The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-04
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III RUBIES
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who had never been known to speak
to man, woman or child In years, and,
after he lighted it-well, my word!
He opened up and grew so bally
loquacious l had to get off.
Had been trying to get Jorgins, my
chief, to send me out here again to
China, but he was ever finding some
cold, beastly evasion. But when your
package came to the Office, the first
thing did after had tried the cigars
was to hand the old iceberg box
with my compliments.
Five minutes after, he came back,
completely thawed our. Fact is, never
saw him so warm toward any one.
Asked me If the other boxes We're to
be given away outside. Said no !; that
his was the only box / could spare;
was going to keep EN- all there at the
Office and smoke EN- myself Never
saw man so moved--so worked up
over little thing, Next day he sent
me out here to China.
And so l have been looking about
since have been out here, trying to
find something as rare, unique and
full OF. surprises for your friends as
your cigars have been for mine.
have found It,
"You know what curiously upside
down people the Chinese are. Exam
pie, they begin dinner with desert
and end with soup; they drink hot
acid beverages In summer instead OF
iced ones; they write from right to
left, vertically, while we write from
left to write, horizontally; they mourn
In white instead of black, and they
are awfully honest and pay their
debts.
'But there is one other point OF diff
ference still queerer: they, wear pa
jamas all day, while we wear them
only at night"
Here Il yawned. Always hate that
heavy, historical, instructive stuff, you
know. II you have to hear 1t. gives
you headache, unless you can slip off
to sleep first.
So | reached the letter up to Jen-
kins.
"Just run over the rest of 1t your
self, and see II he says anything about
his present" | said, settling comfort
ably. Clever idea of mine. don't you
think?
And was Just dropping my head
to have a snug little nap--just a little
forty, you know--when, dash me, IL
didn't have another idea! Awfully
annoying, time like that
Mind is so devilish alert. dash it!
Always doing things like that; can't
seem to get over 1t, you know. And
this ripping idea that bobbed up now
and got me all reused UP was nothing
more or less than to unite the string
myself and see what the thing was.
See?
81 believe, sir" said jenkins, look
ing up, "the gentleman has sent YOU
h'm--has sent you--
"By Jove, suit of pajamas!" ex-
claimed, holding them up.
1t was neck and neck, but beat
jenkins to it, after all!
"Gentleman says, sir" continued
jenkins. studying the letter, that his
present OF pair OF pajamas may
seem surprising, but you went know
how surprising until you have worn
them" -
Jolly likely | admitted, feeling
the silk. BY Jove, it was the finest,
vet thinnest stuff | ever saw, soft as
rose leaves and as filmy light as q
SPIDERS web. Not bad, that for a
comparison, Ell? Caught the idea
from vase of full-blown roses that
were beginning to shed their petals
there on the table. And on one Of
tho blossoms was little brown
spider. Catch the Idea? Suggested
SPIDERS web, you know,
They're rather red, sir jenkins
commented obviously.
Red? Well, should say! My!
How jolly red they were! We spread
them under the light. and the red
seemed to flow all over the table and
fall from the edge. Why, they were
as red as
tried to think OF something they
were az red as, but somehow |
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