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Page 145
... Wang was not a common coolie . He had been a servant to white men before . The agreement between him and Heyst consisted in the exchange of a few words on the day when the last batch of the mine coolies was leaving Sam- buran . Heyst ...
... Wang was not a common coolie . He had been a servant to white men before . The agreement between him and Heyst consisted in the exchange of a few words on the day when the last batch of the mine coolies was leaving Sam- buran . Heyst ...
Page 146
... Wang unemotion- ally , and marched off , turning his back on the wharf and the great world beyond , represented by the steamer wait- ing for her boats . Heyst learned presently that Wang had persuaded one of the women of the Alfuro ...
... Wang unemotion- ally , and marched off , turning his back on the wharf and the great world beyond , represented by the steamer wait- ing for her boats . Heyst learned presently that Wang had persuaded one of the women of the Alfuro ...
Page 147
... Wang not only knew how to live according to conventional proprieties , but had strong personal views as to the manner of arrang- ing his domestic existence . After a time Heyst perceived that Wang had annexed all the keys . Any key left ...
... Wang not only knew how to live according to conventional proprieties , but had strong personal views as to the manner of arrang- ing his domestic existence . After a time Heyst perceived that Wang had annexed all the keys . Any key left ...
Page 148
... Wang's gardening and of these precautions - there was nothing else to look at - was amused at the thought that he , in his own person , represented the market for its produce . The China- man had found several packets of seeds in the ...
... Wang's gardening and of these precautions - there was nothing else to look at - was amused at the thought that he , in his own person , represented the market for its produce . The China- man had found several packets of seeds in the ...
Page 149
... Wang nodded . Hanging on the arm of the white man before whom he stood was the girl called Alma ; but neither from the Chinaman's eyes nor from his expression could any one have guessed that he was in the slightest degree aware of the ...
... Wang nodded . Hanging on the arm of the white man before whom he stood was the girl called Alma ; but neither from the Chinaman's eyes nor from his expression could any one have guessed that he was in the slightest degree aware of the ...
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