a snake with oiaHria, ami i regret to aiata 

 that hia answer was rude. However, *ll 

 aboard, and eff we went When nearing 

 Arims, the Eiitor, who had been 

 fidgettlng shoot, naked ua it we had 

 aeen them patting the Black and 

 Willie with Ice, eta , In the van, as he bad 

 not eeen it himself, but be knew he had 

 ordered It to be sent. I atked him It ha 

 had told the agenta o! Tailor M jor 

 that he was goiog third cUbs, for it he 

 - had not done eo lbs ice and ooncomitanta 

 ' were moat probuhiy at that moment 

 perspiring gracefully and gradually 

 In the second class waiting • room 

 Again I regret to state his language 

 wis 'untenable, even from a jourr.a'.Utio 

 point of view. At Guaico we wera met 

 by the manly fo'm and welcoming smile 

 at our host W. W., who piloted us forth- 

 with to bis temporary bungalow on the 

 pi lies where the Quire flows and Aripo 

 rashes rspldly.JW. W , «;>nfrilly known 

 to his intimes as " Wuffalo Will," has 

 been a great traveller and hunter for 

 years. In Honolulu he taught King 

 K*mehsma how to play otioket aud 

 danced the hull hula with hlB Q men. 

 Km traoked tigers and rogue elephants 

 In Java, tripped taraUnds with the Sultao 

 of Sarawak's fa'r lady, tarried In sweet 

 dalliance with Samoao piInof8«es and has 

 neatly been spoofed by the King of the 

 Oaulbal Inlands, the terrible Hokee-pokee 

 whankee-fum of New Guinea, when that 

 hqogry monarch smelt the blood of. an 

 Englishman. After many years, filled 

 with the vicissitudes of a traveller's life, 

 hair-breadth escapes and d&ngors by flood 

 and field, he haa made up bla mind to 

 pass the autumn of his days In beantiful 

 lere and Ib erecting his wigwam on a 

 lovely spot of pslm land, where his eyea 

 will be always gladdened with the stately 

 presence of the roy-il palm and the 

 graceful fronds of the Ptosiix; 

 where his blood can do longer be 

 eurdled by the war drum of the ' Bum 

 pampas," where no sounds can be heard 

 save thoae of the plaint ive P>o-mewun, 

 and tbe playful tltiliatlona of Rtmbooaa's 

 tarn lam lohlsajoupa. When the Editor, 

 in bis oasual tones, told him about the 

 affair of the Black and White, addirg pa- 

 renthetically Ihit he personally was above 

 such aublunary trifles, but he happened to 

 have some etuff for preserving snakes 

 which the company were perfectly wel- 

 ■oame to if they wanfed any deleterious 

 compounds like cock ail, a shade of 

 annoyance momentarily hoveled over tha 

 placid featurea of the " Wuffalo," but at 

 -once calling his henchman "Dato " 

 he said to him In the Malay tongue ( vhiob 

 be speaks perfectly) " Pooperipoo." 

 •'Diro" ealaamod to tbe ground and at 

 once, like an arrow, fhot down the road. 

 On our asking " Wuffalo" the meaning of 

 that very short order, be said that Mcrtay 



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In that one. word or sentence was em- 

 bodied an order to go and bring two 

 bottles of the " ron viego de Don Rlbeiro." 

 After breakfaaS the Entomologist and 

 Essayist looked round for the softest spits 

 whereon they oould enjoy a dlgestory 

 coma, bat it was not to be : tbe stern faced 

 Editor said they had come oat to earn 

 one thousand golden sovereigns and they 

 mast work for it, so all hands' bad to 

 tote gear down to the No. 2 water hole, 

 where the huillla or 'anaconda was 

 supposed to be, and which we found was 

 already being walohed by severe 1 French 

 and Soinlsh Creoles, busily engaged in 

 baiting a solitary Bwbadlan, who had 

 aaidi he did not believe that there was 

 any "ena-ske," and he wanted to go 

 "hoam." The dynamo was placed about 

 midway between Noa. 1 & 2 water-hole;, 

 with wires ready tor aotlon, and tbe 

 various kids, ducks and pigs tethered at 

 intervals while we sat down to await 

 events. To make the time pass agreeably 

 the Editor read us eztraots from hia 

 latest speeches on the Death Dutl6P, the 

 Department of Agriculture and Borough 

 Scoundrel-'. We were all, except the. 

