Naturally to people in China his experiences in this country will be of the most ready appeal, and his portrayal of the atmosphere of Peking in the days of the Diplomatic Body strikes the reader acquainted with those times as being remarkably felicitous. Some of his tales he tells with a delicious malice, which does no one any harm, but quite the best is the following— wettams, Rt teatime, and Chinese rts received every
Rotabilities used to attend. One of these was. a noisy little Chinese colonel, called Wu.
One way he confided to our hostess that he was tired of his wife, who Was getting old and was in bad "e^ Bui" said Madame Beelaerts, "I thought you Chinese could have more than, one wite?"
Coronel Wu admitted that this was 'Next Wednesday he turned up again at Madame Beelaerts' tea-party, and in a pause of the conversation he came out in a very loud voice with the following remark:
"Do you know Madame, Beelaerts, 1 have taken your advice?"
"My advice?"
"Nis. "I have got a new wife," And he added: "I am going to try her tonight.
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