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gate. Corporal James seems not to have been on duty. The 
next morning the maid appeared with a badly swollen head and 
bruised sides. She seemed to regard the affair as a rather to 
be expected and by no means unusual domestic incident. I 
summoned the Corporal and reported the affair, explaining 
that no American could stand by and see a woman abused, and 
that I approved of the conduct of our men. The culprit dis- 
appeared to prevent arrest, but afterward came to the Dock- 
yard and apologized for his conduct. The other negroes seemed 
to think that he had been properly punished, and that ended 
the incident. 
On the morning of July 11th Mr. Wehman went out by him- 
self to take some photographs, and, not intending to be gone 
long, failed to notify us as to his movements, which was quite 
contrary to his usual custom. He did not return for lunch, 
which caused little comment, as he was apt to become so ab- 
sorbed in his work as to forget such commonplace details as 
meals. Hvening came on and still he did not make his appear- 
ance. In the middle of that night we had the most violent 
tropical storm experienced during the cruise. The wind for a 
time blew with hurricane force, and the rain came in tre- 
mendous volume. Our sleeping rooms were drenched by the 
rain driving in through the shutters in spite of a very wide 
veranda which ordinarily protected us. We woke to find the 
bedding soaked, as well as the clothes which had been blown off 
the nails on which they hung. I rushed to the back of the two 
rooms occupied by my family and myself, carrying an armful 
of clothes and slamming the door after me. To my dismay, I 
found that I had jammed the door so that it was impossible to 
go after our remaining clothes to save them from a further wet- 
ting, so there we were in night apparel and the rest left to its 
fate. After some time, however, we succeeded in prying open 
the door, and found that some of our effects were still fairly 
dry, much to our relief. 
We were worrying a good deal about Wehman, out alone in 
that fearful storm. We felt that had he sought shelter at any 
of the estates, he would certainly communicate with us by 
telephone. Morning came and still no news of the wanderer. 
After breakfast I notified Corporal James and he communicated 
