The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-14

| take five minutes for every native ser
want and employee IN the establishment
| to know who the distinguished visitor
was. The coolies told the gate keepers;
| they in turn told the cook and the head
| boy. and SO it passed with lightning
| rapidity through the house; even the
female servants and the amahs peered
| over the staircase to get glimpse of
their fellow countryman who-to their
minds at least-was comforting an
honor upon the foreign firm by conde
scending TO accept it's hospitality.
Mr.. Wang" said Sir William, greet
ing him most cordially at the door of
the drawing room. II am certainly de-
! lighted to see you and to welcome you
| to the humble home of Rollins & CO."
1T is an honor, Sir. which I appre-
ciate most keenly. The name of .Lo-
| Ling Or Green Forest-which you
| know is the humble attempt of my
countrymen to pronounce your Scotch
family name in the symbols of their
Oriental tongues a household word
up and down this entire street. No for
eign hong stands higher in the native
estimation. The large golden tablets
| Of appreciation which your grateful
customers have hung on your walls
show this in far more flowery words
than mine. though. perhaps"-and here
| he bowed and smiled-"you do not al
| ways read them"
NO. regret to say, Mr.. Wang, that
though a resident of many years In the
.s~'-~d I h-vc meyer taken the time to
learn to read the Iansu But my
compradore has translated some or
them for me and they certainly are
| flattering. especially the one where it
says: He prepares the golden pill Of
| Immortality
Yes, that is about as high a compli-
| ment as one could pay to a manufac-
turer and dealer in medicines. 1t
would especially appeal to the Taoists,
to those who seek the fountain of
youth, as you call it. and who claim to
have the secret of the elixir of life. 1t
must be a remarkable rejuvenating
| tonic. Sir, that called forth such a testi-
monial. should like to see this tablet
myself and"-he added. looking care
fully around the room to be sure that
he was not overheard-"I must buy
bottle of the medicine"
For yourself. Sir? Allow me to send
| you a box of half dozen with my
compliments
| Not So much for my own personal
use as for my personal satisfaction. I
have long had an especial interest in
| tonics and life givers of every kind and
love to"-here he looked directly at
his host love to analyze them. Sir"
The dinner was soon announced and
the house boys took an especial pride
| in the native guests perfect familiarity
| with the European menu and the ease
and refined dignity with which he
| handled the Iron chop-sticks of the
| outside kingdoms" as they felicitously
| termed the knife and fork. Over and
over again the host tried to introduce
the subject Of the evening, but every
time that he did so. Wang Foo dexter
ously turned it aside and with appraised
finger significantly said: BY and by,
Sir, by and by" When the cigars had
been lighted and the opportune moment
seemed to have at last arrived, the host
| dismissed the attendants with: Boys,
you all can go kitchen-side now. my
wantchee talkee Mr.. Wang" AS the
last blue gown and cue disappeared be-
hind the pantry screen, the detective
smiled and. rising from the table, re-
marked: "Sir William. in England you
say, The very walls have ears but in
RChina, not only the walls. but the floor
| and ceiling and the very furniture
seem to vie with each other in the fas-
cinating occupation of caves dropping.
Let us seek some quiet spot-it Is a
pleasant evening; what do you say to
a stroll in the public gardens or to a ride
on the inclined railway to the Peak %
| whichever one you think most Sc
Guided"
We'll. let 1t be the Peak. them
The words were scarcely uttered
when down with a crash came the jap
anese screen by the pantry door and
out into the room sprawled the number
fxu-< hNrt No. rxvtf ~ H. 60
CLASH bowl in either hand. Could he
have overheard?
Didn't tell you boys to keep out OF
) here?" exclaimed their master, angriIy
My velly solly, Master, but nv for
gettee fnger-bowl. Please you .scIuses
me-"
Never mind the finger bowls-just
pick yourself and that glassware Vi
and get out, chop-chop, do you hear
And you tell number one boy thatl
come out OF his wages. Yes"-turninr
to Wang Foo-'it's just as you say. Mr.
J Wang. you never can really get rid Q
them; they're all around you day ant
night. There's absolutely no privacy
for a white man in this country at ALL
A few minutes later found them seat.
ed in one of the little tram-cars ane
) being drawn up on the cable road sew.
/ eral thousand feet into the air. They
alighted at the Peak station and walked
out on the terrace of the great frown.
ing rock that. Gibraltar like overlook.
t the Island and the Estuary of F'ragran
Waters England's Eastern stronghold
: of Hong Kong. What a view spread
out before them. What a fascinating
, panorama of twinkling lights, Fal
5 away to the east the broad red beam!
of Ly-Ee-M Moon Lighthouse; directl,
, opposite, Kow-Loon and its forest o
3 shipping; to the west White Gull Islanc
e and the Pass to Canton, and directl,
t below them the great city and colon,
i Of Victoria with its teening population
E of Orient, ard, out in the middle of tn,
e harbor, the French flagship radian
with its hundreds of colored lanterns
r in honor Of the Day OF the Bastile.''
r They selected a quiet seat near tn,