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Like a good many others of his race, Wun Sing was "good Chlistian" when it suited him to be, but a much better devotee of his ancient gods when real trouble overtook him. Wun Sing was in trouble now. Bottomless trouble, he feared, and so wholly engaged in his devotions that he didn't take any notice of the noisy youngsters foraging his stores.
Ki Sing turned his almond eyes upon O'Reilly, who, with his freckled face, wide mouth, broad nose, and stubby beard, was by no means a prepossessing-looking man, and said interrogatively: "He Chlistian?" "Yes, John. Wouldn't you like to be one?" Ki Sing shook his head decidedly. "Me no want to be Chlistian," he answered. "Me velly well now. Me want to be good Chinaman."
Holding up a piece of paper, he handed it to the Coroner and then stood blinking and immobile. A few moments afterwards, the Coroner said: "I have received this note from Li Choo the Chinaman, sometime employed by the deceased Joel Mazarine. I will read it to you." Slowly he read: "I say gloddam. That Orlando he not kill Mazaline. I say gloddam Mazaline. That Mazaline he Chlistian.
Simon repeated, in accents of incredulity. "Me savvy 'Clyde. Him big man-horse hyas skookum man-horse. Him mammook plow, mammook haul wagon!" "You hyas damfool Injun!" said his host politely. "Missee Clyde Chlistian gal's name, catchum in Chlistian Bible; all same Swede Annie, all same Spokane Sue, all same Po'tland Lily." Simon digested this information with preternatural gravity.
Holding up a piece of paper, he handed it to the Coroner and then stood blinking and immobile. A few moments afterwards, the Coroner said: "I have received this note from Li Choo the Chinaman, sometime employed by the deceased Joel Mazarine. I will read it to you." Slowly he read: "I say gloddam. That Orlando he not kill Mazaline. I say gloddam Mazaline. That Mazaline he Chlistian.
"Mista Sam Kow say: 'This man go night-time in Chestnut Stleet; pickee out letta undah sidewalk, stickee money-bag undah sidewalk, cly, shivah, makee allee same like sick fella. Walkee all lound town allee night. Allee same like Chlistian dlunk man. No sleepee.
They like to end a word with ee as "muchee," and they find it next to impossible to frame the letter R. For example the word rice becomes lice in a Chinaman's mouth, and a Christian is a Chlistian, while an American is turned into an Amelican.
"He thinks we ate rats and mice, like him. No, old pigtail, we ain't cats. We are good Christians." "Chlistian! Ma don't know Ghlistian," said the Chinaman. "Then look at O'Reilly," said Dick Roberts, mischievously. "He's a good solid Christian."
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