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of being committed for murder. The captain was 
sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, whilst the 
mate got six months for shooting at the sailor. 
When C. first came to me, I took no trouble to 
make any inquiries as to his former life ; I had never 
heard of him or of his exploits in China. Had I 
known what I afterwards discovered, I would never 
have had anything to do with him. As showing 
how a woman’s instincts are sometimes right in 
judging character, I may mention that, shortly 
before we left for Shanghai, C. called on me one day 
when my sister was present. After he had gone, 
she remarked : “ Hal, I don’t like the look of that 
man ; I am sure he is a bad lot, and you will have 
trouble with him.” Of course I told her that was 
merely a foolish prejudice which women often took 
without reason. On my return, needless to say, 
I was greeted with, “ I told you so.” 
C. came to a miserable end, as he deserved. 
After leaving Japan he went to Hong-Kong, where 
he shipped as mate on a steamer, but got into 
trouble for assaulting the captain. He next turned 
up in the Dutch East Indies, where he was reported 
to have been sentenced to penal servitude for ten 
years for causing the death of a Chinaman, but 
subsequently escaped. Whether this is true or not 
I cannot say ; anyhow, he was lost sight of for some 
years, until he turned up again in Shanghai, where 
he earned a living by selling some aphrodisiac 
nostrum to the Chinese. This failing after a time, 
he sank lower and lower, and finally died of want. 
At one time he was in charge of a Chinese transport, 
which carried troops during the Franco-Chinese 
War. After a trip or two he made arrangements 
