Show OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED letters lettera inscription certainly tho the reverse of flattering in the E english n glish club at Hong hongtong kong a white haired old gentleman who had come down from some northern port was seated at dinner when ho he suddenly became very excited ile he had been brought a letter by a solemn faced chinese butler and he saw something on the outside of this letter which sent him downstairs two steps at a time to interview the hall porter when he came back he told us what was tho the matter the hall porter had inscribed in the envelope in chinese for or the information of the butler this is for tho the old baboon with white fur unfortunately for the hall porter the old gentleman was a first class scholar in tho the chinese language |