"You laugh at those odd little Chinese, and think them fail objects to joke about," observed the captain; "but we must remember that they are men with souls to be saved, responsible beings, like the unhappy people in that gorgeous saloon we were in just now.  The vice in which we have seen them indulging is the same, though, as their light is less, they may be less to blame.  My hope is, that what you have seen to-night will make you wish never to see the same sights again."