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Show .lK"i 1 '" A OINQALESE VENDOH. The ltleh CAlloctliiii of (lenm Held by lfHtilter In Cejlon. 1 ivjir nittitiff otto afternoon on tho licnutlfiil wide veraml.1 of tho Onllo I'aco hotel, Oilombo, Ceylon, sayo a writer In Dotinlnio's Mnnzlne. Tho roar uf the lirucrl)ouudir)g upon tlio luacli miide ploosnnt mimic, nnd in Hi.' trnnnlticent cmomld hrine tomo 1 1'ifrliinif nntlvon tvero splnslilng merrily mer-rily A light hand touched my shoulder, shoul-der, nnd a lmrc footed Clnffnleto stood before mo. "Would you like to buy some stones?" he nuked, In bin ptcumtit voice. Thcao peddlern of ffems nro very nurnerotiit In tVjlon nnd threaten to becotno n nuisance to tliu traveler. They uro not allowed to outer the hotel;', ho-tel;', an.l I orjen now one of them ttet-uully ttet-uully beaten out of the Oriental. In Colombo Hence It win that before ttdures'.in.r mo my Citurnlcfto friend irluneeil furtively up nud down tho lonjf veranda to sec tlmt ho was unobserved unob-served by the millions of tho hotel. lie took from Iwnenth hlsblnuso n bundle of M'liite cloth, which ho opened, diHplnyinff about n pint of ruldcM, earbnnclcs, moonstones nnd entVeyrn. Am I hil nothing to do I tonkcil through them, after explaining to the wibK' merchant that t had no InUiit on "f buying. The collection ran-.t. hiivi- Uc'ii worth ninny thotiMind do'.l-n.s j idjfi'i;f by iiii'it Idual ipeci-mt.i ipeci-mt.i i t irt from brt racrohnn.lhtc the li i -f U 1 Vendor, costume and nil i i! 1iul' been :i.s6o,ed at ubotlt ti lulling-. |