CHAPTER XVII.

State and county elections--The Chinese question--Chinese house-servants--Washermen--Laborers--A large camp--Supper--Chinese trading--The scissors--Cost of Chinese labor--Its results--Chinese treaties--Household servants--Chee and his mistress--"Heap debble-y in there"--The photo album--Temptation--A sin and its reward--Good advice on whipping--Chung and the crockery--Chinese New Year--Gifts-- "Hoodlums"--Town police--Opium. 201