I assumed a severe exprossion—twnor—Per Tae! sr oe! 2 hope! Failure complete. They Demand 3/3§ Pre tried to look dignified. Forlorn Telegraphic Transfer 3/3} 40,000 Quinsan, were not impressed. Their merrie New Yorx—$3,420,000 ment increased. And with their Telegraphic Transfer mirth, my melancholy. I changed Demand 72 Shipments were:—tactics. smiled confidentially, Parrs-~ A miled $ 500,000 to Hankow. as if I were inviting them to share Demand 1343 350,000 Harbin.
joke. Equally futile. They Ixpra—200,000 Dairen. would not accept my participation. Demand 2304 300,000;) Fengtien. They laughed not with me but at Honcxone—H 200,000 Manchuria me. I was disconcerted. looked Demand 703 300,000 Tungchow. i,000 down at the street below. Horror. faeax—150,000" Tientsin, "There too they were congregating Demand 67} 70,000 Chefoo. was spreading. A foreign devil" Demand 194} ° 30,000 Soochow. and gazing me-wards. My fame Batavia 50,000}, Kiukiang. using chopsticks wag not an every- SINGAPORB—raeeaces ase 7 day occurrence in that village. An Demand 71h $2,250,000 acrobatic performance like mine BANK'S OPENING BUYING RATES. was the event of a lifetime. cawanies SILVER.
MINE WAS A "STAR" TURN. Demand 3/48! London silver on Thursday was TZ. wistfully contemplated my 4 m/s. credits 3/5} 33} ready and 32§d. forward, a dishes. Their contents were not 4 m/s. Docs. 3/5; rise of ied. and $d. on the respec-appreciably diminished by my 6 m/s. credits 3/53, tive deliveries as compared with onslaught. The afternoon was 6 m/s. Docs. 3/6} the quotation last week. India waning and I had much to see. New Yors—has been a buyer on most days. My morale was shaken. The Demand 734 China did a little selling on Tues-courage that had hitherto sus- 4 m/s. credits 743; day, but has since been a buyer. -tained me began visibly to waver. (4 m/s. Docs. 75 Thursday was a holiday in Now Should I surrender? The tempta- PsR1s—York and no quotation was availtion was strong, But my recreant aa m/s. Docs. 1420 able. London advices re Thurs-spirits revived and race in revolt. "losing business done at:—day's market were:—India bought My unappeased appetite came to London T.T. 2/4 for near and forward delivery, my aid. Defeat must be averted New York T.T. 724, China bought for ready delivery, at all hazards, zo es steady in the absence o:
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