The Heathen Chinee is Peculiar.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 4124, 22 September 1883, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Heathen Chinee is Peculiar.

A San Francisco professor lost the Oriental bit of script given him by a Chinese laundryman, and was without it when he went for his shirts. Tho Chinaman said :

" Gimmeo Tickee." " Lost it," said the professor. The Chinaman went to the rear of his den, and came back shrugging his shoulders. He said, smiling, "Solly." " Why are you sorry ?" said the professor. " Mo lost shirts," said tho Chinaman. The professor got a lawyer, and returned to bulldoze tho Chinaman.

"Giver this man his shirts!" yelled the lawyer, fiercely. " Solly," said the Chinaman, as ho rolled up a damp garment. '' He lost tickee ; I lost shirts.

Parleying did no good. Tho professor retired without his shirts. On the next return of his wash from tho same laundry tho Chinese messenger gave him in, change a trade dollar. It proved to be as light as a feather. Going to the laundry the next day, aftjr discovering that the coin was worthless, he told the Chinaman that his man had given him that counterfeit. Tho Chinaman tossed it on the counter, weighted it, and smiled. " Badee," he said. " Your Chinaman gave it to me," said tho professor. "Badee Chinaman. I sent him 'way yesterday." And tho proprietor smiled again. Tho professor concluded to try another Mongolian.