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Updated: May 27, 2025
"Me washee," came a cheerful shout; "me washee from the neck all the way down to the merrythought, and now washee down from the merrythought to " "You have ruined your future. The Times has printed that miserable letter with your signature." A loud squeal of joy came from the bath. "Oh, Mummy! Let me see!" There were sounds as of a sprawling dripping body clambering hastily out of the bath.
Staggered by this humiliating statement, Hickory recovered himself in character. "Ah! Ho!" he shrieked, dancing wildly on one leg, "Mutiny and Splordinashun! 'Way with him to the yard-arm." "Yald-alm heap foolee! Alee same clothes-horse for washee washee." It was here necessary for the Pirate Queen to assert her authority, which, as I have before stated, was somewhat confusingly maternal.
Then, seeing that even this magnificent bribe failed to reconcile the natives to the idea of soap and water, Jack, to the amusement of Maggie and myself, settled matters by shouting out the ultimatum: "No washee no shirtee, no shirtee no feastee," and stalked away, followed submissively by the aboriginal lords of creation. They were repulsive and dirty in the extreme.
Plenty time lockee up Missy topside house; no can walkee no can talkee no hab got how can get? must washee washee allee same Chinaman. Ole man go dead Missy all lightee now. Plenty fun. Plenty stay in Blown's big house, top-side hill; Blown first-chop man." Had he inquired he might have found this pagan testimony, for once, corroborated by the Christian neighbors.
Hallo, John!" he said, halting his horse, for even then every Chinaman was John. "How do, John?" replied Ah Sin, smiling blandly. "My name isn't John, but no matter. What are you two doing?" "Looking for gold," was the reply. "Do you find any?" "Velly little. Bad place." "Have you been in San Francisco?" "Yes, John." "Why didn't you stay there?" "Too many Chinamen too little washee, washee."
"Allee same man blingee me lettel. Hop Li who makee washee." An idea here struck Cissy which made her heart jump and her cheeks flame. Ah Fe gazed at her with an infantile smile of admiration. "How far did that letter come?" she asked, with eager questioning eyes. "Lettee me see him," said Ah Fe.
The Chinaman replied in his idea of English: "Allee lightee, dockee, him wellee happy now allee samee 'Melican man angel." Loo Foo had been converted, it was said, when he carried on the business of washee-washee in a mining-camp, for, as he had expressed it: "More lovee 'Melican man Joss, gettee more washee."
One Saturday See Yup walked into Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express office with a package of gold-dust, which, when duly weighed, was valued at five hundred dollars. It was consigned to a Chinese company in San Francisco. When the clerk handed See Yup a receipt, he remarked casually: "Washing seems to pay, See Yup." "Washee velly good pay. You wantee washee, John?" said See Yup eagerly.
But another look only showed me that his very surprise was inoffensive, and gathering courage from the unexpectedness of my own position, I inquired with all the politeness I could show one of his abominable nationality: "Didn't a gentleman and a heavily veiled lady leave a package with you a few days ago at about the same hour of night as this?" "Some lalee clo' washee? Yes, ma'am. No done.
All washee, see!" he went on, dragging a basket out of the corner, "him no ilon." I was in such a quiver; so struck with amazement at my own perspicacity in surmising that here was a place where a bundle of underclothing could be lost indefinitely, that I just stared while he turned over the clothes in the basket.
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