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Show , COLLECTING A DEBT. , ! ; A - shopkeeper named Chan at - Canton j sued his debtors. Chow and others, at the Mandarin Tamen for a debt of a few thousand dollars. - . Palm oil reached the Mandarin and the plaintiff not only lost the case, but had to pay the defendants $1500. He determined not to pay. What did the defendants do? They, hired and sent about a dosen women, wo-men, old and young, to his shop to eat and sleep therei of course, at the expense of the plalptlff. m . After standing this for a day or two. the plaintiff hired six or seven lepers to stay In his shop. The women cleared off then. Hongkong Press. |