What is "foon"

Usage examples of "foon".

A Chinese merchant, whose little shop bore the name of Soy Foon, along with Chinese characters, closed the front door of his place, and went into a back room.

Soy Foon - the merchant was attired in his native costume - approached a rack which resembled the one in the Buddhist shrine.

Soy Foon entered an open passage, and the barrier slid down in back of him.

WHILE Chon Look was quietly engaged in his pretended shrine, Soy Foon was also contemplative.

But others were coming - here, to this back room of the shop - and even while Soy Foon waited, a light tapping marked the arrival of those whom he expected.

Here, Soy Foon observed a shrewd, leering face - a countenance that betokened both stealth and swiftness.

This distorted creature was the one whom Soy Foon had termed Chun Shi, the Crafty.

That privilege belonged only to one like Soy Foon - a favorite who had actually met the Living Joss face to face.

Like Chon Look, the Buddhist, Soy Foon, the merchant, was sure that he was worthy of the confidence given by Kwa.

The Living Joss handed the note to Soy Foon, and uttered words in Chinese.

Chon Look returned to idle in the shrine, but Soy Foon hastened away with definite purpose.

Soy Foon spoke to him in English, which seemed to be the language which this American-born child understood.

In the shop of Soy Foon, a block away, The Shadow had spotted another rack which was the exact replica of the one in the shrine.

Going to the spot where Soy Foon stood, the detective shouted along the passage.

He heard no sound, but he felt a slight draught as Foon Koo noiselessly opened a secret trap in the wall.