Toward the end of 1916 the Siems-Carey Co., allied with the American International Corporation, entered into a contract with the Chinese Government for the construction, among others, of a railway in the district-the Chuchow-Chinchow Line-which is to connect southern Hunan with the eastern seaboard of Kwangtung.

“And these weirdlings, who are they?” she asked, with as much of a sneer as her trembling lips allowed.

We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.

It all took maybe three minutes, tops, and the dealer was now ninety dollars richer. He even gave the custie one for free to make it an even ten jacks.