366 ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS.

they had read so much about; the land where the men wore long hair,
and braided it like women; the Jand where women hobbled about on
feet so funnily shaped ; the
land of fireworks and
kites; the land of the
mighty wall, and the land
of Aladdin and his won-
derful lamp. Rick in his
dreams that night thought
he was a stout Chinese
youth blessed with a pig-
tail and stealing up to a
shrine where burned the
mystic lamp.

Es Ae) f “ And now, boys,” said

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Uncle Nat, “I am going

A CHINESE RICK AND THE LAMP.

; to Victoria, and you can
go with me. We will leave the doctor here with: the ladies.”

Dr. Walton seemed willing to stay behind and keep the ladies com-
pany, especially Miss Lissa. So Ralph judged.

“All ready, boys?” shouted Uncle Nat. “We will take a
sampan.”

There were plenty of sampan-proprietors about the ship that were
willing to take the party ashore, and the voyage was soon over.

When the boys stepped on land, Uncle Nat told them that they were
in Victoria— the great business centre of Hong Kong.

“T hope, boys,” said Uncle Nat, “I shall find in his office a man
whom I want to see.”

But the man was not in his office.

“He is at his house,” said the clerk.