missionary wishing to start promptly, wrote in English on the back of his Chinese card "send three chairs" and gave it to a carrier. carrier, wishing to do some business on his own account, took the eard to one of the district yamens and demanded the release of @ prisoner, ofo of his numerous relatives. The magistrate, who ed to have " friend who could read English, when told the meaning of the words on the card, arrested the would-be impostor and ordered a thousand blows with the bamboo and detention indefinitely.
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