The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-23
SEVEN KEYS TO a SAFE.

81 tell you whar," | said, ii shart
come for the account any more. THIS
makes six lines Pye called for those
$40, and l shall put it in my lawyers
uauAs"
.'No, no; quite righte you, sabbee.
Pay dollar all soon. Call again"
l was reminded OF ali this by Sc ing 1
he Chinese Ambassadors the Other day,
and it carried me back to San Franci> 9
uli five years ago, wnere l was dea
Dng largely il various commodities which
Nere much affected by The Heatnen CHI
nee.
| found them patient, civil, industri-
nus class of people, ready to bargain and
get thlrgs aS cHeanIy as possible, but
pnl"usly honest, and ready to pay
WITH the 6 eatest prompJItude as long as
/ aeat WIN one man. Wnen l had 10
10 with partnership concern II was
terrible wO,k.
For iustuuce, | had trusted one firm
with goods TO the amount OF nearly sou.
lnd no no ,ey was tUrthc ming.
/ bullIeu my 60 Rector terribly, for ne
ways came bGcE with an XCusp IN
stead of money, aud tue sume GaLe, that
he firm was per eGtiv honest ana trust
NurlhS, and that the money would De
pail.
Then why don't they pay, Johnson"
| exclaimed.
al Wish you'd give them call your |
sell, sIr," said Johnson.
And l sald | would and did, going to
the Hong0r Mercantile Company seven
~.mes, and always being put of.
IL was Always tue same; they were
perfectly willing TO pay, ana messengers
we're sent, but to return sometimes Win
pne, some Jlrncs with TWO, OF even three
| m, bnr n fl
while these Chinese Speulo"s protessed
| themselves as ready 10 pay, there was
always an obstacle i'll the way, In the
shape of the absence OIL that ueatheh
Chinee, J0r kins.
At last | expressed myself as have
! SAID at the beginning OF THIS story, and
was going out OF the place wnen a
smiling Cainaman came up to me, and,
uoldIng His head OH one side he ex-
claimed
"Ingly Hong man, come again NOR
,ow. Payee then all-payee ebUery do :
lar, oh, ciss."
"W ell, look here" said, 1 will come
IN here tomorrow, at IL O'clock, and
snail expect TO be"
son, cIss, payee all dollar. Give long,
zig order, lot. Goode thousand dollar"
"Pll talk about taking your order, my
Chinese friend, when you pay Tor the
asst" l said, grufny; and L went away.
1.-The fellow loUks honest" | said;
hut there's no trusting these foreigners.
Ihey take delightin trucking an Engllsh-
man or Il Mclean man as they call II.
Perhaps tomorrow, Wnen l 20, theYlI
.ll have pulled Nv stakes, and gone
East"
II woo with sor,o so+iotootior +hen
t,t ~ rnati,,s ~ ,''oi a.sa't oho
t'a',so ma u-rt ,orrieSn found Mr
pjntai, in W., Iomn NV tiin oou,r oud hIand
nt'I" tnnd'n,- e aN 49, roadv to co.
mo me viii n"so V of p'1eon Enplish
,vhicn ' " nh"id harsIv "u W ,rdn ntStand
1.Well Air. An De- - I said 40 fol
.oUed lin, intn tho h,Ia.crewded ware.
tnuse. witch certainly looked as pros
ueTotIs as the great iron sale in the cor.
ner was suIIstsntiaI-.twell, Mr.Ah Rec
none vor are nrnnared To nav NV ac-
(c amt tnis mnrnin1D
"Cis, clss-rendee payee,v he said.
And nIacjng n wickpr chair tor mo
ne went off ana Iisuafched a conuIe nj
messengers. WIN urgent orders given in
MS har6arl,yu tougus Ia each.
This looked bad. Tor it was onlv a rem.
etition of the tactics followed on former
observation-disclosures which always re.
suited in a put-off.
[ looked terribly gruff. but Mr.. All
Rec who was the senior partncr smil ed
and rubbed his hands ! , he beckons0
me to follow HIM into tue farther parts of
the warehouse, and then showed ne
,pecimens of silk and samples of tea.
With coarse Chinese pottery.
"Well," l SAID to myself, growing q
little more easy III my nina, there's
plenty Io selze, at All eVehls."
me result was IhaC alter my bland
irleha Dau VaiAeo 10 me ior aoout guar
Ier OF ah noul, oooheu thousand dol'
, ! al erdef ior "haV an EhgilsAinan would
call suna'des.
'Ihele' Salu l, elosihg my DOCK VIII
slap, tnis ofoef shail DO executed as
| soon as your Ias' account Is settled"
"Clss, oiss-payee a!lee doilee," h,
said, smlllng, ana pointing TO seat.
2 Mean"hile, ny SLOW degrees, hYe re.
, spectaDIe-loohihg Ohlhameh had comc
= into the warehouse or store; and they
came fouha ME, smlilhg ana talking in D
= bland, smootn way
''4 Oh mean mischiei," said to my.
seii; ana my manu- went lhFoluntarlly tt
my pocket' "nefe, III acGofoance Will
san anc,Sco customs, l carried re-
VolVeE' LOU mean W get ld OF m'
auu a. yout IWv' 49, 'os -, U'Ioi' my iLlenas
: very g0ou, nut II you 40, ~ take one