Rising to the Occasion
At juncn the Man-wlio-had-just-eome back was telling of his experiences. At one of our possessions in China a lady had exhausted the European community with her missionary efforts, and pursestrings were tightly drawn. Struck with the splendour of a. sudden thought she went off to- try the native community, and called on a rich merchant, Mr Ah Bing, She asked' for Mrs Ah Sing, into the “Europe Drawing-room” sailed a stately woman unmistakably English. “I am afraid,” said the lady with a mission, “there is some mistake; I asked for Mrs Ah Bing.” “I am Mrs Ah Sing,” said the other, with dignity. The collector of subscriptions gasped, but rose to the occasion brilliantly. “I am bo glad to meet you,” she said, shaking hands warmly. “Do you know I have a sister that married a. Mrotsnian!’!
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVLI, Issue 13, 27 September 1911, Page 59
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141Rising to the Occasion New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVLI, Issue 13, 27 September 1911, Page 59
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