34 Sport and Life. 



" No, they are alive and very well." 



" He no die, I tink go tly to; I heap scared." 



A day or two after a savoury odour attracted me to the 

 kitchen, where I found Gee cooking bear's paws, bacon, and a lot 

 of herbs. 



" I take this as medicine," he said. " I feel velly sick since two 

 days ago, when my photograph taken." 



He survived it, however, and the photo quite came up to all his 

 expectations, and the watch and the chain, and his English reading 

 book were all displayed therein, to the greatest advantage. 



One night I was awakened by a tremendous crash, quickly 

 followed by another. Lighting a candle and going to my bedroom 

 door, I saw the glimmer of a light shining from underneath the 

 closed kitchen door, at the end of the passage. It was past two in 

 the morning. Could it be a burglar ? I called out to know if it 

 was Gee, whereupon the light was quickly extinguished. Feeling 

 far too nervous to explore farther, I locked myself in my room, 

 and, having listened in vain for an hour or two for any further 

 sounds, went to sleep. Gee called me as usual next morning, but 

 after his knock, instead of departing without waiting for any answer, 

 as was his custom, he called out, " You all light ?" and, receiving a 

 reply in the affirmative, went away chuckling audibly. 



" Why did you ask me if I was all right this morning ? " 



" Oh, last night I hear heap noise, I get light, then I hear you 

 call Gee, I tink for sure white man get in and kill you ; I heap 

 solly." 



" But why did you not come and see, instead of putting out 

 your light ? " 



"Oh, I no good; he can kill big English woman, he velly easy 

 kill poor little Chinaman, too ; so I put out light and locked door. 

 Oh, I laugh, I so glad to hear you no killed this morning." 



The crash had been really occasioned by the cat in the china 

 cupboard. On unlocking it we found her imprisoned there, among 

 the shattered remains of two large glass dishes. It was not 

 comforting to know that one's only protector in the house would 



