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"Yes," said the man, "I earn an honest living by selling pies." "Poor fellow," said the parson, "how I pity you." "Bother your pity; buy a pie," retorted the man. That, according to Fiddler Joss, is the way in which constituted authorities in church and chapel matters deal with the poor man in London and elsewhere. Mr. Methodist would not speak to Mr. Baptist, Mr.
"Are you quite sure this Chinese joss was on this table, when the music began?" asked Marie's companion of her, whisperingly. "Oh, hush, you don't think that danced, do you?" said Marie, with a shudder. "I hardly know. I think the musician was on this side of the room a little while ago, piano and all." "Don't talk so," replied Marie. "They are all going now. I am glad of it.
They could find nobody in the neighbourhood prepared to state that Kwen Lung had a daughter or that Kwen Lung had no daughter. There are all sorts of fables about the old fox, but the facts about him are harder to get at." "But," I explained, "the bloodstains on the joss!" "Ma Lorenzo stumbled and fell there on the previous night, striking her skull against the foot of the figure."
A bed consists only of a mat and a mosquito-net. There are all the usual joss arrangements, and time is measured by the burning of joss-sticks. Several rain-cloaks, made of palm leaves, were hanging up. These, and nearly all the other articles consumed by this large population are imported from China.
Pauline agreed enthusiastically. "You mean a joss house a Chinese church, don't you." "Yes."
In fact, she confessed one day to Lionel, privately in a moment of confidence, that rather than lose him, she would herself carve a joss stick and nail it up in the kitchen; which concession proves the liberalizing and widening effect of necessity upon the human mind. But this is anticipating. The cabin was a pleasant place enough when once fairly set in order.
Wang on his part did not recognise the feeble and unkempt old beggar-woman, so changed was she from the prosperous Mrs Chin, and took but little notice of this one amongst many tens of other mendicants, so that she was able to stand for some time at the shop door without attracting undue attention, when she carefully noted the contents of the store, and amongst other things recognised the gilt joss which her husband had taken with him.
"They do do it on purpose," he says; "they think it's good joss, as they say, good luck that is, just to cross our bows. It means a never-ending look-out all along this coast, and nothing cures them.
There wuz a big Chinese theatre, and a Joss house where they worship Joss, whoever he or she may be, I wanted to have their religion explained to me, there wuz a guide there to do it. But Josiah said that as a deacon he wouldn't countenance it, for I might be led into idolatry.
It was a little cold, but we got warmer as the sun rose over the Bhamo trees, and pagoda, and Joss House. At first the coolies stood round us, and our baggage, and took stock of us, but gradually the interest flagged, and they sat down, and we drew them, and G. made this sketch of Bhamo, and the sunrise over China.
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