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Show Novrr Far From Ills Htoro. Bfl Probably there Is no tradesman en American soil who lives closer to bis BJ place of business thnn does a certain Bfl Chinese fruit dealer, whose stnll nt the M corner of Clay street uud Waverly Bf place Is one of the regulation sights of ;JBBBJ Chinatown lu San Francisco. This BfJ merchnnt of the curl) has his residence Bj In an upper story of his modest stand, BfJ sandwiched In between his topmost shelf nnd an overhang, which projecta Bfl from the second floor of tho house H against whose wnlt the fruit stall la H built. This bit of a room, which la KV about as commodious as a deal packing Bfl box, such as upright pianos are shipped H In, is provided with one very small . H window and one door. When the la H bors of the day nre over, which In Old- BC untown Is about midnight, Charlie no Bf Chinaman likes to be called John-puts H up his stall shutters, extinguishes his H gasoline light and Is ready for bed. By H means of a ladder ho mounts to his By. solitary chamber, pulls the ladder up Bfl after him, and shutting his door is as H snug as you please until morning. A H close place for a hot night, you think, H but then the climate, of San Francisco H Is peculiar lu having no hot nlgbts-al Bfl least that Is what the Sail Franciscans H tell you. Philadelphia Itcconl. |
