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been Mr Maitland's business partner in China. Going in the 

 same direction as I was, and knowing that I had been 

 acquainted with Mr Maitland in India, he began to talk about 

 his old fellow-broker. ' Maitland and I,' he said, ' made lots 

 of money. Twenty-five years ago I could have retired with 

 £50,000, but nothing would do for Kelly but to be a 

 millionaire ; so I too kept on. While I was home for a short 

 trip, he made several heavy speculations with such disastrous 

 results that we both lost nearly all we had. He went to India, 

 and I got stuck in that out-of-the-way spot Newchwang, 

 where I shall be delighted to put you up, if ever you come 

 that way. It was not Maitland's fault that we came to grief; 

 it was only his ambition. Ah ! you should have seen him in 

 those days. What a swell he was ! How he used to make 

 the money fly ! During all the years we were together, I 

 always found him "straight."' And then the true-hearted, 

 kind fellow gave me a clasp of the hand, a cheery nod, and 

 walked off with as springy a step and as gay an air, as he no 

 doubt had, while Kelly was manufacturing ducks and drakes 

 out of that half million dollars. 



Subsequently Mr Bush told me the following incident, 

 which has been so unfairly misrepresented to Mr Maitland's 

 detriment, that I am glad of this opportunity of giving its 

 correct version. 



Mr Maitland went to the Hong Kong races from Shanghai 

 in 1863, with a lot of ponies, and was so successful that he 

 and his party won about £10,000. Being unable to get the 

 better of the little man in a fair game, some of the losers 

 determined to vent their spite on him by means which were 

 not above board. Seeing that Maitland had been enjoying the 

 privileges of a visitor at the Hong Kong Club, his enemies man- 

 aged to get a rule passed, apparently, only on general grounds, 

 that a visitor could not be an honorary member for longer 

 than six weeks, and that, if he desired to frequent the club 

 after that period, he should be put up and balloted for in the 

 usual manner. When Maitland's time of honorary member- 



