Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-08
4 TIMELY JOKE.
n. ch.rIes B. Howard.
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4 steamer for Manila; and Hong
in August is charming place
6a away from. Every foreigner
i could manage it had fed to the
or TO Japan, and had sweltered
Il +bo ver3nda of the deserted Eng
! rrrb or wandered disconsolately
L. the streets, until | was almost
T. with the indescribable, peculiar
sCbinese atmosphere.
had been advised not to go out
/ the limits of British Jurisdiction
Chinese exclusion act had just
T. rigidlv enforced in the United
and Americans were not popu-
:, the Celestial Empire for the
he being.
rorscouently, although I was the
H. saloon passenger, I was glad
|nrgo to find myself ensconced IN
bamboo chair on the deck of the
kfsh mail steamer Turquoise as
4 steamed out from under the shad-
1 Of the grim, frowning mountains
;ch border the passage into Hong
h. Bay. She was to call at Annoy,
h. mort on Formosa Strait, before
hdtng south for Manila.
67be CAPTAINS dog, Pat, small vel
II animal of no particular breed,
h of a sociable disposition, came
Il sat beside me, and together we
tched the noisy crowd of China
eD. Malavs and Filipinos in the
eerage.
I've dropped anchor in the pretty
4 Ike harbor of Annoy soon after sun
se one morning, and the American
ce-cOnsuI. a stout and jovial gen
man. most beautifully arrayed in
eamy silk, came off in his eight
Ered cutter and joined the captain
ID me at early coffee. He remarked
at he had not seen a fellow country
an for six weeks, and insisted ON
Y going ashore with him for tiffin
ID a look at the town.
So we were rOwed ashore by the
lnsuIar crew of Japanese, rugged out
white sailor suits, accompanied by
It, whom the captain asked me to
lle for a run on land.
Hell follow at your heels all
ght" said the skipper, as he held
e kicking Pat over the rail by the
RUFF of his neck and nonchalantly
'opped him into the boat. "And If
Du should lose him I'll try to bear
Remember, We sail at six sharp,
ID when you hear two whistles you
ant to come aboard chop-chop."
The various consulates and dwell
gs of the few foreign residents
pod Il a picturesque group across
e harbOr from the town itself, for
yglente and other obvious reasons;
I'D after a stroll among the ancient
implies and joss-houses scattered
ere and there and a call at the club,
e sat down to tif1n in the cool, vine
'vered bungalow which served as
lie United States vice-consulate. We
ere served by Japanese house boys,
I'd famed by a huge, noiselessly
waving punka.
After short siesta my host pro-
'sed visit to the city proper.
It's Your best chance to see typ
ally Chinese town." said he.
There's not a white man in it, and
niy one who speaks a word of Eng
'n-o.d Tan Quin See, the compra-
Dr."
The cutter soon landed us at a
lgnt Of worn, moss-grown steps in
le haro0r sea-wall, and we began to
emu -ortuous way through streets
1rro|er than Boston back alleys,
10 not nearly so straight or well
aSed. They were crowded with the
west class of Chinese, ha1f-naked
10 gTimy. who made way for us with
l!en ugly scowls. Cabling and NUT
s''nS among themselves at the in
uSlon Of the foreign devils"
a. me captain had predicted, was
loSe at my heels, adroitly lodging
mong a myriad of bare feet. In a
:" minutes the vice-consul stopped
a doorway.
Herss Tan Quin Sees shop" he
Ilu' He's a valuable friend Of
, ,.lg and ned be greatly hurt IL we
'qGt stop for a cup of tea"
49,. .le entered dark little hole, which
'0Dea to De combination of gro
cry Vine-Shop and museum, and led
&c way into room in the rear. Here
-. were most effusively greeted by a
.,sI-up little old man, who shook
-, III European fashion and pat
M W at NE in pidgin-English.
o'd comprador seated us I'm
80 -Ge'!oIly carved ebony chairs at a
-, Ne'Inhy carved and inlaid table,
~ ~ proceeded to make tea in true
A. Use lashion-pouring boiling wa
Iaro vi pinch of leaves in each han
NV, cup. Snd serving it without
NIX Or sugar.
=. Ter ouE fifth cup the vice-consul
~S Af leu to taIlxfuO t,.~{,ar. for