Memorabilia 



many imaginable but unspeakable 

 difficulties to be dealt with on arrival 

 at Panama, a parting of the ways, 

 where King, a northbound passenger 

 for California, would need somehow 

 to be rid of the baby, whose mother, 

 he knew, was to go on the south- 

 bound steamer to Peru. He was 

 much relieved, after long suspense, 

 by the official announcement that a 

 following train from Aspinwall would 

 reach Panama a few hours later, 

 bringing all left-over passengers, and 

 that all connecting steamers would 

 await that arrival. It only remained, 

 therefore, for King, while at Panama, 

 to find the ways and means of sup- 

 plying the crying needs of the baby, 

 who by this time was in want of 

 everything a baby ever does want. 



His plan was soon conceived and 



promptly carried into execution. 



Holding the baby on one hand and 



his parasol-umbrella in the other, he 



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