Even in Chinatown a deep sentiment prevailed, and his draped portrait with his benignant countenance might be seen in houses and stores and in other conspicuous places.
As you walk leisurely along you will see on the sidewalk, on the south side of the street, west of the Palace Hotel and opposite No.

981, a newstand with American flags decorating its roof; and you will be interested in the man who stands in his sheltered place behind the counter on which are the daily papers.

It is George M.Drum, a blind man.

Poor Drum, a man about fifty years old, lost his eyesight in a premature explosion of giant powder, in a quarry near Ocean View, on the 3rd of November 1895.

Yet he takes his misfortune cheerfully.