"And lost heavily by it."
"For six months or so. A lot of people withdrew their advertisements; but they were a bit surprised when at the end of that time they came back to me, and I refused to insert their ads. at any price. I consider that you not only did wisely, but right, in employing the c******n. Are they going on satisfactorily?"
"Very; they do work for me at twenty-five shillings a week that white men would not do at all--no matter what you offered them: emptying sludge-pits, building dams, etc."
"Exactly! And now all the people who rose up and howled at you for employing c******n, and the Champion for backing you up, are shouting themselves hoarse in your praise. And the revival of Chinkie's Flat, and the new rushes all round about it, have added very materially to the wealth
