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aboard ain't arms ashore Banger began Big Chew bilges boat deck Bordelles Bronson bund Burgoyne Changsha Chien China Light Chinese Chiu-pa Cho-jen clean coffee Collins coolies courtyard Craddock Crosley damn door engine room face Farren feeling fight fire flag floorplates Franks Frenchy gearwheel Gillespie girl grinned gunboats guns guys hands Hankow Harris head hell Ho-mang Holman asked Holman knew Holman stood Holman thought Hunan inside Jake Holman junk Kuomintang laughed looked Lop Eye Shing Lynch Maily mess table Miss Eckert missionaries Paoshan Perna pidgin pistol Po-han pump quarterdeck Red Dog Restorff river sailors sampans San Pablo Sand Pebbles Scharf Shanghai ship Shirley shouted side smell smiled Stawski steam stopped talk tell things told Holman took topside treaty trying Tullio turned unequal treaties voice walked warlord watch Welbeck Wilsey Wuchang yelled