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They had been there six days.... At one point ten dark-complexioned men were hanging in a string from the trees along the roadside. Bert wondered why.... At one peaceful-looking village where they stopped off to get Bert's tyre mended and found beer and biscuits, they were approached by an extremely dirty little boy without boots, who spoke as follows: "Deyse been hanging a Chink in dose woods!"
"Hanging a Chinaman?" said Laurier. "Sure. Der sleuths got him rubberin' der rail-road sheds!" "Oh!" "Dose guys done wase cartridges. Deyse hung him and dey pulled his legs. Deyse doin' all der Chinks dey can fine dat weh! Dey ain't takin' no risks. All der Chinks dey can fine."
Anyhow, dishyers no time fer tradin'; de blame niggers all off dere coco-nuts. Anybody fink you'se payin' off 'stead o' shippin', an' deyse all afraid dey won't get 'nough." Unpleasant as the job was to all of us, it had to be done; so we armed ourselves with ropes'-ends, which we flourished threateningly, avoiding where possible any actual blows.
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