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They were about half-way through this beautiful meal when there was a sound of footsteps on the matting, and a Chinese servant appeared, bearing a large iced birthday cake set on a silver tray. "Hullo, Ah Kew! What you gottee there?" called Hugh, under the impression that he was speaking pidgin-English to perfection. "Master talkee to-day b'long he burfday," Ah Kew replied.
"Me bettee you hundled dollee you gottee um jack of hearts in you bootleg, so be!" "What!" cried Roche, as he looked down at his feet. "Do you mean that, you heathen?" "Me allee samee meanee," was the reply. "Me wantee givee you chancee to gittee square, so be." The villain had a hundred dollars out in a hurry. "There you are!" he exclaimed. "Cover that!"
"Allee light; me go now," called out Hop, who had been, watching from the front of the cave. "Me soonee come back with um money to pay um toll, so be." Out he went, and he had not gone more than a dozen yards when he came upon the scout. "Where's Anna an' Eloise?" Charlie demanded. "Outlaws allee samee gottee," was the reply. "Come 'way petty quicken."
Before Captain Gillespie could indignantly refuse making any terms with the rascals, Ching Wang proceeded to say that he had overheard the pirates saying that the reason for their violent hurry was that an English gunboat had been seen in the distance cruising off the mouth of the Canton river. "Me gottee sampan," continued Ching Wang, declaring now his real motive.
"Lat's Mista You," he said, nodding his head and summoning another hundred of wrinkles to his damp, polished face. "That ain't my name. You don't know my name," I accused him. "Mista Yen Sin gottee name, allee light." The thing fascinated me, like a serpent. "Whose name is that, then?" I demanded, pointing to a collar on the counter between us.
"'As a relaxiation, Charles, says I. 'Poker is a business for gentlemen of means gottee nomonee! "'Me stakee you, says he. 'Likee poker. "So Jim and some of the other boys come over, and Charlie and me begun to draw cards. After we dubbed through a few deals, gettin' on to each other's play, I see Charlie stow away a pair of aces.
"Do you mean to say that I stole the card from the pack?" "Me allee samee bettee ten dollee you gottee um card somewhere, so be!" was the quick retort. "You will, eh? All right. I'm a betting man, I am. It don't make any difference who I bet with, either. I'll bet you ten dollars that I haven't got the card on me. If one has got it you're the one, for you are doing the trick."
"You helpee me cally?" he said. For answer I took hold of one end of the case, and we bore it right up, through the thick sand, close under the cliff, where we placed it behind a big stone. "You gottee big stlong knife?" cried Ching. I took out a big-bladed knife, opened it, and found no difficulty in thrusting it through the soft tin and cutting a long gash.
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