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camps of America, but when we subsequently discovered 

 tiiat he had been a travelling tout in some "dry" or "wet 

 goods " line of business, before starting life as a limb of 

 the law in Cook's Inlet, I knew at once that he was only 

 suffering from an attack of nerves. 



I remember quite well that as soon as I had grasped the 

 full extent of the indignities under which we suffered, I 

 remarked, " Well, sir, I give you fair warning that if you 

 persist in taking me out of this country now, and spoiling 

 the end of my shooting trip on a trumped-up charge like 

 this, after your action is over I shall bring a counter-charge 

 against you for wrongful arrest, libel, and defamation of 

 character, and shall claim heavy damages." He replied by 

 saying that if I got any damages out of him over the job 

 he would " stand drinks all round." I was ignorant at the 

 time of the fact that there is practically no redress in America 

 for libel or defamation of character in its worst form, but a 

 study of the columns in the society papers will soon convince 

 the reader of this fact. I believe, indeed, one instance is 

 known of a certain English peer who did actually recover 

 damages for libel against an American paper ; but en passant 

 it may be stated that his legal expenses amounted to 

 considerably more than the damages awarded him, if reports 

 of the case are correct. 



I also remember telling Little that Glyn had brought 

 him a nice birthday present in the shape of this visitor. 



After due consideration, I concluded that the only thing 

 to be done was to submit to the indignity of going down to 

 Kenai as a prisoner. My sole consolation was the know- 

 ledge that I should make the Marshal the laughing-stock of 

 the whole district, when I once got him before the court. 



About Glyn's case we did not feel so confident, as he 