 orator, getting Into the seventh stage cf 

 beatitude, which was interrupted by 

 loud snores proceeding, as Investigation 

 showed, from the Entomologist. He, 

 when roused, muttered something apolo- 

 getically about tbe breath of tbe haillia 

 being soporific, but the Elltor snorted 



fleroely and, making stinging femarks 

 about the breath of turn, said:!: "It is 

 getting dark, yon degenerates had 

 better go up and get dinner, but send 

 down tbe aoetylene lamp and Gome 

 moequito netting. I, personally., tball 

 notleava hare until somttblng happen". 

 You oan al o Bend down food for myself 

 and ' Wuffale,' as he Is an old ihikarri 

 ha must stop." The Entomologist and 

 Essayist, remarking that brain work 



very exhausting, went np!toth. 

 bungal>w. where It was found the 

 missing luxuries had arrived.] At' er 

 dinner a taw pipes and then they 

 turned In, making feetla promises that 

 they would get up later and go down as 

 relief guard, but the EisayUt had not lorg 

 lain down when he heard tbe report bi a 

 gun from below. Be ftt ones jumped up and 

 laying hold of tbe first thing he put hia 

 hind on ran down the hil>. On reaching 

 tbe No. 2 hole, ha found no Editor, r.o ran 

 on 1 1 lira No 1 where he saw an ace ylene 

 lrmp waving. Oj nearing the hole, he 

 was nearly knockiid down by a most foetid 

 stench and then he found the Editor 

 helling up the insensible body of 

 " Wuffalo." " Q ilck," he shoaled., " the 

 haillia muat have risen out of the pool 

 when " Wuffalo " waa asleep, hiccuped 

 on him and et n»d him. We mo t try 

 and revive him shaip, aa from sad experi- 

 ence I know the breath of iheee brntap 

 la deadly." Fortnna.ely tbe objec! the 

 Essayist had laid hold of In hia hurry 



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No. t. The night seemed interminable 

 and the E.aaylsb was b-glnning to kick 

 himself for having been found In this 

 gulley when he heard a yell from No. 1 

 hole, and running there foand, horror of 

 horrora 1 the only editor already In the 

 coils of a glgantio huillia. He frantically 

 tried to shoot the brute, but the gun 

 missed fire. He fortunately recollected 

 seeioga hrge bottle In the Editors pos- 

 session labelled " Liq. Amm. Fort." And 

 the lamps being bright he speedily found 

 It and advanced on the monster, oalllnc 

 oat "O, Hon R=dacteur, my Editor, I 

 come, I come." Nought oould be seen 

 above the hideous body but the pals and 

 determined face of the Elitor, which 

 had just begun to be hypnotised by the 

 basilisk eye and lambent tongue of the 

 gigantic brute. Still he said in firm ac- 

 cents : " Tell my staff I die that Tilnldad 

 may live. Aio Punoh." At the same 

 moment tbe Essayist put the ammonia 

 bottle against the huillia s mouth and 

 took out the stopper— 



- V" A-a a-tiabco^ A-a-a-tlahoo ;^~Boe7is 

 after sneezo shock tbe valley, tha mons- 

 ter's oolla relaxed and the Editor fe!l In 

 the Eaaaylat's arms. Ha was sensible but 

 we»k, and aa plucky as ever, saying : 

 " Secus-e him while the masoles are slick" 

 (the snake was atlll sneezing). Then the 

 EossylBt shouted In stentorian polyglot : 

 " Au aecoa, Dominique, Louis Fifr, vlnl 

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 th?y responded to the mil, the new rope 

 was brought into requisition and within 

 the course of a few minutes the huillla 

 was strongly bound. Ai the Editor and 

 Essayist wended their triumphant, yet 

 withal weary, woy back to tha bnnga- 

 liw, they heaid a fiae baritone singing 

 tbe famous German song, "la cellar 

 oool " and when they got Into the lljrhfc, 

 saw a stalwart f orm In some long white 

 garment pirouetting on the award while 

 chanting. I-. was tha EnfomoIcgUt. Oa 

 seeing the Elitor and Eisayist he em- 

 braced them saying: "Ah my friends, 

 your snake is nothing. I have just 

 found a new trypansoomt la the ali- 

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