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men back again. Sancho Panza was nothing to the negro in office.. 



Some time afterwards, when Mrs. P , who had been married for 



several years, took heart to re-visit her old home, Lucy found her 

 out, and welcomed her heartily. Then she narrated her experience 

 of official life. " Yes, Miss Phoebe, we lived in de State House, me 

 and Pete, and we gib big parties heigh ! An, Pete, he sit at de 

 foot ob de table, and I sit at de head ob de table, Miss Phoebe. An' 

 Pete, he toas' de ladies, and I toas' de geneluins, Miss Phoebe. An' 

 we had ducks for supper, Miss Phoebe, an' we drink champagne ! But 

 laws, Miss Phoebe, we was nuffin but niggers all de time." 



The Chinaman, also, in his turn receives tolerably 

 frequent mention. By reason of an old and somewhat 

 intimate acquaintance with Chang, the famous Chinese 

 giant, with whom at one time he used frequently to 

 exchange visits, my father took a special interest in the . 

 nation, whose members consequently attracted more of 

 his attention than otherwise probably they would have 

 done, The first note on the subject is quite a short 

 one, and shows the Chinaman hard at work in the 

 laundry. Most of the washing in the larger American 

 towns, by the way, seems to be done by Chinese : 



November 24th. Coming down Shawm ut Avenue, I became 

 aware of an extraordinary gabble. On coming near the house whence 

 it proceeded, I saw over the door WING LEE, Laundry. It was 

 a Chinese house. I should think that some twenty Celestials were 

 in the room, which was a small one ; and the temperature was 70 

 in the open air. 



Poor Wing Lee afterwards came in for sad 

 trouble : 



You recollect my mentioning Wing Lee when I first came here. 

 The poor fellow was found in his laundry nearly dead from wounds 



