It was a result, the wagoner told him – albeit grudgingly – of Germanic influence upon the town. The same wagon driver set Wes off outside the Chinese hotel and expressed thanks for the few coins Wes gave him to buy himself a couple of drinks when the wagon had been unloaded. The diminutive and elderly hotel proprietor’s Chinese name was Nieh Tei, which had been corrupted by early English occupants of the town to ‘Nitty’. As Nieh Tei preferred to be known as ‘Joe’, he inevitably became known as ‘Nitty Joe’. Nitty Joe went out of his way to make Wes welcome in his establishment. There seemed to be few other guests and Wes thought it highly probable that most other Harmony hotels catered for Germans, leaving Joe to tend to the needs of the few non-German visitors to the small mining town. Wes was given a front room overlooking the street and although this was quite noisy when the window was open, the hotel itself was quiet and after a passable meal Wes went to bed and enjoyed a good night’s sleep.
What do You think about No Less Than The Journey (2010)?
