Ensign Merrill — page 11: what you’re looking at

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. oe - office, with the saaual t array of es one anda he _ propriate furniture, but the broad, well-lighted room : . - ~ contained here and there various articles which stamped ne af. as out of the common. A couple of quaint porcelain 4 =. _ jars over in one corner bearing curious-looking flowers, _ ahandy teaset occupying the top of a delicate lancuiwe = * A _ table close to the principal desk and evidently in recent i use, an utter absence of the harsh hubbub of grating —_eart-wheels and the coarse jests of draymen, all pro- . ~ claimed that this repository of business was not of our ~ country. To make it more apparent, a suave, yellow- ~ looking Celestial_occupied a porter’ s chair near the ocr silent and impassive. a Through a large open window, shaded by su bidued striped awnings, a glimpse of a broad, well-paved - street, leading down to where the shiner of water | ___+~-was apparent, could be obtained. The road was well ab -_ peopled, even thronged, but not by those one 1s accus- — _tomed to meet at home. *. Rk More Chinamen with easy flowing garments a -_eomical hats; Mongolians of every size and condition, _ witha leavening here and there of American or Eng- __ lish figures, clad in white linen, and all with the in- ~ _evitable pungaree and light umbrella. There were queer-looking vehicles, too. Jinrickshaws and sedan ee chairs, each with its attendant carriers waiting fora chance fare. A steady stream of quaint-looking people — - —quaint in America, but not here, for this is the for- eign ‘“‘bund’’ of Shanghai, China; the few modest Aa acres reluctantly given over by the government for com- — mercial houses owned by those from countries beyond the sea. ae meat. One of the peltitent, in fact the largest and most im- --_-portant, of these business houses is the one to which the ae reader is introduced—the American firm of Bevins & dpe | comicbooks.com. ad ty ’ + ' nd » 4 : é - ri os ‘ “a FF : ’ era * - ' - * wv! a , ov, ‘ : : ‘ : ‘ . - utteah j abe aa ‘ 5 ‘ : iz ya Th we as Se ae é ° a ~ 47 - * i . q i deeke bee ae Oe a >" ta le? ey ‘