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This
president
man
and
his
companion
in
play
,
they
stand
up
over
in
San
Mateo
,
ready
for
the
run
,
and
shout
:
'
Fox-inthe-Morning
!
'
Me
and
you
,
standing
here
,
we
say
:
'
Goose
and
the
Gander
!
'
They
say
:
'
How
many
miles
is
it
to
London
town
?
'
We
say
:
'
Only
a
few
,
if
your
legs
are
long
enough
.
How
many
comes
out
?
'
They
say
:
'
More
than
you
're
able
to
catch
.
'
And
then
the
game
commences
.
"
"
I
catch
the
idea
,
"
said
Goodwin
.
"
It
wo
n't
do
to
let
the
goose
and
gander
slip
through
our
fingers
,
Billy
;
their
feathers
are
too
valuable
.
Our
crowd
is
prepared
and
able
to
step
into
the
shoes
of
the
government
at
once
;
but
with
the
treasury
empty
we
'd
stay
in
power
about
as
long
as
a
tenderfoot
would
stick
on
an
untamed
bronco
.
We
must
play
the
fox
on
every
foot
of
the
coast
to
prevent
their
getting
out
of
the
country
.
"
"
By
the
mule-back
schedule
,
"
said
Keogh
,
"
it
's
five
days
down
from
San
Mateo
.
We
've
got
plenty
of
time
to
set
our
outposts
.
There
's
only
three
places
on
the
coast
where
they
can
hope
to
sail
from
--
here
and
Solitas
and
Alazan
.
They
're
the
only
points
we
'll
have
to
guard
.
It
's
as
easy
as
a
chess
problem
--
fox
to
play
,
and
mate
in
three
moves
.
Oh
,
goosey
,
goosey
,
gander
,
whither
do
you
wander
?
By
the
blessing
of
the
literary
telegraph
the
boodle
of
this
benighted
fatherland
shall
be
preserved
to
the
honest
political
party
that
is
seeking
to
overthrow
it
.
"
The
situation
had
been
justly
outlined
by
Keogh
.
The
down
trail
from
the
capital
was
at
all
times
a
weary
road
to
travel
.
A
jiggety-joggety
journey
it
was
;
ice-cold
and
hot
,
wet
and
dry
.
The
trail
climbed
appalling
mountains
,
wound
like
a
rotten
string
about
the
brows
of
breathless
precipices
,
plunged
through
chilling
snow-fed
streams
,
and
wriggled
like
a
snake
through
sunless
forests
teeming
with
menacing
insect
and
animal
life
.
After
descending
to
the
foothills
it
turned
to
a
trident
,
the
central
prong
ending
at
Alazan
.
Another
branched
off
to
Coralio
;
the
third
penetrated
to
Solitas
.
Between
the
sea
and
the
foothills
stretched
the
five
miles
breadth
of
alluvial
coast
.
Here
was
the
flora
of
the
tropics
in
its
rankest
and
most
prodigal
growth
.
Spaces
here
and
there
had
been
wrested
from
the
jungle
and
planted
with
bananas
and
cane
and
orange
groves
.
The
rest
was
a
riot
of
wild
vegetation
,
the
home
of
monkeys
,
tapirs
,
jaguars
,
alligators
and
prodigious
reptiles
and
insects
.
Where
no
road
was
cut
a
serpent
could
scarcely
make
its
way
through
the
tangle
of
vines
and
creepers
.
Across
the
treacherous
mangrove
swamps
few
things
without
wings
could
safely
pass
.
Therefore
the
fugitives
could
hope
to
reach
the
coast
only
by
one
of
the
routes
named
.
"
Keep
the
matter
quiet
,
Billy
,
"
advised
Goodwin
.
"
We
do
n't
want
the
Ins
to
know
that
the
president
is
in
flight
.
I
suppose
Bob
's
information
is
something
of
a
scoop
in
the
capital
as
yet
.
Otherwise
he
would
not
have
tried
to
make
his
message
a
confidential
one
;
and
besides
,
everybody
would
have
heard
the
news
.
I
'm
going
around
now
to
see
Dr.
Zavalla
,
and
start
a
man
up
the
trail
to
cut
the
telegraph
wire
.
"
As
Goodwin
rose
,
Keogh
threw
his
hat
upon
the
grass
by
the
door
and
expelled
a
tremendous
sigh
.
"
What
's
the
trouble
,
Billy
?
"
asked
Goodwin
,
pausing
.
"
That
's
the
first
time
I
ever
heard
you
sigh
.
"
"
'
Tis
the
last
,
"
said
Keogh
.
"
With
that
sorrowful
puff
of
wind
I
resign
myself
to
a
life
of
praiseworthy
but
harassing
honesty
.
What
are
tintypes
,
if
you
please
,
to
the
opportunities
of
the
great
and
hilarious
class
of
ganders
and
geese
?
Not
that
I
would
be
a
president
,
Frank
--
and
the
boodle
he
's
got
is
too
big
for
me
to
handle
--
but
in
some
ways
I
feel
my
conscience
hurting
me
for
addicting
myself
to
photographing
a
nation
instead
of
running
away
with
it
.
Frank
,
did
you
ever
see
the
'
bundle
of
muslin
'
that
His
Excellency
has
wrapped
up
and
carried
off
?
"
"
Isabel
Guilbert
?
"
said
Goodwin
,
laughing
.
"
No
,
I
never
did
.
From
what
I
've
heard
of
her
,
though
,
I
imagine
that
she
would
n't
stick
at
anything
to
carry
her
point
.
Do
n't
get
romantic
,
Billy
.
Sometimes
I
begin
to
fear
that
there
's
Irish
blood
in
your
ancestry
.
"
