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In private life he was fond of music, art, and literature; but in public life he was autocratic as a czar and sternly righteous as a prophet. He was a vigilance committee in himself through sheer force of personality. Crime did not flourish where Begbie went. Chinaman or Indian could be as sure of justice as the richest miner in Cariboo.
'I'll remember that and the street and number. And some day I'll take a run down to Peru to Lima. "'Si, si fine cit-ee. And bull fight granda, señor, said the Chinaman, who, like Martin Jackson, had also a Spanish accent." The pump-man had come to a full stop. The third officer was standing near.
I gravely examined two of his pulses every properly organised Chinaman has four hundred and finding his heart where it should be in the centre of his body, with the other organs ranged round it like the satellites round the sun every Chinaman is thus constructed I was glad to be able to assure him that he will certainly live forty years longer if Heaven permit him.
Then, turning briskly, she slipped out of the garments and back into her own. "You wanchee cumshaw?" she asked, handing the furs to the Chinaman to be wrapped. The Chinaman grinned. From somewhere on her person she extracted bills, American bills. Johnny was not surprised at that, for in these uncertain times, American money had come to be an undisputed medium of exchange.
Ralph asked curiously. "Curiously enough, it is apropos of these Deloras," I answered. "I called to-day, but only found the girl in. The man I saw later with a Chinaman whom I believe to be the ambassador." "What is the girl like?" my brother asked. "Charming!" I answered. "I am writing Aunt Mary to invite her down to Feltham. The difficulty seems to be to get hold of Delora."
He and his men had already acted on the clew that picture of Jerry and the Chinaman gave us. The old factory yard where the rockets were sent up will be under watch before the night is over, and Mr. Price is going to Brantford on a special boat." "Then the crowd who stole the Drifter are as good as caught!" exclaimed Hiram hopefully. "Hardly," replied Dave. "Mr.
At the far end of the room was an iron-bound enclosure, behind which sat a wily and inscrutable Chinaman who, having received a formal notice that this visit was "safe and unofficial," obligingly exhibited his scales and small packets of drugs wares to bring rich delights to the narcotised which he disposed of in infinitesimal quantities, at from four to six annas a dose.
Young man, you can hire your washing and ironing done by a Chinaman, and live in a first-class boarding house with much less expense. It don't pay. Some women marry because they want a home, and they find a penitentiary. I visited a state prison a few days ago, and I found inside the walls a lot of convicts that were having a much better time than some married people of my acquaintance.
"He is ashes, your Excellency," said Davidson, wheezing a little; "he and the girl together. I suppose he couldn't stand his thoughts before her dead body and fire purifies everything. That Chinaman of whom I told your Excellency helped me to investigate next day, when the embers got cooled a little. We found enough to be sure. He's not a bad Chinaman.
In his left hand he held an amber cigarette tube in which a cigarette smoldered gently, sending up a gray pencil of smoke into the breathless, perfumed air. "Mr. Ho-Pin," said Gianapolis, indicating the Chinaman, "who will attend to your requirements. This is our new friend from Paris, introduced by Sir B. M , M. Gaston."
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