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Show CHINAMAN NEEDED THE RICE. Sing Had Found a Whole Tribe of His Lost Cousins. A Chinese cook In one of tho homei across tho bay from San Francisco was terribly worrlod about his cousins who woro In the burning town. Sins knew that Chinatown had been destroyed. de-stroyed. Ho had tiled to go across to rescuo his realties, but nobody was allowed to land. Ho went about his duties with lagging lag-ging footsteps and mournful faco. For two days ho nlo nothing, and tho sympnthy of tho cntlro famUy was extended ex-tended to him In his trouble. At last ho appeared one morning at breakfast tlmo with a face wreathed In smiles. "Mo found cousins," he announced Jo fully. On bolng questioned he said that they woro lodged In the two rooms which he rented for his own use In tho lower part of the town. Thoy wero all well and ho was "velly happy." hap-py." He took 40 poundx of rice to them that they might not bo hungry. "Dut, Sing, how many cousins havo you? Forty pounds scorns a great deal." He smiled his chitimlug oriental snillo and spread his hands, "Mo 80 cousins." Kxchnnse. . |