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An Eastern Novel.
any person s coming to claim it , and the next day he continued hi , journey . J ls After six days travelling , he arrived in the evening at Nan sou tcheou , and took up his lod ging in an inn where were several other merchants ; their discourse falling . upon the accidents of trade , one of the company said , "Five days ago when I left Tchin lieou I JOSL two hundred taelswhich I had in undermost
, my girdle ; I had taken off this girdle and placed it near me ' while I took a little rest -when suddenly a Mandarin with all his train passing by , I got out of the way fin- rear of an insult , and forgot to take up my money , and it was not till I went to undress myself at night that I perceived mv loss ; I was fullconvinced that it would be to
y no purpose to return hack , since the place where I slept was much frequented , and there Jore it was not worth while to retard my journey in search of what I was sure not to find . " Every one pitied his hard lot , and Liu immediately demanded his TZ t-r l ? - ft abode = y ° «> " servant , replied the merchant , is called Tchin , and lives at Yang tcheouwhere he has shop and
, a a pretty large stock ; but pray may I ask , in my turn , to whom I ha ' ve tne honour of speaking ? Liu told him his name , and that he w ? s he "I iftan ^ the > , ° , my direct way thither ,-added he . is thiough Yang tcheou , and if you please I will do myself the pleasure of accompanying to house
you your own Tchin replied , with a great deal of politeness , with all my Ln ! ' ! ' I y ° P . ? we will- go together , and I think myself h !} U ° T Iu SUCh g °° d con W ; ea % the next morning they set out on their journey together , and as it was not very lon » they soon came to Yarif tcheou . ' D '
After the usual civilities Tchin invited his fellow-traveller into the house , and served up a small collation ; then Liu began to . talk of the money lost at Tchin lieou : of what colour , said he , i ™ Sf S T J 0 lI ! T ° , " ey Was contai » ed , and how was it made ? It was of blue cloth , replied Tchin , and that which distinguished it from all others was the character Tchin at
one ^¦ 1 ' " ' hjcl ! , s m y " arne > andis worked in with white silk Ihis description leaving no farther doubt , Liu said with a che ' ariu air , If I have asked you so many questions , ' t is because I have found such a girdle as you describe , and drew it out at the same S ™ - ' S 3 ld he ' / w S bel 0 " t 0 y ° U ; k is the veiy same said Tchin which Liu presented it to its true
, upon owner I chin , full of gratitude , pressed him greatly to accept of half of the sum , but to no purpose , for Liu would take nothine how great is my obli gation , resumed Tchin , where may be found such great honesty and generosity asyour ' s ! He then ordered a handsome treat and they invited each other to drink with o-reat demonstrations of friendship . °
Tchin said within himself , Where shall I find in these days a man of equal probity with Liu ? People of his character are very rm e ; but why should I receive so great a benefit from him , and not think
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Eastern Novel.
any person s coming to claim it , and the next day he continued hi , journey . J ls After six days travelling , he arrived in the evening at Nan sou tcheou , and took up his lod ging in an inn where were several other merchants ; their discourse falling . upon the accidents of trade , one of the company said , "Five days ago when I left Tchin lieou I JOSL two hundred taelswhich I had in undermost
, my girdle ; I had taken off this girdle and placed it near me ' while I took a little rest -when suddenly a Mandarin with all his train passing by , I got out of the way fin- rear of an insult , and forgot to take up my money , and it was not till I went to undress myself at night that I perceived mv loss ; I was fullconvinced that it would be to
y no purpose to return hack , since the place where I slept was much frequented , and there Jore it was not worth while to retard my journey in search of what I was sure not to find . " Every one pitied his hard lot , and Liu immediately demanded his TZ t-r l ? - ft abode = y ° «> " servant , replied the merchant , is called Tchin , and lives at Yang tcheouwhere he has shop and
, a a pretty large stock ; but pray may I ask , in my turn , to whom I ha ' ve tne honour of speaking ? Liu told him his name , and that he w ? s he "I iftan ^ the > , ° , my direct way thither ,-added he . is thiough Yang tcheou , and if you please I will do myself the pleasure of accompanying to house
you your own Tchin replied , with a great deal of politeness , with all my Ln ! ' ! ' I y ° P . ? we will- go together , and I think myself h !} U ° T Iu SUCh g °° d con W ; ea % the next morning they set out on their journey together , and as it was not very lon » they soon came to Yarif tcheou . ' D '
After the usual civilities Tchin invited his fellow-traveller into the house , and served up a small collation ; then Liu began to . talk of the money lost at Tchin lieou : of what colour , said he , i ™ Sf S T J 0 lI ! T ° , " ey Was contai » ed , and how was it made ? It was of blue cloth , replied Tchin , and that which distinguished it from all others was the character Tchin at
one ^¦ 1 ' " ' hjcl ! , s m y " arne > andis worked in with white silk Ihis description leaving no farther doubt , Liu said with a che ' ariu air , If I have asked you so many questions , ' t is because I have found such a girdle as you describe , and drew it out at the same S ™ - ' S 3 ld he ' / w S bel 0 " t 0 y ° U ; k is the veiy same said Tchin which Liu presented it to its true
, upon owner I chin , full of gratitude , pressed him greatly to accept of half of the sum , but to no purpose , for Liu would take nothine how great is my obli gation , resumed Tchin , where may be found such great honesty and generosity asyour ' s ! He then ordered a handsome treat and they invited each other to drink with o-reat demonstrations of friendship . °
Tchin said within himself , Where shall I find in these days a man of equal probity with Liu ? People of his character are very rm e ; but why should I receive so great a benefit from him , and not think