378 ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS.

court,’ to shove his petition and make a noise for him, he was likely
to get an office that would pay him for his trouble. But we are doing
a little better nowadays; we are beginning to make merit a con-
dition that must be met. There is any amount of room still for
improvement. Now we will look into some of the shops. Chop-chop !”

When the chairs halted again, Uncle Nat. suggested that they alight,
and make a visiting tour on foot.

“Here is a strange street, boys—the Street of the Dead. Here
are to be found things that the living are generally interested in,
and the Chinese think that the spirits of their departed friends will
still be interested in such articles. So they buy a pipe, or a fan, or
some otlier memento, and
pack these into the cof-
fins or tombs of the dead.”

“That is very funny,”
thought Rick. g

“A pipe is the last
thing I want to be
packed away with me,”
said Uncle Nat.

They rambled on, till
Ralph cried out: “Oh, see
that man making wmn-
brellas!”

The umbrella-maker was

 

busy at work, putting

A CHEAP UMBRELLA.

together a light bamboo-
frame, and then- neatly stretching over it a big cover of var-
nished paper.

“Sometimes they use oiled paper,” said Uncle Nat, “to cover the