A Yankee in the Far East

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George Hoyt Allen. A Yankee in the Far East

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

I. WAR HELL AND BULL FIGHTS

II "MISSOURI" AND HIS FALSE TEETH

III. WONG LEE – THE HUMAN BELLOWS

IV. HAWAII – AND THE FISHERMAN WHO'D SIGN THE PLEDGE

V. THE UMPIRE WHO GOT A JOB

VI. THE JAPS' FIVE-STORY SKYSCRAPER AND A BASEMENT

VII. JAPANESE GIRLS IN AMERICAN COSTUMES – THEY MAR THE LANDSCAPE

VIII. CEREMONIOUS GRANDMOTHER – "MISSOURI" A HEAVENLY TWIN

IX. USHI, THE RIKISHA MAN

X. MISSIONARIES, TRACTS, AND A JOB WORTH WHILE

XI. YAMAMOTO AND HIGH COST OF LIVING

XII. THE SOLDIER SAID SOMETHING IN CHINESE

XIII. TEN THOUSAND TONS ON A WHEELBARROW AND THE ANANIAS CLUB

XIV "MISSOURI" MEETS A MISSIONARY

XV. A STO-O-RM AT SEA

XVI. THE ISLANDS "DISCOVERED" BY DEWEY

XVII. WHITE FILIPINOS, AGUINALDO, AND THE BUSY MOTH

XVIII. SINGAPORE – THE HUMORIST'S CLOSE CALL

XIX. THE HINDU GUIDE A SAINT WOULD BE

XX. PENANG – A BIRD, THE FEMALE OF ITS SPECIES, AND THE MANGOSTEEN

XXI. BURMA AND BUDDHA

XXII. BAPTISTS AND BUDDHISM

XXIII. THE RANGOON BUSINESS MAN WHO DROVE HIS SERMON HOME

XXIV. THE GLASS OF ICE WATER THAT JARRED RANGOON

XXV. THE CALCUTTA SACRED BULL AND HIS TWISTED TAIL

XXVI. THE GUIDE WHO WOULDN'T SIT IN "MASTER'S" PRESENCE

XXVII. ROYALTY VS. "TWO CLUCKS AND A GRUNT"

XXVIII. ONE WINK, SIXTEEN CENTS, AND ROYALTY

XXIX. THE ENGLISHMAN AND MARK TWAIN'S JOKE, "THAT'S HOW THEY WASH IN INDIA"

XXX. ENGLISH AS "SHE IS SPOKE" IN INDIA

XXXI. A FIVE DAYS' SAIL AND A MEASLY POEM

XXXII. BEATING THE GAME WITH ONE SHIRT

XXXIII. THROUGH HELL GATE STEERAGE

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Up in the interior of our country we don't look upon the Mexican situation with the same passionate interest that they do down here on the border – in El Paso, for instance.

Here is a town of sixty thousand. A magnificent city, with everything that goes to make our modern civilization desirable. A city of sky-scrapers, a million-dollar hotel (the one I'm stopping at), with still others that would do credit to a city twice its size. Splendid stores, residences, and railway station, and forty-five miles of fine macadam streets – a city of gimp, go, and bang – a city to make an American citizen proud of his country.

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The team comes back, and in like theatrical manner the dead horse is snaked off, and the crowd sets up a howl to bring on another bull. Three to five bulls are tortured for an afternoon's "entertainment." They tortured three yesterday, but I was more than satisfied with one, when I left them to their "sport." Carranza's headquarters are at Juarez. He "graced" the bull fight with his presence, and if Huerta had been in Juarez he would probably have been there too.

"I felt forty years older, and told her so – and when it came to eating, everything tasted just alike – and all bad.

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