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HUM DRUM LIFE IN THE KWANGTUNG PROVINCE.

A correspondent of the N. Doily Nere sent the following interesting observations recently to that journal:-

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17rn, 1906.

I stand at the door and ery, "I am Jey," said he to the man, "and men look over me, or

dear him began to sing a new song about a away from zne; yet they must want me, "I have forgotten," said the man.

Then one drunken man, and how he boat his wife, and the Joy stopped and began to sing with the other. hamone of it, and the man who was speaking to

The happy masis slipped back over his face. Then Jug wont to the door again to go out, and there by the door was Cure, sitting sully in the shadows.

longing for love as he was, that some ous perenn A Joy wont again upon his travel ha hoped, of the many who brindle by him would bail hio with a welcome. So he sing as he walked along.

that the Chinese are "bora tradors," and suroly | if the habit of mutual suspicion and the dotermiation to extract the last cash the averago Chinese for business kenness is naighour connte for anything, the train your training of perfeet. It is ofton amusing to watch tham I as the word "humdrum" in the ses marainga Asheran came alongside with fiel

tradi

with one another on the river. This everyday," and intend thereby inconnete rinth to sell. Fifty cents were demanded for a basket ing very exciting, but the regular life of the of them, which it was people through whom I am passing. When we

red w, sdearst twenty- was averred v firm read of insionary outragem and piratical at for according to the verdict of the buyer they were mostly lines." After much decasionally perpetrated, and at

at altercation,

it would seem to them the cams tipus unleash car imaginations and what are lynurant dovique, that both

which it during aasious, that both may have free play, we are danger of spoing a whole provines up in arm,

parties were in a volcanic rage, it was decide zo all w i order a man of vreckage, Wre

that thirty-five cants should be given and

for received the rapt to think that polifioul and a Hccisatic !

in question. The fisherman are raging all

and that in ghed the bf and shontal that they weighod wow brought forth his am wire it was when we get abroad among the had over to the pustily, convorsing with the farmer in his fiets was self, there yet remained the empty bus

bea this matter artisan at his bench, it is difficult to buket, whose weight must, he dedanted from this Hera that such kindly oldomatic people crew and are thin part of the transaction the become the victisos of such wild passions, and

scale ultimately arranged the glaring dis crepancy. Next tw tway ont is were procured, in payment. Ona wo minted in Wi

Vachang, so prepfly was flung back as down here." kere yet remained five cunts to be handied book. Buy a fow more fish," sansingly said the skermum. 1 will if you will give me fat once" replied the bout- lifein. So it

was arranged. But the seller instead of doing what he had prisl timet

apparently, lagan to select the p orest, for with & ferritic about the boat-captain sprang from his has inte the smaller craft, caught up the basket and tossed thes

ice confusion must in-vitab's foloses inueh. The buyer and that the splier he sung of brand and butlar and ros-x, but the

the other

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the agents of such woeful obstruction. Yet, wasion Ward forour thu ver. Howacar, the « 19hins are you?" and has answered. "I am Joy.

have a counterpart in ustume. The calment day may be followed by the 2004 Critic storm; the the first warmth gives place in the west, Biting Beat.

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A Frip into the country under favourable don. ditions, in a boat that offes olemetary forte, and with weather that is perfect, is but without its durm, One, antior sixth condi joups; is pur- mitied to understand this regalar of. the Chinose 11 the

beunties of appreciate the changing It is a treat to get away from tivo storeyed buildings, and south moving lift from daily mails, and ecillers chils. Such is for this once my experience, and some of the im. pressions that crowd ago I will transfur to

fne of the must. paper.

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He sang of the grin of giving a foast, hut no one answered his song with sm. Thou

again soon and whispered to each other of the fow who turned to listen as he passed turned price of things. mind, and that matopped him and waitl

Th

he sang of contempt of

Come with IP," "said the man, "for Joy is welcome in

my hon- So they went, baud in bal, to a small house, over the porch of which a rose grew.

And Joy thought of Columbine,

That is B beautiful rom," he said to his companion,

"It should be," be answered, "for it's very Now by Dapore there was a plot of grass which "dain shower their qasini öyes. These me bountiful," said Jry.

On

Joy

At the mas looked at the daisies and at You are quoor fellow," he said, about the deck, and proceed himself to satisfy might answer they entered

Isetan living and dead,

Why these are only daisies. Before Joy his

very this dosies without a word of protest. All curiously furnished, with nu air of this went nearuidst a volley

more deep mid the ama, "you have coins my and furions than wha

when solliore charge bertis, or

or that when mortal Instairs contend

What are you like; what can you do ?”. for each other's he, Yatafter the b

of

own

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in the din

ards Christinuity and the Christina prochit. way concluded, they parted the best of frigus puzzled, but thinking how he could

crewd,

..

