CHAPTER XVII

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

HE ... CURSED THE WHOLE G. & M. SYSTEM, FROM THE TIES UP

LAYOUT

"HERE'S THE SPOUTING HOUSE"

HE WAS DRAWING LINES ACROSS THE TIMBER

"WELL, THAT'S THE WHOLE TRICK"

IT WAS A SIMPLE SCHEME

DRUGGING A NATION

The Story of China and the Opium Curse

A Personal Investigation, during an Extended Tour, of the Present Conditions of the Opium Trade in China and Its Effects upon the Nation

By Samuel Merwin CONTENTS I. China’s Predicament 9 II. The Golden Opium Days 20 III. A Glimpse Into an Opium Province 53 IV. China’s Sincerity 70 V. Sowing the Wind in China—Shanghai 101 VI. Sowing the Wind in China—Tientsin and Hongkong 129 VII. How British Chickens Came Home to Roost 154 VIII. The Position of Great Britain 178 Appendix 204

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[Pg 7] ILLUSTRATIONS Facing page H. E. Tong Shao-I Title Kneading Crude Opium with Oil to Make Round or Flat Cakes 27 Making Round Cakes of Opium 27 The Opium Hulks of Shanghai 50 An Opium Receiving Ship or “Godown” at Shanghai 50 The Villages were Little More than Heaps of Ruins 54 At Last He Crawls Out on the Highway, Whining, Chattering and Praying that a Few Copper Cash be Thrown Him 54 Wreck and Ruin in China 68 Enforcing the Edict at Shanghai 88 In an Opium Den, Shanghai 114 Opium-smoking 114 Weighing Opium in a Government Factory in India 154 Where the Chinaman Travels, Opium Travels too 172

THE ROAD-BUILDERS

BY

SAMUEL MERWIN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. B. MASTERS CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Young Van engages a Cook 1 II. Where the Money came From 22 III. At Mr. Carhart’s Camp 37 IV. Jack Flagg sees Stars 66 V. What They found at the Water-hole 97 VI. The Road to Total Wreck 138 VII. The Spirit of the Job 185 VIII. Shots—and a Scouting Party 219 IX. A Show-down 246 X. What took Place at Red Hills 293 ILLUSTRATIONS ‘There,’ he cried, ... ‘there, boys! That means Red Hills or bust’ Frontispiece FACING PAGE ‘It’s all I have a right to give anybody’ 74 ‘Eighty cents,’ he muttered, ‘and for how much work?’ 80 ‘Well,’ began the boss, looking him over, ‘what kind of a cook are you?’ 98 Wonderfully they held the pace 114 They went on in this way for nearly an hour 120 ‘Look here, Tiffany,’ Carhart began, ‘something’s going to happen to this man Peet’ 142 ‘You go back to your quarters’ 208 ... this trestle structure which was slowly crawling, like some monster centipede, across the sands of the La Paz 240 The cigarette dropped from Antonio’s unnerved fingers 244 Charlie had not raised his revolver,—the muzzle still rested easily on the sill,—but it was pointing straight at Jack Flagg’s heart 310

THE MERRY ANNE By Samuel Merwin Illustrated by Thomas Fogarty 1904

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THE MERRY ANNE