The Penn's Grove record., 1882-09-30
Chimes Caution.

tell you whit 1 9alu, Emo :
come for the account any more. This
makes six times / have called for that
four hundred and seventy dollars, and
I shall put it in my lawyers hands"
mo, n o /; quite Iightee you, sabbee.
Pay dollar all soon. Call a again."
L was reminded of all this by seeing
the Chinese ambassadors the other
day, and it carried me back to San
Francisco, full five years ago, where
| was detling largely in various COM
moditIes which, were much affected oy
the Heather Chinee.
I found them a patient, civil, indus
triols class of people, reaoy to bargain
and get things as cheaply as possible /;
out scrupulously honest and ready to
pay with the grea est promptitude as
long as I dealt with one man. When |
had to do the work with a partnership
concern, it was q terrible matter.
For instance, J had trusted n firm
to the amount of five hundred dollars
and no money was forthcoming.
1 bullied my collector terribly, for he
always came back with an excuse in
stead OF money, and the same tale,
that the firm was perfectly honest and
trustworthy, and that the money
would be paid. .
"Tben, why don't they pay, john
son 2" / exclaimed.
II wish you would give them a call
yourself, sir" said Johnson.
And | said i would, and did, going
to the Honger mercantile company
seven times, and always being put off.
1t was always the came they were
perfectly willing to pay, and messen-
gers were sent, but to return, some
times with one, sometimes with two,
or even three or four OF the firm but
when these Chinese Spenlows prof
fered themselves a ready to pay, there
was always an obstacle in the way, in
the shape of the absence of that
heather Chinese.
At last / expressed myself as l have
said at the beginning Of this story,
and was going out of the place when a
smiling Chinaman am up to me,
and, holding his head on n side, he
exclaimed:
"Ingly Hong man, come again a
morrow. Payee them all-payee
ebbery dollar, oh, ciss."
"Well, look here" | said, 81 will
come in here to morrow, at eleven
o'clock, and shall expect to be-
"Oh, ciss, payee all dollar. Give
long, big order, lot Goodee thousand
dollar"
"I1l talk about taking your order
my Chinese friend, when you pay fol-
the last," / said gruffiy, and l went
away.
1.-THE fellow looks honest" l said
shut there's no trusting these for
eigners. They t Ike delight in trick
ing an Englishman or Mclean man,
as they call it. Perhaps to- morrow
when I go, they'll all have pulled uI
stakes and gone east"
1t was with some satisfaction then
that reaching their great shed ware
house, the next morning, l found Mr.
| Pigtail, in his long blue gown and
bland smile standing at the door,
ready TO salute me with dose o.
| pigeon English, which I could hardly
understand.
well, Mr.. All Rec" l said, as
followed him into the bale-crowdet
warehouse, which certainly looked a
prosperous as the great iron safe il
the corner was substantial-"well Mr.
All Res, 1 hope You are prepared Il
pay my little account this morning.
"Ciss, ciss-readee payee," he said
And placing a wicker chair for me
he went off and dis 9atched a couple o
messengers, with urgent orders in hi
barbarian tongue, to each. .Thislooke'
bad, for it was only a repetition IF tn
tactics followed on former occasions
tactics which always resulted Ia
put-off. looked terribly grnff; M
Mr.. All Rec, who was the senior par
ner, smiled and rubbed his hands
he beckoned me to follow him into tn
farther parts of the warehouse, an
then showed me specimens of silks an
sample teas, with coarse Chinese pc
terry.
"Well," I said to myself growing
little more easy in my mind, "there
plenty to seize, at all events"
The result was that after my blan
friend had talked to me for about
quarter of an hour, l booked a thou
and dollar order for what an Englisl
man would call sundries.
"There," said l, clcs ng my Doc
with a slap, "this order shall be ex
cuted as soon as your last account
settled"