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And what did they then see? They saw issue from the hold a man who, having swum to the Dream during the night while she was anchored at Phina Island, had succeeded in stowing himself away for the second time! And who was this man? It was the Chinaman, Seng Vou, who had made the passage back as he had made the passage out! Seng Vou advanced towards William W. Kolderup. "I hope Mr.
Phlegmatic, methodic, and by no means communicative, he carefully avoided the seamen, who had always some prank to play off on him, and he kept to his own provisions. He was thin enough in all conscience, and his additional weight but imperceptibly added to the cost of navigating the Dream. If Seng Vou got a free passage it was obvious that his carriage did not cost William W. Kolderup very much.
Now, what I want to know is what the Hop Sing tong means by shipping the departed brethren by freight? They go to work an' fix 'em up nice so's they'll keep, packs 'em away in a zinc coffin, inside a nice plain wood box, labels 'em 'Oriental goods, and consigns 'em to the Gin Seng Company, 714 Dupont Street, San Francisco.
"To the Seng valley by no chance to the west?" he demanded, trembling between anxiety and hope, and drinking in the sound of the rhythmic tramp which to his ears possessed a more alluring charm than if it were the melody of blind singing girls. "Even to the eleven villages," replied the Emperor. "At your unquestioned word, though my kingdom should hang upon the outcome."
Do they fear that this person is a robber in disguise, or is this the courtesy of the Upper Seng valley?" "They sleep more deeply," said Ten-teh, speaking back to the full extent of his failing power; "perchance your voice was not raised high enough, O estimable wayfarer.
Hui Ssu died in 576, having sent out Chih-i into the world the year before, and having appointed Seng T'san to succeed him as head of Dzyan. Seng T'san died in 606; Tao Hsin, his successor, in 651; Hung Jen, his, in 675. Hung Jen, it appears, left two successors: Lu Hui-neng in the south, and Shen Hsiu in the north.
How, then, can Kai Lung have a story that is not also the story of Wang Yu and Hi Seng, and all others here?" "Ah!" exclaimed Wang Yu eagerly, "it is indeed as you say, a Mandarin among masterpieces.
For Seng Seob, listening had become a means of inveigling those who needed to feel that someone cared to hear them-a lifebuoy that he could embrace around himself when encountering the waves.
"Me heap big captain, allee same ship," began Captain Scraggs. "On board ship two China boys have got." "That being the case," interposed Gin Seng, "I presume that you and I understand each other, so let's cut out the pidgin-English. Do I understand that you are engaged in evading the immigration laws?" "Exactly," Captain Scraggs managed to gasp, as soon as he could recover from his astonishment.
In the year that followed there passed from time to time through the secluded villages lying in the Upper Seng valley persons who spoke of the tumultuous events progressing everywhere.
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