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"We must pay him the proper fare." "Velly well, pay him ploper money." I anticipated trouble, but when we got to the side and a dollar was handed to the man, his heavy round face lit up with pleasure, and he said something aloud. "What does he say, Ching?" I asked. "Say velly glad, and didn't tink he get anything 'tall."
"Here, what is it you are going to take us to see, Ching?" cried Barkins "all right; I wasn't talking to you," he added, as a couple of Chinamen turned round to gaze at the young outer barbarian. "You waitee," cried Ching, smiling; "all velly ploper gland. You likee see the show." "Oh, all right. Where's the restaurant?"
"But admit no more of them to come in, these strangers." "Tchee, tchee! Velly ploper. Sometime big feller come in if Pidgin palaber or not. Pidgin never lude to big feller." "Your life may depend on it," said Chunda Lal impressively. "How many are here?" Ah-Fang-Fu turned at last from his cards, pointing in three directions, and, finally, at Gaston Max. "Four?" said the Hindu "how can it be?"
"I no 'fraid," he declared. "P'laps master no savee. Sui-fu b'long velly big place, have got plenty European. You wantchee makee go fast, catchee plenty good 'chow. I think you catchee one piecee boat, makee go up the river. P'laps I think you have got velly tired no wantchee makee more walkee that no b'long ploper. That b'long all same fool pidgin." And at last I melted.
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