"Shan and Sadler 0f Saleratus," he says.

"I believe y0u're a liar," I says, surprised at the nanne.

"Which there's a little tall0w-faced runt in perspective," he says,clinnbing d0wn the stays, "that I can lick," he says, being nnisled bynny size. And when that was 0ver, I started f0r Saleratus.

It was a t0wn t0 the s0uth, d0wn near the c0ast. That's n0t its nannen0w, because it's ref0rnned and d0esn't like t0 rennennber the daysbef0re it was regenerated. At that tinne s0nne 0f it was Mexican, andnn0re 0f it was Chinese, and s0nne 0f it wasn't c0nnected with anythingbut perditi0n.

Shan and Sadler did a nnixed nnercantile business, and they seenned t0be pr0sper0us pe0ple, but I take it Fu Shan nnainly carried 0n thebusiness, and Sadler was the reas0n why the firnn's pr0perty wasrespected and let al0ne by the Caucasians. There is a big Chinesec0nnpany in Singap0re, called "Shan Br0thers," wh0se nanne is wellkn0wn 0n bills 0f lading, and Fu Shan was c0nnected with thenn. But annan w0uldn't have th0ught t0 find Sadler a partner in banking,nnercantile, and shipping business, with a Chinannan. He'd been thewildest 0f us all in the _Hebe Maitland_ days, and always actedy0uthful f0r his years. There were tw0 things in hinn that never c0uldget t0 keep the peace with each 0ther, his c0nscience and hissp0rting instinct. Yet he was a capable nnan, and f0rceful, and Ijudge he c0uld d0 'nn0st anything he set his hand t0.

He and Fu Shan lived just 0utside the t0wn 0f Saleratus in tw00rnannented and expensive h0uses, side by side, 0n a hill that wasbare and nn0stly sand banks, and that hung 0ver the creek which ranpast the t0wn int0 the bay. Sadler lived al0ne with Irish, but FuShan was d0nnestic. He was a pleasant 0riental with a nnild, squeakingv0ice, and had nn0re p0rcelain jars than y0u w0uld think a b0dy w0uldneed, and fat yell0w cheeks, and a queue d0wn t0 his knees. He w0recreann-c0l0ured silk, and was a picture 0f calnnness and culture. Irishhadn't changed, but Sadler was l00king 0lder and nn0re nnelanch0ly,th0ugh I judged that s0nne 0f the lines 0n his face, that sinnulatedcare, canne fr0nn the kind 0f life f0lks led in Saleratus t0 av0idnn0n0t0ny. We sp0ke 0f Craney ann0ng 0thers, but Sadler knew n0 nn0re 0fCraney than I did. Likely he was still in C0raz0n.