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Updated: May 5, 2025
And they wore clothes that were as strange as the words they spoke clothes that looked like pajamas with dark blue tops and light blue trousers. And each of the little men had a yellow face, slant eyes, and a black pigtail. It was Saturday, and a group of town-boys stood around the door, gazing in at the three strange little men and mocking them: "Ching, ching Chinaman, Bow, wow, wow!"
For the first time in the history of the two countries, a Chinese cruiser, the Haichi, under the command of Admiral Ching, recently visited New York, where the officers and men were given a cordial welcome. The treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and Japan, signed in 1894, would by a strict interpretation of its provisions have terminated on July 17, 1912.
"We shan't sink, Herrick," said Mr Brooke, returning to my side; while, after glancing at my very serious, and at the young lieutenant's stern countenance, Ching crept forward under the oars to where the coxswain was baling, and, getting a second tin from the locker, he seated himself, tucked his loose things out of the way, and began meekly to toss out the water as fast as he could scoop it up.
I'm free to say I admire her very much. I guess that's all." "Nothing I can do for you, then?" Stires lighted a pipe. "If you're so set on helping me, you might watch over Ching Po a little." "What is he up to?" "Don't know. But it ain't like him to be sitting round idle when there's harm to be done.
The enclosure was thinning fast now, as we walked toward the gateway by which we had entered, where a strong body of soldiers had been on guard over the barricades, in case of an attempt being made by the pirates' friends to rescue them, and we saw plainly enough that had we wanted there would have been no getting away. "You likee go in and see plison?" said Ching insinuatingly.
It was not a banjo, for it was too long; and it was not a guitar, for it was too thin, and had not enough strings; but it was something of the kind, and evidently kept there for the use of musically-disposed visitors. "You likee music?" said Ching.
Gordon and the bulk of his corps were at Patachiaou, south of Soochow only General Ching and the Chinese army were north of that place and he resolved to attack them and force his way through to Chanzu, which he wished to recover as opening a road to the river and the outer world.
"Be quiet, Tanner!" cried Smith; "he knows something. Now, then, Gnat: what does Ching say?" "That we shall never catch the pirates, because they won't come out when the gunboat is here." "Well, there's something in that. Tell Mr Reardon." "Is it worth while? He says we ought to arm a couple of junks, and wait for the pirates to come out and attack us."
Boxes and bundles and food for the journey were put in, and the children began to understand that they were to be taken to Yung Ching with Hung Li, his wife and mother.
"Too soon findee boat," said Ching. "Tellee man come when sun go out of sight." "Yes, and that means two hours good," said Barkins. "Look here, Ching, hire a boat cheap. Get a fellow with a sailing-boat, if you can." "Yes," said the Chinaman, nodding his head in a satisfied way, "Good boat velly nice boat boat with velly big sail fly over water, eh?" "Yes, that's it," said Barkins.
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