"Wand fell asleep that night trying to estimate how much money a swarm of bees would make a year in a land of perpetual summer. The conclusion was that next morning Wand bought twelve hives of bees, and that afternoon sailed with them for Honolulu. "He found a lovely place for his bees, and saw with kindling pleasure that they readily assimilated with the new country and went to work with apparent enthusiasm. "The bees worked steadily until, in their judgment, it was time for winter to come. Then they ceased to work, remained in their hives until they ate up their hoarded wealth, and then, as Wand expresses it, 'took to the woods.' "He borrowed the money necessary to pay his passage to San Francisco, and ever since has sworn that bees are like men, 'natural loafers,' that will not work unless they are forced to. He believes that the much lauded ant would be the same way if it were not urged on to work perpetually by the miser's fear of starvation." Carlin suggested that the question be tested nearer home, and called out, "Yap Sing!" The Mongolian came in from the kitchen and Carlin interrogated him. "Yap, do you like to work?" "Yes, me heap likee workee." "How many hours a day do you like to work, Yap?" "Maybe eight hour, maybe ten hour, maybe slixteen hour." "We give you forty dollars a month. Would you work harder if we paid you fifty dollars?" "No. Me thinkee not," answered Yap, adroitly. "You sabbie, you hire me, me sellee you my time. Me workee all the slame, forty doll's, fifty doll's, one hundred doll's. No diffelence." "Yap, suppose you were to get $3,000, would you work then?" "Oh, yes. Me workee all the slame, now." "Suppose, Yap, you had $5,000--what then?" "Me workee all the slame." "Do you ever buy stocks?" "Slum time buy lettle; not muchee." "Suppose, Yap, that some time stocks would go up and make you $20,000, would you work then?" The Chinaman, with eyes blazing, replied vehemently: "Not one d----d bittee." The Club agreed that Carlin had pretty well settled a vexed question, that conditions which would make both the bee and the Chinaman idlers, would be apt to very soon cause the Caucasian to lie in the shade.