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mence her return trip. Then it was an- 

 nounced that the train having the second hunt- 

 ing party aboard, and our crates as well, was 

 reported four and a half hours late. In place 

 of arriving at 4.30 P. M. she would not arrive 

 until nearly nine o'clock. It was said that the 

 captain of the steamer had orders not to wait, 

 and there was much 'phoning and many trips 

 down to the steamer, which lay a mile and a 

 half away. The captain waited, however. 



It would need the signature of the Ameri- 

 can inspector to pass our crates of horns, etc., 

 and as his office closed at 4.30 P. M., I found 

 out his home address. At about six o'clock I 

 went to his house and hold him of our anxiety 

 to get oflf on the steamer that night, and that 

 our stuff could not go without his signature 

 to the necessary papers. I found him to be a 

 courteous and kindly young man. 



He promptly and cheerfully agreed to be 

 at the station to sign the papers, no matter 

 what time the train arrived, and I hurried 

 back to the station. On nearing it a great 

 crowd of people was surging around it, and 

 every one seemed to be wild with excitement. 

 I was told that an exployee of the express com- 

 pany had been blackjacked into insensibility 

 but a few minutes before, and seven hundred 



