MADERA   MERCURY Madera, Madera County, California Saturday, July 28, 1906 SHORTY'S LOVE _________ Mrs. Yee Chung Gives Her Version of the Affair, _________ And Intimates that the Slop Man is Suffering From the Effects of Kissing Bug Sting _________ From Saturday's Daily,     Mrs Yee Chung, mother of comely Ah Moy, the idol of Len Fat, alias Lum Hing or, Shorty, the slop man, returned from Fresno this morning, where she went to consult with friends.  Sun Kee, her cousin, a man of much wisdom, and some influence among the members of the tong, came up from the raisin city with her.  They repaired immediately to the office of a well-known attorney in the Barcroft building on Yosemite Avenue, where the previous chapters of this story were submitted to the man of law, and advice sought in combating the erroneous reports alleged to have been set forth therein.     It was decided that a statement by Mrs. Yee Chung would be the proper thing, and she willing gave it to a Mercury reporter substantially as follows:  She is the widow of Yee Chung, formerly a very well-to-do merchant and orchardist of Borden, whom she married twenty years ago.  She has seven children, five boys and two daughters.  Yee Chung has been dead four years and two months.  Shorty, the slop man, has been a friend of the family, and frequent visitor at their home.  He always seemed quite fond of Ah Moy, and frequently remarked "she my wife, a little mo' olo."  Ah Moy has reached the age of seventeen years, and has fallen love with a merchant of Coulterville, who reciprocates her passion, and they will be married according to American laws in the near future.  Mrs. Yee Chung denies in very positive terms that she ever offered to sell her daughter to Shorty, or to anybody else, and also declares that the slop man never has given her any money.  She also believes Shorty is crazy, and says she will have him arrested on such a charge if he comes "pesticatin" around her premises again.  Ah Moy has no use for a husband who carries the odor of a slop wagon about with him continually, and has refused to see Shorty or listen to his pleadings.     It was suggested to the widow that a good way to solve the difficulty would be for her to marry Shorty and let Ah Moy marry the Coulterville merchant, but she did not seem to attach much value to Shorty's qualifications as a husband.  And thus endeth chapter three, with Shorty on the defensive, and his move. _________