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Page 178
... Wang was not a common coolie . He had been a ser- vant 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 Samburan . Heyst ...
... Wang was not a common coolie . He had been a ser- vant 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 Samburan . Heyst ...
Page 179
... Wang unemo- > tionally , and marched off , turning his back on the wharf and the great world beyond , represented by the steamer waiting for her boats . Heyst learned presently that Wang had persuaded ɔne of the women of the Alfuro ...
... Wang unemo- > tionally , and marched off , turning his back on the wharf and the great world beyond , represented by the steamer waiting for her boats . Heyst learned presently that Wang had persuaded ɔne of the women of the Alfuro ...
Page 180
... Wang had invited them . But this was the only occasion when any sound louder than the buzzing of insects had troubled the profound silence of the clearing . The natives were never invited again . Wang not only knew how to live according ...
... Wang had invited them . But this was the only occasion when any sound louder than the buzzing of insects had troubled the profound silence of the clearing . The natives were never invited again . Wang not only knew how to live according ...
Page 181
... 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 Chinaman 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 Chinaman had found several packets of seeds in the ...
Page 182
... 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 ex- pression 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 ex- pression could any one have guessed that he was in the slightest degree aware of the ...
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