet. In the Auditorium was held the exclusive Ball of Comus, whose Queen was Lucille Williams, debutante daughter of Lum berman Charles Seyburn Williams. At the stroke of twelve, before the Court of Comus appeared Rex & Queen. Everybody danced until morning, ate & drank until sunup, went home to sleep and fast for 40 days...
Thelma got to be fere (friendly) with the stranger, with his white hands and winning ways: almost consented to marry him. But she could not understand why he employed Lum Morgan. Chad, once deputy sheriff, had jailed Lum's son. Lum had recently shot at Chad, mistaking him for a rabbit. Clayton found Lum useful around the mines, continued to employ him. Lum thought that this meant that Clayton wanted him to take another shot at Chad, mistake him for a barn door...