There is an American lady in a ricsha going towards the gate, and her too enthusiastic coolie runs over @ policeman's toe. The policeman is very: angry, and smarting with the pain he grabs the coolie and will not let go. The offender is unrepentant and his feelings outraged—What can a man expect if he sticks his foot out!' A crowd gathers as if by magic and traffic is suspended. Both sides want to talk at once. The lady in the ricsha is very distressed, and cannot understand the language, which, perhaps, is as well. She gently and insinuatingly offers a big silver dollar to the irate guardian of the law That gentleman spurns it. The affair is more important even than he thought if the foreigner is trying to buy him off with money—and such a very large sum! No! he will not be bought so cheaply! Two police officers appear and demand an explanation. Plaintiff and defendant state their respective cases simultaneously. One of the officers pats the policeman encouragingly on the back and gently} strokes him down. The other officer deals in a similar manner with the foreigner's servant. They are thus gradually separated and calmed down. The lady seizes the opportunity and orders her man to proceed. This he does with alacrity. The gentle but firm hand on the policeman's shoulders does not relax and he is thus detained. The crowd disperses. An international incident is averted.
A merry group of foreign children—obviously American or English—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.