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Updated: May 12, 2025
The Chinamen reached into their pockets and handed over their last sapeck to the priest, then in silence left, firmly resolved to attempt the journey to the Goldland. In the City. Lohe attached himself to the party of fish carriers, because he did not wish them to get away before binding themselves to go to the gold fields.
"My children," cried Lihoa, "what crime against the God of the Golden Fish have you committed? So small a haul as this we have not had for a year and a day. The New Year is at hand. How can we have our usual celebration with only a sapeck or two in our pockets?" "How shall we celebrate the New Year?" cried one. "How shall we appease the God?" wailed others mournfully.
Is that all you are going to give me, when you know that the sum must be divided among twenty families?" complained Lihoa. "To-morrow morning in the market you will get three times that amount for the beautiful fish." "Well and why not? When I take inferior things to the market, I have to content myself with a small price. Not a sapeck more for you," answered the dealer.
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