Henry Adams 



him, as he knew everyone ; and of 

 course Ramsden loved King, and re- 

 ceived him with open arms. I will 

 not stop to tell you how kind the 

 Ramsdens were, for that has nothing 

 to do with the story, except that it 

 was through Ramsden that his part- 

 ner, Mr. Brooks, was interested in 

 King, and offered him his country 

 house at Dos Bocas. You may guess 

 how eager I was to accept the offer. 

 Of all havens of rest for the old and 

 weary — of all bits of earthly Paradise 

 — Dos Bocas was my dream ; and, if 

 I tell you the dream, it is only to 

 show what became of havens of rest 

 when King lighted there. 



Many of you know Dos Bocas, a 

 few miles by the little railroad from 

 Santiago to Cristo, near the top of 

 the valley. The woods come close 

 down to it ; a small stream, not so 

 very common in Cuba, runs through 

 it ; and the trade-wind draws down 



