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     She  fought   with   the  pearls   that   clung to the  flowers。     The  transport 

was moving steadily on。          Steve was already beneath her。          This was      the 

moment。       The   next   moment   and   he   would   be   past。     She   sobbed�察  �and 

Jeremy Sambrooke glanced at her inquiringly。 

     ;Dorothy� ─�he cried sharply。 

     She deliberately snapped the string�察�and�察�amid a shower of pearls�察               �the 

flowers     fell  to  the  waiting   lover。   She    gazed    at  him   until  the   tears 

blinded     her   and    she   buried    her   face    on   the   shoulder    of   Jeremy 

Sambrooke�察       �who    forgot   his  beloved    statistics   in  wonderment       at  girl 

babies    that   insisted   on   growing    up。    The    crowd     sang   on�察  �the  song 

growing fainter in the distance�察�but still melting with the sensuous                 love´ 

languor of Hawaii�察�the words biting into her heart like acid                  because of 

their untruth。 

       Aloha oe�察�Aloha oe�察�e ke onaona no ho ika lipo�察�A fond embrace�察�ahoi 

ae au�察�until we meet again。 



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                          CHUN AH CHUN 



     There was nothing striking in the appearance of Chun Ah Chun。                      He 

was rather undersized�察�as Chinese go�察�and the Chinese narrow                    shoulders 

and     spareness     of  flesh   were     his。   The     average     tourist�察   �casually 

glimpsing him on the streets of Honolulu�察�would have                  concluded that he 

was     a   good´natured      little  Chinese�察    �probably     the    proprietor      of  a 

prosperous      laundry     or  tailorshop。     In    so   far  as   good     nature    and 

prosperity   went�察    �the   judgment     would    be  correct�察  �though     beneath     the 

mark�察  �for Ah   Chun   was   as good´natured   as   he   was       prosperous�察 �and   of 

the latter no man knew a tithe the tale。           It was     well known that he was 

enormously wealthy�察�but in his case             ;enormous; was merely the symbol 

for the unknown。 

     Ah   Chun   had   shrewd   little   eyes�察  �black   and   beady   and   so   very   little 

that   they   were   like   gimlet´holes。   But   they   were   wide   apart�察  �and    they 

sheltered   under   a   forehead   that   was   patently  the   forehead   of   a  thinker。 

For Ah Chun had his problems�察�and had had them all his                    life。   Not that 

he    ever  worried     over   them。    He    was   essentially    a   philosopher�察    �and 

whether   as   coolie�察  �or   multi´millionaire   and   master       of   many   men�察  �his 

poise of soul was the same。          He lived always in the         high equanimity of 

spiritual   repose�察  �undeterred   by   good   fortune�察     �unruffled   by   ill   fortune。 

All    things   went   well   with    him�察  �whether     they    were   blows    from    the 

overseer   in   the   cane   field   or   a   slump   in the   price   of   sugar   when   he 

owned those cane fields himself。             Thus�察    �from the steadfast rock of his 

sure   content   he   mastered   problems       such   as   are   given   to   few   men   to 

consider�察�much less to a Chinese           peasant。 

     He was precisely thata Chinese peasant�察�born to labour in the                 fields 

all   his   days   like   a   beast�察  �but   fated   to   escape   from   the fields   like   the 

prince   in   a   fairy  tale。 Ah   Chun   did   not   remember      his   father�察  �a   small 

farmer in a district not far from Canton�察�nor              did he remember much of 

his mother�察�who had died when he was six。                   But he did remember his 

respected uncle�察�Ah Kow�察�for him had he              served as a slave from his sixth 



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year   to   his   twenty´fourth。   It   was  then   that   he   escaped   by   contracting 

himself as a coolie to labour         for three years on the sugar plantations of 

Hawaii for fifty cents a       day。 

     Ah Chun was observant。          He perceived little details that not one man 

in a thousand ever noticed。          Three years he worked in the field�察�at           the 

end of which time he knew more about cane´growing than the                     overseers 

or   even   the   superintendent�察  �while   the   superintendent   would     have   been 

astounded at the knowledge the weazened little coolie                 possessed of the 

reduction processes in the mill。         But Ah Chun did         not study only sugar 

processes。     He studied to find out how men came              to be owners of sugar 

mills   and   plantations。    One   judgment   he      achieved   early�察  �namely�察  �that 

men did not become rich from the labour             of their own hands。        He knew�察�

for he had laboured for a score of           years himself。       The men who grew 

rich   did   so   from   the   labour   of   the hands   of   others。   That   man    was 

richest   who   had the   greatest number       of   his fellow   creatures toiling   for 

him。 

     So�察�when his term of contract was up�察�Ah Chun invested his savings 

in   a   small   importing   store�察  �going   into   partnership   with   one�察�Ah  Yung。 

The firm ultimately became the great one of ;Ah Chun and Ah                       Yung�察─�

which handled   anything from  India silks   and ginseng   to guano               islands 

and blackbird brigs。       In the meantime�察�Ah Chun hired out as             cook。    He 

was   a   good   cook�察  �and   in   three   years   he   was   the   highest´   paid   chef   in 

Honolulu。      His career was assured�察�and he was a fool to              abandon it�察�as 

Dantin�察�his employer�察�told him�察�but Ah Chun knew his                   own mind best�察�

and for knowing it was called a triple´fool and given                a present of fifty 

dollars over and above the wages due him。 

     The  firm  of Ah   Chun   and Ah Yung   was   prospering。           There   was   no 

need     for   Ah   Chun   longer   to   be   a   cook。 There   were   boom   times   in 

Hawaii。       Sugar was being extensively planted�察�and labour was needed。 

Ah Chun       saw the chance�察�and went into the labour´importing business。 

He     brought thousands of Cantonese coolies into Hawaii�察�and his wealth 

began     to  grow。    He    made     investments。     His    beady    black   eyes   saw 

bargains where other men saw bankruptcy。              He bought a fish´pond for         a 

song�察�which later paid five hundred per cent and was the opening                  wedge 



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by which he monopolize
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