"Then I laughed, and the horse-boys laughed loudly, and the crowd louder still, and finally the old gentleman doubled himself up in his blue silk fur-lined robe in fits of laughter.
"An Asiatic only relishes one thing better than being outwitted—that is to outwit.
"'Eyah! Eyah! Ha! ha! ha!' they cried as we rode away.
"'Ha! ha! ha!' replied I, waving a well-gloved hand, on my road to Pekin."
WAVES OF THE GREAT SOUTH SEAS.
(Founded on Fact.)
"Very likely the man who drew it had been nearly drowned by one himself."
"Very likely nothing of the sort!"