“You made some twenty cents out of me. Your turn is coming, my uncle!” I said.

I sold him a box of Lillian Russell cigars for three dollars. The real price was two.

Ha, ha, ha!

12th—I invited my precious Ada to my store to dine à la Japonaise.

One Jap restaurant catered to it.

“Irrashaimashi! Condescend to enter!” I showered my wooden-clogged greeting over Ada.

From “The Klondyke,” my neighbouring saloon, a nigger song was flapping in.

“If you ain’t got no money, you needn’t come round.”

Happy Ada San!

She was about to join in it, when I brought her into my great dining-room.