The naming of a servant "Wilson" might give rise to an impression of @ superior person, with muttonchop whiskers, a disdainfully arismocratic abearance and a penchant for the master's left-off clothing. But impressions are often wrong and they would be in this case. "Wilson" is a Chinese, a Shantung man, a man of the world. As a soldier of fortune he joined the Weihaiwei Regiment many years ago, after which he acted as an orderly to a foreigner who took coolies to South Africa. He came back to China at the heels of his employer and served him faithfully until about three years ago. Then "Wilson'' was sacked. Not because he had fallen from grace, but because 17 years of unva efficiency must tell on the constitution of the strongest foreigner, and "Wilson" for 17 years had been 101 per cent. efficient. Did the master decide to ring the bell, "Wilson" would appear before it was done; was a@ cigarette wanted, one was always in the box: no opportunity of raging at temporary slackness was ever afforded and eventually "Wilson" became the victim of a voleano which his own sheer consistent efficiency he had suppressed for so many years,
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