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himself, had the whole tropical chorus beaten to a standstill. As an 

 originator of strange gasps, groans, sobs, and strangling snorts, he out- 

 classed anything that we had ever heard before, and while we did not 

 sleep, we lay and listened, filled with awe, as in the presence of the 

 emperor of all snorers. 



In the morning, desirous of showing our appreciation of what 

 Julius had done for us, we asked him to name his own reward, and he 

 decided that he would like a pair of shoes. We therefore purchased for 

 him for thirty dollars a pair of stout leather shoes, and for fifteen dol- 

 lars more a pair of stockings. Then loath to part with him we gave 

 him money to purchase a ticket to ride down to Savinilla with us and 



MEDELLIN STREET SCENE. 



see us off. This he did in the thriftiest sort of fashion by buying a 

 third class ticket, round trip, for ten dollars, and entering our first 

 class car, calmly putting himself under our protection, ignoring the 

 expostulations of the outraged conductor. We found incidentally that 

 the fact that Julius went away with us caused a wave of indignation 

 to run throughout the town, as they believed we had practically 

 abducted him. A British friend, also, who had remained aboard the 

 steamer, was very much surprised to see the treatment that we accorded 

 Julius, and asked an explanation of it, in reply to which the Manufac- 

 turer said, jocosely : 



"Him and me is partners." 



