VIII CONTENTS. 



Chapter 'f 



XXm. CONVAIESOENOE 155 



XXrV. An Expensive Business 160 



XXV. The Great Pagoda. Hen 165 



XXVI. " PoLiOT THE Best HoNKSiy," 176 



XXVU. A Genuine Humbug 182 



XXVm. Babnum in tiie Field, 190 



XXIX. First " National " Poultry Show in New York, . . 198 



XXX. Babnum'b Innate Difpidbnoe, 204 



XXXL A Suppressed Speech 213 



XXXH. A "CONFIDENOB" Man 220 



XXXni. The Essence of Humbuq 224 



XXXIV. A Trump Card, 229 



XXXV. " Hold tour Horses," 237 



XXXVI. Tricks of the Trade 248 



XXXVII. Final Death-Throes, 252 



XXXVIH. The Porte-Monnaib I Owe "em Company, ... , 259 



XXXIX. A Satisfactory Pedigree, . 263 



XL. Doing the Genteel Thing 273 



XLI. The Fate of the "Model" Shanqhaes 279 



XLII. An Emphatic Clincher, 288 



XLin. " Stand prom Under," 294 



XLIV. Bursting op the Bubble r. . . . 802 



XLV. The Dead and Wounded, 807 



XLVT. A Mournful Pboobssion 812 



XLVII My Shanghae Dinner, 818 