19 overreach is nekeassess worthy of the

head to say. You have a fine room, wunderlal to this man, the thought eams into hin things, a rise topping at the window, and I am with you-what more can you want

Tuy

It may ha confessed that he has not always be wishing the other gue huel and bon voyage a posona genta in the Chirossa

dul has and morroter Beither wont with a single feather beru an object of distrust and departed rufti. Inder at the very beginning of the aversion to the upper and iterary class. Of only fray each new that what had happened course bu always know shut though cest would happen and that precisely along this way

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I thought you would by different," the man daw he was tal dextrored, that followed

austured.

I have acquired all these things the examples f any dirs, who know that her goal would to cracked. Can shouseriously that I might know Joy. The hangs are rare

thattheysk after this whether the Chians are brand cusis, the pictures are re bare a

a-good thing to offer, which, though it

If they are not born traders, kas cost me a great sum of

raluable, the chinu Grat rejected, will be appreciated later.

moury, and now They so vequire by labit this power when I sit down to waited. NO

wetch Ban

luisura with you, som second nature. preacher in the Christian Preaching Halls

Cache pure barvi, each attempts how we do ao become friends. to-day und oscaps the

1. many

on the other, the Jey looked about the room and felt suddenly Chinese are sincerely desidus of hearing his

neighbour with

that he was being tied. There was a rich voice, al understanding his messig.

enus, fights it to "done. Th For one

general hon, in a big ball in Falchon. I watched the

result is that among the Chimes themselves, carta hanging over one part of the room

ad, as he went to draw it avilo, the rosa called caths out

to him to stop-bat, before ho called, Joy sworts, neither side gains much advantage for had pulled back a corner of the curtain. Pack:

There 1 capsbia F sleguarding his own in-

Kat. Care. it is mostly the all tow

too unsuspecting nation, with such a training Every would understand and be able to apply one of tho principles of trade "buy as cheaply and Rell as dearly as you can. apply with sublushing calmness.

which principle the Chinese

Faces of the crowds That listed. White though muck tinis is wastal and many

rustratar

the native pranker was in 1 the audience was pood and the attention tort

Then Jay led from the house. Joy walked into the conniry, down deep came by an old bonse outside a village

A man and a woman were outside the house,

busy in the garden; she cut flowers and dropped hem kuto his basket, and he looked at her vory tenderly,

respectable. But when the foreigner rose in glób tration who la effectively and porasteinnes, and ovor, velrategrassed hills, unti ba apoals ho laall a file ap, till a crowd popular theatricals was get in i Wedge together he cople wors, leg to hy, she torte shoulder. Blast Lead to head. If a panic cccurred the result wouki have been disantronas. The preacher wres not without skill. and thoroughly understol the languages £lup- to nnderstand a little Chinese, and therefore fould flow him.

There was na attempt at tie rhodox se

sermon, errat egents and orinessent emotions were piged on to fore the framework of the address, out of which an attached to which flowed and scintillated the higher les of the Christien faith.

JOY.

AN ALLEGORY.

gave Columbine a thousand batterflies,

When Joy left the cottage on Olympus he

Spring was asleep under a rose-dual. Chown wns grinding vermillion paint Harlequin was swinging on the garden gate, and Pantaloon was late for breakfast,

As Joy sat on the edge of the well looking down upon the World, he turner suddenly t was like a gloam of light on a elear pel to see him smile and be suid to Columbine for the twentieth time that worring,

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Columbine answered by kissing the crown of light on his hair.

Then the heart of Jay apt, for he knew lovers

by instiart.

He crept along the hedge very quietly, Ro that be might hear them talking; tha, ho thought, in the middle of some sweet sentence, he would spring out, and they would take him to their hearts. He stole nearer and listened,

How long will he last the man said. "Hush," said the girl, “

be may

hear you. *Old people are a drag "the min Kaid. Here, if I were free I could work wonders.

We must wait, dearest," aid the girl, The heart of Jay wont cold, and he drept. along in the shadow past the lovery, and when he came to the window of a house be peered in. There sat an old,old man, warming his hands i

at a fire

Does nobody want mo" sud Joy, as he left the house.

To a held close by be wont, and there lay among the buttercups, and watched the grass. hoppers jump against each other.

"I had bot- down into his. tor go book," be was thinking, when a face look

It is furth not without interest that om may met with Chine Christians if one knows where to look for them. It is a constant com- though often muttered withant munch Bhunk one may travel from Canton to ut not meet with A follower of the Western faith. So ma mag. Hon slams not understand the langurge, su'l does not under stand anything else Chinese. On the other land in tramping along the river's bank yesterday Iertain they will want me, are you discovered two and onlored into conversation with them. On was a Roman Catholic and has been a Christian for more than twenty years. The rond was a Baptist. It was interesting ton to listen to thathishustio way in which ha gloscribed & Christian service which he had at tended (he day previously, though it was not a Sunday, during which several now, med and women were immersed and admitted into the local Church, o had to walk perhaps ten miles in order to join in the special hour, but he he. grudged wither the time or the labour, but was full of the fact that Chtistianity was win ning new adherents, and becoming generally better understrol. Certainly it must his admit ted even by thom whowa sympathies do not rnt strongly towards Christian proganda in Chins that the gapret of things in chunging, and the immediate future is brighter for auis- Blounties than the immediate past.

