ISBN: 9781153592604

Excerpt: ...it is only vile. Ugh! said I, as a whiff from an underground den floated up on the night air, and Luella caught her handkerchief to her face to get her breath. I''m … mais…

Excerpt: ...it is only vile. Ugh! said I, as a whiff from an underground den floated up on the night air, and Luella caught her handkerchief to her face to get her breath. I''m not sure that this rose would smell any sweeter by the name of Canton. I''m afraid your argument is too practical for me to answer, she laughed. Yet I''m certain it would be more poetic seven thousand miles away. Come this way, said Corson, halting with the party at one of the doors. I''ll show you through some of the opium dens, and that will bring us to the stage door of the theater. How close and heavy the air is! said Luella, as we followed the winding passage in the dim illumination that came from an occasional gas-jet or oil lamp. The yellow man is a firm believer in the motto, ''Ventilation is the root of all evil,'' I admitted. The fumes of tobacco and opium were heavy on the air, and a moment later we came on a cluster of small rooms or dens, fitted with couches and bunks. It needed no description to make the purpose plain. The whole process of intoxication by opium was before me, from the heating of the metal pipe to the final stupor that is the gift and end of the Black Smoke. Here, was a coolie mixing the drug; there, just beyond him, was another, drawing whiffs from the bubbling narcotic through the bamboo handle of his pipe; there, still beyond, was another, lying back unconscious, half-clad, repulsive, a very sorry reality indeed to the gorgeous dreams that are reputed to follow in the train of the seductive pipe. Do they really allow them to smoke that dreadful stuff? asked Mrs. Bowser shrilly. Why, I should think the governor, or the mayor, or you, Mr. Policeman, would stop the awful thing right off. Now, why don''t you? Oh, it''s no harm to the haythen, said Corson. It''s death and destruction to the white man, but it''s no more to the yellow man than so much tobacco and whiskey. They''ll be all right to-morrow. We niver touches ''em unless they takes the... Earle Ashley Walcott, Books, Mystery and Suspense, Blindfolded Books>Mystery and Suspense The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: American fiction; San Francisco (Calif.); Fiction / General; Fiction / Mystery<

ISBN: 9781153592604

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books availabl… mais…

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As a reader of a TREDITION CLASSICS book, you support our mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. Books Fiction~~General Blindfolded~~Earle-Ashley-Walcott General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: American fiction; San Francisco (Calif.); Fiction / General; Fiction / Mystery<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 172 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=259gr, [GR: 21200 - TB/Belletristik/Kriminalromane], [S… mais…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 172 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=10mm, Gew.=259gr, [GR: 21200 - TB/Belletristik/Kriminalromane], [SW: - Fiction - Mystery / Detective], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: American fiction; San Francisco (Calif.); Fiction / General; Fiction / Mystery The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: American fiction; San Francisco (Calif.); Fiction / General; Fiction / Mystery<