"I have one or two things," he said, after a few words of greeting, "that I'd like to send home--to my mother--and my wife; some trifles--and a message or two; if I--if--if I--"
The dying flame flickered up again.A COOLIE IN THE STREETS OF SHANGHAI. A COOLIE IN THE STREETS OF SHANGHAI."The things marked 'number one' you must get anyway," she said, "and those marked 'number two' you must get if you can."