The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-26
IN A CHEMULPO HOTEL
Experiences Of an American
Correspondents In Korea.
oRAMPED QUARTERS FOR A GIANT

How He Adjusted himself 40 n
small Room-Diclsering with SAM
pan Men-woes OF a Yankee Drum-
mer who Hoped to sell some Toilet
soap.
Before our ship dropped anchor of
Chemulpo, Korea, a swarm of white
robed Koreans clambered over the side
and wildly fought for passengers for
their sampans Ga Korean boat. got
placed to leeward Of three Of them iii
a body. and 1 remembered something
had read somewhere about an English
man who said the dirtiest man he ever
met was a clean Korean. DO not in
dorse his remark or even encourage
anybody to smile at 1t, Still I found
that Koreans, sampan men at least
We're pleasantest to study when one
stood well to windward Of them, says
Richard RI Little, the special CORE
spondent Of the Chicago News.
The little Japanese custom and police
officers who had come aboard had a
remarkably free and easy way Of dis.
posing Of all the Koreans who got In
their path They smote them quite
earnestly over the head and implanted
lnsty kicks with right good will. Even
the Japanese coolies who had come
aboard soliciting business for the Che.
mulpo hotels scorned the unhappy Ko-
reans and played football with them
around the deck
one Korean attached himself 10 me
and followed me about impioring that
/ should 40 ashore III bis sampan. !
did not ike to have him follow me
about, although ne almost made me
homesick, he was SO suggestive Of the
stockyals1s SO finally | told him that
I would go ashore IN his sampan and
appointed him guardian angel De my
baggage and left him sitting serenely
happy on top Of it.
When / returned a few minutes later
/ found the Japanese runners Of some
hotel had freed my Korean up in the
crosstrees of the foremost and had
taken my baggage away from him.
The Norwegian captain Of the ship was
telling the Korean that If he didn't
come down from the crosstrees be
would pitch him overheard. and the
japanese coolies were relating to him
at the same moment that If he did
come down they would break his neck
fla three places at once. The Korean
seemed in doubt as to just what to do.
still he seemed to have more fear Of
the Japs in his heart than he did of the
Norwegian captain, and be stayed.
appealed to the japanese policeman,
and be ordered the Korean to come
down and get into his boat So the
trembling wretch descended and SIS
lie struck the deck seampered madly
for his sampan. The policeman kicked
him; the Norwegian captain threw a
Delaying pin at him; two Japanese
coolies slapped him as he went by, and
the custom officer stopped his official
| duties long enough to bang him over
the head with a ledger. / expected to
ind him gasping out bis death agony
in the boat, or at least overcome with
confusion. He was neither. He charg-
ed me three times the usual price when
we got to the landing, with as much
eheerfulness as though be had never
seen a Japanese In his life
refused to pay, and be charged four
times. tried to argue, but he calmly
laid hands on my baggage. I appealed
to a Japanese standing on the wharf.
In my most fluent Japanese explained
the case. / held up a twenty sen piece
and, holding it IN my hand, extended It
to the Korean, Then / took three twenty
sen pieces and by some more eloquent
gestures explained that was the price
the Korean wanted. The japanese adj
justed the difficulty Immediately. He
caught up the twenty sen piece out Of
my hand ANA hurled it In the Koreans
face Then, with a fierce yell, he
picked UP a boat hook and jumped at
the Korean The boatman immediate.
| ly bowed obsequiously and admitted
| at once that the argument advanced
| by my Japanese friend was conclusive
and satisfactory and that 20 sen was q
/ most generous lEMuKA AVt LIS 81 Tvs
My baggage was picked UP by three
| or four Koreans, who proceeded to put
the various pieces on the pack frames
they carried on their backs. ! saw q
Korean trudging along the road car
rying four immense boxes Of canned
fruit according to the marking. Ae-
cordingly did not doubt but that
three or four men could carry all the
baggage / had without fainting from
exhaustion. / started away and heard
the carriers following me Then /
looked around. / was delighted to
find that was heading a most Inn
posing parade composed Of some two
dozen Korean coolies. They had al
vided my luggage among them. One
unfortunate man stumbled along under
the weight Of a dress suit case. An
other bent double under the burden Of
two steamer rugs and q waterproof
coat, while the man at the rear OF the
l procession crawled along with pocket