’ ‘What? But—’ ‘Precisely, Hilary. "They tell me over here that the average Chinaman is honest. ” “What?” “That’s the devil of it!” “Devil of what?. All these circumstances,—slight in themselves, but powerful in their effect,—touched the heart of the widowed carpenter, and added to his depression. Berserker, Spurlock rose, head down, and charged. “Now she’s all hat and ideas,” he said, with an air of humor.