Joy looked at her fra moment. Grey Trath at in ber eyes a white butterfly trombled on the rose in her hair, her skirts stuck out round her like the petals of a pinked

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Goud-bye," said Joy. Then he dropped down the well nad on to the World,

I found himself in front of large honse, The windows of which were brilliantly lighted. The door was opan,

I shall be wasted here," said Joy, as he went through the open door.

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number of people were seated in a poor; they were bountifully tronson, and had every appearance of being rich. Sono were playing cards, some were talking. Jay weat up to a woman who was sitting alone by a window, and |he Whispered in her I am Joy. But it is quite time I changed the subject.

Now as the woh turned quickly to me who When we pulled up at an infumi likin station | had spoken, a shodny rom between them, and yesterday morning, capiens ungficial the shadow took a shope, and the shape was

was an inseripton,

Care. which seemed to glare down on me with a

sardonic prin.

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Before him was a baked child, dripping with

Ballosairi Joy, and he jus ed up. water,

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"Who are you?" said the child. "I've beor bathing.

"I am Joy," said Joy with the light of lepe in his eyes.

Come along, then." said the child: “I'll race you across the field.

rib.

What for "asked Joy, laughing." Oh, nothing" said the child, and began to

Then Joy knew that he was wanted. By DION CLAYTON CALTHROr, in the “Work."

thanh not & Chinese steps I had learnt it went theragh Joy as he stepped ! plexich, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Clairment, Lait

A

few Chinese characters, mud at nuda ket to work in extract som masing from the Lilyphics. They coined to say leve

and

protect the country ; then commercial intercommunications are widened ar marte happy

and

to fa

Care said to Jag. “What do you want here ?" and Joy answered, an I not wanted ?"

Then Care bad him, leak will, and when loy lank his eyes olonzed and he saw a dreadful sight.

On the door, he vach persau, lay a little gure

rubl and cheed, when it k Joy himself; but these figures

ved out of all freshness. One lay with a crown of gold crushing his head, not his body was hang with jewels. Now and again the man by him turned and fed the Joy with gold, foreing him to

nest, arid the man locked widely to see if his day grow brighter for the gol bet he was blinded by the glitter of the wealth of jewels, and could not sex,

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_LH•y» »yc?S tUGI appened as if officials wers peqing ont at me between Qiu, strok ́s of the Chinese clar. arters, and offione fingers w

Ts were pointing at them. "We gather the fax," the characters stic We prutvel 11.00 constry they laughert W widen and straustion com us" they rooted mercial intereommunications" "we make the people happy" they veronmod. Thereupon

the hieroglyphics mad danes together with angovernable hilarity, ad," said Joy to Cars, "Look closely," said thy an

contemplated their

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at the misses of buts enchered in the shimoring sunlight of the morning, which were detained till the worthy gelemen who controlled the situation natle it their pleasure to 000: forth and set them free, Inte when went ahore, they were pulita quough.

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trap "No Of course hot. I am only travelling to win your great pantry." "You may go, you would not think of defrauding

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Aur as Joy looked he saw the thoughts the in

ond about the woman's heat; quoi thoughts audevil thoughts. As the good thoughts passed the starved Joy he looked up at the woman, for these were his food; but when they touched

"I cannot bear this" said Joy 50 Care; “lut You mayTo.” Care auswered, "but I must stop n lng n they want me,'

Then Joy want from the house with a bowed hend

Presently he come to a place where there were more lights and a great noise of -logie: hundredths uttered curse af de irritating This is where I suspected," said Joy as he

hundred boat-captains she will jealousy and a

delay to which they would be unnecessarily went in

Yut these inland likin stations are

Here there were mon singing and playing grim and rebutlers, on the banks of mpno instruments and Joy entered the room he every forked river of the inland waters and sad aloud, "I am Joy; but they did not uotien signifierat, notice bondson which is painted the

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Than as he listened carefully, he heard in people of the power within the station to crores each song a discord, and he learned that thean whowsoever it listeth. The impring notice were not happy men, but men who sang to board is very rich in humour when one can read forget. In each of their. bearts was sus potty pass cu; but grim prd dark with sardonic ambition, some stingy selfishness, money, or Ed rice for their ills er-ws whilst they

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wait for permission to move up or down face, and said to him, "Do you not want me? Thandy want up to a way who happy

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riter. Yet it is the consignes of the I am foy cargo, after all, who must pay for the exaspora. And the man turned creasily and said, ting delay, for charges are made on the assump

"What is Joy?!

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