FILIPPE PAID OFF 
of them ready to fire; while on the other side were the 
Federal troops, also with their artillery ready for battle. 
It was with some concern that I found myself obliged to 
pass between those warlike bodies in order to enter the 
hotel. I was not so anxious for myself as I was for my 
photographic negatives and note-books, after I had taken 
all that trouble to save them. 
However, the Governor at the last moment became 
scared, and went personally to call on the Commandante 
of the Federal troops in order to assure him of his friend¬ 
ship and affection, so that after all no battle took place 
that day. 
Only a short time previously the flotilla had bom¬ 
barded the town. The people of Manaos had got so accus¬ 
tomed to those little excitements that they thought nothing 
of them. Occasionally a few people were killed, but that 
was all. 
It will be remembered that the idee jicce of Filippe the 
negro was to buy himself a mallettinha (a little trunk). 
The first thing he had asked me after I had rescued him 
was if I had seen any good mallettinhas in Manaos. So 
after landing we at once proceeded to buy a tin mallettinha 
with a strong lock. Then I paid him off and gave him 
an ample reward, as he had been the pluckiest and most 
faithful of all my men. He was certainly the man who 
had given me the least trouble of the entire lot. 
Filippe had tears in his eyes when he received his pay 
and present. He embraced me and thanked me a million 
times for having made him a rich man. 
“ After all,” said he, “ we have suffered a great deal, 
but now I shall be happy for ever. I shall marry the girl 
who is waiting for me at home.” 
“ If ever I come out on another journey, Filippe, will 
you go with me again? ” I asked him. 
Filippe pondered for a moment. “ Yes,” he said with 
determination. “ I have proved to you that I am afraid 
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