`` I should like to see the world , but not in such a small , untidy , smelly place as this . We would go in a yacht all clean and comfortable ; Charlie says that is the proper way , '' answered Rose , surveying the close quarters with little favour . `` You are not a true Campbell if you do n't like the smell of tar and salt-water , nor Charlie either , with his luxurious yacht . Now come ashore and chin-chin with the Celestials . '' After a delightful progress through the great warehouse , peeping and picking as they went , they found Uncle Mac and the yellow gentlemen in his private room , where samples , gifts , curiosities , and newly arrived treasures of all sorts were piled up in pleasing pro-fusion and con-fusion . As soon as possible Rose retired to a corner , with a porcelain god on one side , a green dragon on the other , and , what was still more embarrassing , Fun See sat on a tea-chest in front , and stared at her with his beady black eyes till she did not know where to look . Mr. Whang Lo was an elderly gentleman in American costume , with his pig-tail neatly wound round his head . He spoke English , and was talking busily with Uncle Mac in the most commonplace way so Rose considered him a failure . But Fun See was delightfully Chinese from his junk-like shoes to the button on his pagoda hat ; for he had got himself up in style , and was a mass of silk jackets and slouchy trousers . He was short and fat , and waddled comically ; his eyes were very `` slanting , '' as Rose said ; his queue was long , so were his nails ; his yellow face was plump and shiny , and he was altogether a highly satisfactory Chinaman . Uncle Alec told her that Fun See had come out to be educated and could only speak a little pigeon English ; so she must be kind to the poor fellow , for he was only a lad , though he looked nearly as old as Mr. Whang Lo . Rose said she would be kind ; but had not the least idea how to entertain the queer guest , who looked as if he had walked out of one of the rice-paper landscapes on the wall , and sat nodding at her so like a toy Mandarin that she could hardly keep sober . In the midst of her polite perplexity , Uncle Mac saw the two young people gazing wistfully at one another , and seemed to enjoy the joke of this making acquaintance under difficulties . Taking a box from his table , he gave it to Fun See , with an order that seemed to please him very much . Descending from his perch , he fell to unpacking it with great neatness and despatch , while Rose watched him , wondering what was going to happen . Presently , out from the wrappings came a teapot , which caused her to clasp her hands with delight , for it was made in the likeness of a plump little Chinaman . His hat was the cover , his queue the handle , and his pipe the nose . It stood upon feet in shoes turned up at the toes , and the smile on the fat , sleepy face was so like that on Fun 's when he displayed the teapot , that Rose could n't help laughing , which pleased him much . Two pretty cups with covers , and a fine scarlet tray completed the set , and made one long to have a `` dish of tea , '' even in Chinese style , without cream or sugar . When he had arranged them on a little table before her , Fun signified in pantomime that they were hers , from her uncle .
She returned her thanks in the same way , whereupon he returned to his XXXXX , and , having no other means of communication , they sat smiling and nodding at one another in an absurd sort of way till a new idea seemed to strike Fun .
Campbell Celestials Charlie Mac Rose pig-tail quarters queue tea-chest wrappings