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and a hard Bed.
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THE STEPS IN FRONT OF A CHINESE TEMPLE.
convince him I was not, nor had been, sleeping, 'What do you want?' He made no answer, but went away.
"I was very thankful to see him go, and when he was out of sight, put as much of my cash as would not go into my pocket into my sleeve, and made my pillow of a stone projection of the wall. It was not long ere I began to doze, but was aroused by the all but noiseless footsteps of two persons approaching—for myF