Hotel. (next door to the Shanghai Rowing Club.
Dmitri does not look his age, yellow, corn coloured hair is worn bobbed, and as he is only about four feet'tall, he could easily pass in the infants under 12" class on the railway. As will be readily imagined from his name, he was born in Russia. Ie can just remember: that his father was shot for something, and bls mother died attempting carry him 500 miles through a Russian winter to the Chinese border, There were many more on the same trail however, and Dmite! came alony Although he lives, moves, and has his being in the distinguished proximity of His Brittanie Majesty s Consulate, and indeed has bees known to share the Consul's roof on rainy nights, howbeit only the eaves, he is not aftment. His worldly possessions consist of a pair of blue Pants, a sports shirt, and a comb:
more, no lo What made me tuke a secant slance at him was a certain grin, eager look in his eyes. I have seen, the same expression in the eyes little boys who take their seats at Lori's for the first time, and was at a total loss to understand the! reason for it in the ease of Dmitri, My curiosity, however, was when I saw his eyes' rest o bone steak, garnished with vegetables, which ho devoured to my steruation in almost less time than it takes to tell, From what I could gather, what with his little English, and my leas Russino, Dmitri knows Mukden and Tientsin fairly well, but he prefers Shanghai on account of the milder winter climate and the more iateresting social life. His ambition is to go to the United States as soon maybe, and become a tram-driver. He feels that there is too much com petition from cheap Chinese Iabowe in Shanghai, to make good ut this particular occupation here.
Sad to relate, on more than one occasion, Dmitri has come into ¢on-with the Municipal Police fore, One of his side lines is to relieve foreigners who buy cigarettes at the tittle shop near the Capitol Cinema, of their unwanted coppers, It appears that a poor relative of the policeman who directs traffic on the corner, has also chosen this beat for the same purpose. Of course he gets the protection of the lus, while Di tei gets it in the neck, but the bobby has got to go some to do it. Accordingly, Dmitri believes Trade, and is opposed to of Protection.
He also contracts with the coolie fraternity to retrieve cent leated riesha cushions at ten coppers the cushion. This calls for a soo] deal of teave, quick action, atid not little histriorie ability. [method fs as follows. Me so up eloéé, sind drops his ovr: stoops
the block before the poticaman can haa ts toni andthe onion and ups and al gone well
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