Hung Far Lao

You wouldn’t think so, but Hung Far Lao is a Chinese kid. All day, he carries heavy baskets of black cobbles - from a rat-infested dockside heap of ship ballast about a quarter mile away. Hung Far Lao has this idea he can be what no one else sees the possibilities of - a paving contractor. At first, he is his only employee. He lives on rice and rats. A lot of crime is happening around him. The daughter of the local Dragon Lady falls in love with him. She wants to know why he isn't afraid of the gangs. He smiles and says, "Who would steal a box of rocks?"