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The
failure
of
the
art
expedition
did
not
stretch
the
cat-footed
Keogh
upon
his
back
.
The
ups
and
downs
of
Fortune
made
smooth
travelling
for
his
nimble
steps
.
His
blue
pencil
stub
was
at
work
again
before
the
smoke
of
the
steamer
on
which
White
sailed
had
cleared
away
from
the
horizon
.
He
had
but
to
speak
a
word
to
Geddie
to
find
his
credit
negotiable
for
whatever
goods
he
wanted
from
the
store
of
Brannigan
&
Company
.
On
the
same
day
on
which
White
arrived
in
New
York
Keogh
,
at
the
rear
of
a
train
of
five
pack
mules
loaded
with
hardware
and
cutlery
,
set
his
face
toward
the
grim
,
interior
mountains
.
There
the
Indian
tribes
wash
gold
dust
from
the
auriferous
streams
;
and
when
a
market
is
brought
to
them
trading
is
brisk
and
muy
bueno
in
the
Cordilleras
.
In
Coralio
Time
folded
his
wings
and
paced
wearily
along
his
drowsy
path
.
They
who
had
most
cheered
the
torpid
hours
were
gone
.
Clancy
had
sailed
on
a
Spanish
barque
for
Colon
,
contemplating
a
cut
across
the
isthmus
and
then
a
further
voyage
to
end
at
Calao
,
where
the
fighting
was
said
to
be
on
.
Geddie
,
whose
quiet
and
genial
nature
had
once
served
to
mitigate
the
frequent
dull
reaction
of
lotus
eating
,
was
now
a
home-man
,
happy
with
his
bright
orchid
,
Paula
,
and
never
even
dreaming
of
or
regretting
the
unsolved
,
sealed
and
monogramed
Bottle
whose
contents
,
now
inconsiderable
,
were
held
safely
in
the
keeping
of
the
sea
.
Well
may
the
Walrus
,
most
discerning
and
eclectic
of
beasts
,
place
sealing-wax
midway
on
his
programme
of
topics
that
fall
pertinent
and
diverting
upon
the
ear
.
Atwood
was
gone
--
he
of
the
hospitable
back
porch
and
ingenuous
cunning
.
Dr.
Gregg
,
with
his
trepanning
story
smouldering
within
him
,
was
a
whiskered
volcano
,
always
showing
signs
of
imminent
eruption
,
and
was
not
to
be
considered
in
the
ranks
of
those
who
might
contribute
to
the
amelioration
of
ennui
.
The
new
consul
's
note
chimed
with
the
sad
sea
waves
and
the
violent
tropical
greens
--
he
had
not
a
bar
of
Scheherezade
or
of
the
Round
Table
in
his
lute
.
Goodwin
was
employed
with
large
projects
:
what
time
he
was
loosed
from
them
found
him
at
his
home
,
where
he
loved
to
be
.
Therefore
it
will
be
seen
that
there
was
a
dearth
of
fellowship
and
entertainment
among
the
foreign
contingent
of
Coralio
.
And
then
Dicky
Maloney
dropped
down
from
the
clouds
upon
the
town
,
and
amused
it
.
Nobody
knew
where
Dicky
Maloney
hailed
from
or
how
he
reached
Coralio
.
He
appeared
there
one
day
;
and
that
was
all
.
He
afterward
said
that
he
came
on
the
fruit
steamer
Thor
;
but
an
inspection
of
the
Thor
's
passenger
list
of
that
date
was
found
to
be
Maloneyless
.
Curiosity
,
however
,
soon
perished
;
and
Dicky
took
his
place
among
the
odd
fish
cast
up
by
the
Caribbean
.
He
was
an
active
,
devil-may-care
,
rollicking
fellow
with
an
engaging
gray
eye
,
the
most
irresistible
grin
,
a
rather
dark
or
much
sunburned
complexion
,
and
a
head
of
the
fieriest
red
hair
ever
seen
in
that
country
.
Speaking
the
Spanish
language
as
well
as
he
spoke
English
,
and
seeming
always
to
have
plenty
of
silver
in
his
pockets
,
it
was
not
long
before
he
was
a
welcome
companion
whithersoever
he
went
.
He
had
an
extreme
fondness
for
vino
blanco
,
and
gained
the
reputation
of
being
able
to
drink
more
of
it
than
any
three
men
in
town
.
Everybody
called
him
"
Dicky
"
;
everybody
cheered
up
at
the
sight
of
him
--
especially
the
natives
,
to
whom
his
marvellous
red
hair
and
his
free-and-easy
style
were
a
constant
delight
and
envy
.
Wherever
you
went
in
the
town
you
would
soon
see
Dicky
or
hear
his
genial
laugh
,
and
find
around
him
a
group
of
admirers
who
appreciated
him
both
for
his
good
nature
and
the
white
wine
he
was
always
so
ready
to
buy
.
A
considerable
amount
of
speculation
was
had
concerning
the
object
of
his
sojourn
there
,
until
one
day
he
silenced
this
by
opening
a
small
shop
for
the
sale
of
tobacco
,
dulces
and
the
handiwork
of
the
interior
Indians
--
fibre-and-silk-woven
goods
,
deerskin
zapatos
and
basketwork
of
tule
reeds
.
Even
then
he
did
not
change
his
habits
;
for
he
was
drinking
and
playing
cards
half
the
day
and
night
with
the
comandante
,
the
collector
of
customs
,
the
Jefe
Politico
and
other
gay
dogs
among
the
native
officials
.
