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"
'
Railroader
,
'
says
I
again
.
'
On
the
hog
.
No
good
.
Been
livin
'
for
three
days
on
stolen
bananas
.
Look
at
him
.
Ai
n't
that
enough
?
'
"
Twenty-five
dollars
or
sixty
days
,
was
what
the
recorder
gave
the
general
.
He
did
n't
have
a
cent
,
so
he
took
the
time
.
They
let
me
go
,
as
I
knew
they
would
,
for
I
had
money
to
show
,
and
O'Hara
spoke
for
me
.
Yes
;
sixty
days
he
got
.
'
Twas
just
so
long
that
I
slung
a
pick
for
the
great
country
of
Kam
--
Guatemala
.
"
Clancy
paused
.
The
bright
starlight
showed
a
reminiscent
look
of
happy
content
on
his
seasoned
features
.
Keogh
leaned
in
his
chair
and
gave
his
partner
a
slap
on
his
thinly-clad
back
that
sounded
like
the
crack
of
the
surf
on
the
sands
.
"
Tell
'em
,
ye
divil
,
"
he
chuckled
,
"
how
you
got
even
with
the
tropical
general
in
the
way
of
agricultural
manoeuvrings
.
"
"
Havin
'
no
money
,
"
concluded
Clancy
,
with
unction
,
"
they
set
him
to
work
his
fine
out
with
a
gang
from
the
parish
prison
clearing
Ursulines
Street
.
Around
the
corner
was
a
saloon
decorated
genially
with
electric
fans
and
cool
merchandise
.
I
made
that
me
headquarters
,
and
every
fifteen
minutes
I
'd
walk
around
and
take
a
look
at
the
little
man
filibusterin
'
with
a
rake
and
shovel
.
'
Twas
just
such
a
hot
broth
of
a
day
as
this
has
been
And
I
'd
call
at
him
'
Hey
,
monseer
!
'
and
he
'd
look
at
me
black
,
with
the
damp
showin
'
through
his
shirt
in
places
.
"
'
Fat
,
strong
mans
,
'
says
I
to
General
De
Vega
,
'
is
needed
in
New
Orleans
.
Yes
.
To
carry
on
the
good
work
.
Carrambos
!
Erin
go
bragh
!
'
"
Breakfast
in
Coralio
was
at
eleven
.
Therefore
the
people
did
not
go
to
market
early
.
The
little
wooden
market-house
stood
on
a
patch
of
short-trimmed
grass
,
under
the
vivid
green
foliage
of
a
bread-fruit
tree
.
Thither
one
morning
the
venders
leisurely
convened
,
bringing
their
wares
with
them
.
A
porch
or
platform
six
feet
wide
encircled
the
building
,
shaded
from
the
mid-morning
sun
by
the
projecting
,
grass-thatched
roof
.
Upon
this
platform
the
venders
were
wont
to
display
their
goods
--
newly-killed
beef
,
fish
,
crabs
,
fruit
of
the
country
,
cassava
,
eggs
,
dulces
and
high
,
tottering
stacks
of
native
tortillas
as
large
around
as
the
sombrero
of
a
Spanish
grandee
.
But
on
this
morning
they
whose
stations
lay
on
the
seaward
side
of
the
market-house
,
instead
of
spreading
their
merchandise
formed
themselves
into
a
softly
jabbering
and
gesticulating
group
.
For
there
upon
their
space
of
the
platform
was
sprawled
,
asleep
,
the
unbeautiful
figure
of
"
Beelzebub
"
Blythe
.
He
lay
upon
a
ragged
strip
of
cocoa
matting
,
more
than
ever
a
fallen
angel
in
appearance
.
His
suit
of
coarse
flax
,
soiled
,
bursting
at
the
seams
,
crumpled
into
a
thousand
diversified
wrinkles
and
creases
,
inclosed
him
absurdly
,
like
the
garb
of
some
effigy
that
had
been
stuffed
in
sport
and
thrown
there
after
indignity
had
been
wrought
upon
it
.
But
firmly
upon
the
high
bridge
of
his
nose
reposed
his
gold-rimmed
glasses
,
the
surviving
badge
of
his
ancient
glory
.
