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Show OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED, Letter's Inscription Certainly the Re-verse Re-verse of Flattering. In the English club nt Hongkong n white-haired old gentleman, who had come down from some northern port, was seated at dinner when ho BUddon-ly BUddon-ly becamo very excited. Ho had been brought a letter by a solemn-faced Chi-noso Chi-noso butler, and he saw something on the outsldo of this letter which sent him downstairs two steps nt a tlmo to Intcrvlow tho hall porter. When ho carao back he told us what was tho matter. Tho hall porter had Inscribed 1n tho envelope, In Chinese, for tho Information In-formation of tho butler: "This Is for tho old baboon with whlto fur." Unfortunately for tho hall porter, tho old gentleman was a first-class scholar In tho Chinese language. |