An Sin's Reply To Truthful James

WMoh my name is Ah Sin ; 2 li'Jii't want to cali nsnioa, Hut I must to begiu, Say juaL tbis for T. Jiimwi, Thai l ain ronvinood ho i rathof We 11 up to the sinfulwt gtuuea. Tes, Ah Sin ia my name, W'ljirh 1 need not deny ; "Vljit it meuns- is uu ahumoj ÏOfl wül find, if you try, Xhat ita ïüenning is ftoraothiny Celenvial, A ad how út Crltttial or Hiyhf And about that smnll game, I dii not undertitnnd, So I made t my aim, Wilh the hiiule tlmt wat " blaiid," To. koop my ömftll c?m at their keuoevt, Oa N víj . m he doolt the Üt baad. And the way that he donlt, Thore could bt' notlüng tiner, Buthumohuw, I feit, ■ Mr. Ah üin, from China, Becauc your smik ia bo chiid-iike, Tbt'tH! icdlowj ylay you íor a irví?t#r" But no slouch is Ah Hin, And from tho word ' Go," I did piay for tu wiQ An-1 Nyc ntthtr wo. Au i play tho new ame as T loarn liim. Which ahowed lerol hoad, don't you kauw. Oti my naüü thore ivas vax, But that n. ! Lili? provoti, Wlien 1 tale tlie ronl facte; I was 'prenticid on shots. And that wax that whh found on my fingen Waa tho kiud that the shueiaakvn u. And tho packs up rny eloevo ï My oathl wiü takc,TCere not there to dt-ceiro, But got therc by mistnke : I bought them for Ah Hin the youngor, S ho likt'b rtiiiiii: card house tu malM. In mf pocket they wore, When 1 Bt down that day, But what with the at ir. And excitcmont of play Thty vmrktd up my sUevc from my pochet, And htrango it was, toó, I miut wmf. Was it right in Bill Ny, When the trump knave I led For to blacken my eye, And on ino put a head ? Hal I known Jamea hrld the right bowr, X'd have playcd something eive kt tt ttMi. But I don't play no more ; For my lot i now caat On a Kuohxelesa ehoro. So I-" iStick to my laet," And my smile at Xorth Adamo is penrire And my iteathentnh uays they are paet.