To the Editor of the "Nonrit-Cinxa Daty News"
Sim—Will_ you kindly publish the following to let the public know what is commonly prevailing in this city.
One afternoon a man aged about 20, properly dressed, came to. our passage to tout for the sale of rice.
neighbour, an old" lady, was allracied by the sample of rice and, satisfied with the price. about $7 for $8 cheaper than the usual, determined to purchase three pictil But, the swindler pretentiously remarked in a cordial manner, that could only allow her two pics, for the rice which he brought directly from his native place was not' suflllent for his regular customers. Both agreed cash on delivery the next day.
Indeed, the swindler accompani a coolie fashioned after a tice shop assistant, who carried four bags of rice on a wheelbarrow, reached at the fixed time the said lady's home to execute the purchase. Then he pretended to gossip with the lady. while the coolie under the watchful eye of the maidservant. transported bag by bag to the upstairs room, Ae in the usual way, the cheat, taking advantage of the coolie's absence, Suddenly asked the aged lady to pay the amount at once for he had' time to waste on account of an urgent affair to be settled somewhere, $120 was paid him and he swiftly went out. When transportation had been Gnished, the woman was astonished bby the coolie's demand for the rice money. She explained it to him, but he answered that that fellow, whia hie believed to be her family member, Was not his shop master and he did not know anything about him. Both were defrauded, Shanghai. Aug. 8
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.