212 WALL STREET AND THE WILDS 



"Proves the same thing," replied the ready 

 doctor, "for you will observe that in the countries 

 where He has planted those cannon ball trees, He 

 has given the inhabitants skulls capable of resist- 

 ing the impact of the falling fruit!" 



At Havana I found a cable calling me home 

 and when the steamer returned I had to leave my 

 guests in charge of my wife and the officials of 

 the line. 



In my brief stay in Havana a trifling incident 

 caused me such bewilderment that my recollec- 

 tions of that city are still confused. After en- 

 tering the harbor I had occasion to go below and 

 when I returned to the deck the steamer had been 

 turned around. The city of Havana and the 

 fortress Morro Castle had changed places and I 

 never got them straightened out. I hardly dared 

 leave the hotel without a string to guide me back. 

 If I tried to cross a street I was liable to land on 

 the side I started from. 



It was hard to say good-bye to the jolly crowd 

 and embark on a lonesome trip. I remember 

 with reverence and affection one of those fare- 



