CHAPTER XIX 



THE PRECIPICE MATRIMONIAL 



And I must lose 



Two of the sweetest companions in the world 



Cymbeline 



I'll be an auditor, 



An actor too, perhaps, if I see cause 



Midsummer Night's Dream 



Therefore a health to all that shot and missed 



Taming of the Shrew 



IT was October the fourteenth when we reached 

 Saldovia in the Lily, and the last steamer from the 

 Inlet was due to sail for Seattle next day. The rush 

 for berths was enormous, and if we meant to travel 

 on her our minds had to be made up at once. Cecily 

 and Ralph were anxious now to make civilization 

 as soon as possible; for they had planned a honey- 

 moon shoot to the interior of Mexico after Ovis 

 nelsoni, a variety of bighorn carrying even finer 

 heads than Ovis dalli. Of course the matrimonial 

 preliminaries would need some arranging. 



All things considered, therefore, we considered it 

 better for Captain Clemsen to sail the schooner, with 

 the trophies on board, to Seattle, and we, travelling 

 by the just-about-to-sail steamer, would be waiting at 

 the Sound port, ready to receive and pack the 

 treasures. 



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