A little Amoy boy, 2 years Amor, Sept 23.
ago, went, With his parents "te Penang and the boy began working ina Blacksmiths shop. He became Skiiful workman, corned good money, had plenty of friends and was never happier than when entertain: ing them," His muscles were. strom his voice deep and powerful and his heart ax big as his voice. But. the slump Struck Malaya and the black smith found. himself without work fud his cheery quondam friends, "Ex-Derlence" teaches even blacksmiths, He was reduced at lest to the choice of spending. his Tost 40 cents on tlipner, oF" ona share, with "two others, of a sweep-stake ticket in the Penang races. The exclamatory calls of an empty" stomach were drowned {in the rosy prospect of fortune lying the foot of the rainbow that tore minates its beauteous are under the Winring-post of every race course.
'The ticket won, his share amounted $4000, "To avoid. the congratula Mons and earessen of his old. com= panions, he remilled, at oe, his new fortune' through a. Chinese bank to Amoy and followed it by the frst Meamship. that visited the port. He fu rived In Amoy, Dit knew noone. hix relations had died or had. seats fered. "The city had" completely changed during. the Interval. Gone Wwere' the old crooked covered drains, trusting. grubbing pigs and dirty dumpy"" houses; changed to. Broad fventies and modern shops, "fe went fovan hotel, "He was refused admit~ tance; Ie looked more ike a bandit from" the interior than man comparative' wealth from abroad, Che production of the bank draft only convinced the proprietor tint he was ago with bandits. A forge sum has been gathered sumeiont to give the widow, during her life, a. monthly payment of $25. On her death the capital will be distributed among the children of this public servant who died in the execution of his duty.
'A Chinese cruiser arrived recently from Hongkong. During the right sampan full of sugar was captured by water potlec, the men in the "umpan alleging that the sugar had been loaded from the warship. The ship has been ordered to Nanking for an investigation,
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