The merchant had no such not in the till but thinking to please such a nice mannered customer re called the family cashbox upstairs and started forthwith to search for the required Hongkong SI hai note. And now entered th fi semblance of question as ran's code of manners for without an invitation of any sort be agilsly ascended the stairs bbenind the shopkeeper And though the proceeding was not all to his liking, the pork merchant related to the court has he had unearthed the family hard. of some $1,100. and went over it diligently for the bill. Finally one was found and after Ishwan had conversed again on various world topics, but more especially on objects of interest about the room, the imposing looking roll was put away and the pair descended to the store below, with Ishwan being somewhat tardy in following duc to an unexplained restraint.
And when the store was reached came a change in Ishwan's desire to please has palate for he announced he wanted no pork, not even the choice pound await him, and without as much as a "good by," hurriedly left the pre- Cay isos. The proprietor mused the oddities of Occidental culture when ame a sudden inspiration and he raced upstairs again with the full complement of shop assistants charging on behind.
Then came the discovery th wrecked his thoughts of foreignert. For the roll had diminished rather shockingly and immediately the pork merchant organized the chase.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.