$10,000 Coffin.
A wealthy Chinese on his death) bed in a settlement hospital made known to official circles his concern regarding a valuable coffin, which he had built'when he knew that he never could recover.
The coffin, valued at $10,000, Rad been stored in a godown somewhere s in the Eastern District no man's lan Police, learning that their petitioners} condition really was critical, took it) upon themselves to remove the coffin from the infested area, Report has} it that their first attempt was not the success which they had anticipated, and a second expedition was undertaken.
That this was wholly successful may be gleaned from the intense relief of the dying man, his eyes gleaming with gratitude on the arrival of what to him concerns his venture into the life beyond.
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