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t Ihi that ' il ters - anl the Il c -11ve ini rcd
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!11;11, m u(l :13 Mtill.
\\ ly, m cmmtt utr, hal formcl halit of
IrumXntneLsiL. ll i jug l lI M Irriam outi i
-i do lor, wunlkd him to the oi rner, rn hit
;t ,1 < all caught ;, h:tnslm. 'Ihcy ro<l,
lt miniutei mul thenl i ot (til t (in m ILIrk
r rner aml 1 t l ismissa< l the c ). Across the
rIi t he light fm ;o mall s it.l l ib traicd
it+ hctic hoal~ity1*11v.
"(; I hn tihe' iJuek rlom of l that a loni,"
IaL \\i l, " nLLL tiu Lit. I'l l ln iLd outi
wi '-, Ni ng and iet I i .Ino im . tYou imi
LtLk( LidlriLnk w hill am , ncno III mlr.i
\ It te ll minute to Ln ii 'clck \\a c n-
turli n '.
' Itrace ui, ihi litih l)" ihe saidI. " Thl
tiilbulanc ' I il t L there just ;s 1 lid. hIt
(1,net>r .ai he'I dca< . You nun h vc one
mur" drink. VYou1 let Im, run this thin fr
viIu. l u'irIl '\t t t u lkil. I dll 't b lic\ i
chair i; I('galll\" :I a euI v wt;l )r . V(o'it c
i t, Itke trait' ks, thmt's all there i to it."
\l1 rritm L iiim latinIt l Oft the oll ltiucru-
h>u-l. and a lkcd for :nothcr (Irhik. '" I)icl
\lu , ice hat 'li. in he had on the
i <hk 1i i hi (dI>?" he >'it . "' li In Ir
co ulh! -tand-I- Intarr Coi -- -"
"T tke one more," said WaI(, "and thun
cmin- On. I'll scc \(ouI throtl h."
\1: 1We kelpt hi> ]r i, o w(il that at
eles )'o',l wk the next Iorn'ning( .\1rrim,
\\itl i new 'uit case full of nrtw clothe an
l1; rh" Lruushcs, stlpl),w qticthy n bo rd ai
liltl, oo-ton fruit stcamer '<t an IEa< t Riltr
lic'r. The 1cs;;cl haul br 1ug(ht the s;tsoIn'
lrst r;Iro) of line; frm IPort Limon, and
\a> home\.I d bound. Mcrriam hal hi>
ha, balance of 2.o800 in hi; lpcket in
l .u < ;il d )nd bricf in tluctiln to iil ll)
8; much watcr as he could lelen himself
an Ncw York. There \\"<tIs n( time fur any-
thi: m e I "
" , m Port Iimon _Merrimm worked dmin
ti <,nast 1)b- schooner and sloop to Colon,I13
t]h nce:1cross the isthmul to P tm; l, \ hc.r'
het ' :ia hti tLtu'ilml it iunt for 11 ('; ll , i Li'
such intcrmc di;Ih l ]it L L nti,, I'nmpt nte
disturlsive skilpper Irn hisn lo/ t th.
It L\\L i t 1 Li . 'l z th ilt I r1 r ;in It.I i it l 1 toI
ind' I'.; I;i /, the 1 uI ilu ii il i li litii I l i ri
liii n o nI othcr d in tHing 1ti.l ibin
that hmntldc the fa.It 1> a c:ln pu, 111i.rhin
ml unit in. i rIi tili. li ttle I. mii; ii n I >,l lcI
tiio t t i tc1 r i ili e I h i aii'11 ' L i it ii,
hitim sh11 r tL;i he iiI-ht fL u l th i l. f
tIhe i i i l iii t it n; k c . Alcrriuim \\c' il ,in
with hi> -uilt 1iL l , a i r I il In L it .
KI<ll, th) licc-ro t1n ul, ; (I;ru o-.A .r1nc1ian11
citizen , ti II L nitcL l S t:lh, -, r i i l i 1 I n I..i i
I)armIi nt itl . and c I t l Il l iit, i itii tii
ucn Irimari(.>, mu11sIihre(. I ;Ill .Ann ri ns11 1.
hi r o lh r>ison;t d h tInker-. I ml.;itl ;Ih n1( 11in
I.liif t, Xl ri.; i' h L,< ~ ., i lrni dIuc d hitm Lt
t'\itT i i t in l I, ;I ';I h nrtli' T h ,i <,l ,i i
i li tu IIi I ri11 a1111 n \I I tl i I al k t11 Iti hL ull
Ikl Ik.
Ti ere \\n1 n little \i i . i ln hote\i l in theI
cdLge i anI fa i unnr, ll n'<(\t,, f0:t l ilt, -e a 1.t 1 1;1
cIt 'r ' I 1t he ta st i f ii fel f I g n riir
tih t haul dro~qpped outl If the \i\0r-h ihin,1 tc
/rild t Pr tian tomivn. \t K lb!'s hilrn mlu -
ltdii ntlL t'\xci nl IiL al l ulitiiio
k ith a ( .iirman I' i l it, 1in. ilr IIh and] ,i'iI
Iil li i IIn ic n li , tiI(Il thlc ior f iur Anwr-
i ian'i wito \\w rc i lL i okcn I f m< i hi i mit],
LtubLir linIn, imahon n, L liLiw 1i1i i hi but
liii of Iilin( li- iul..
a fter dinner ll-rri-i m :;II t ii m ri'ci r If
the Ireln ; fol-tii L dga 'l w\it li b, ;i V(rI
mni tti'r t J nires td in h l h u1 li I n i il , :.111
slokud :nd dr;Itnk, Scoltcl "-m k.." Th
mol it sca, Lpr cL ilin inli l I befor hin,
Aeemted 10o "elparat hin Ibu\>n(d m,11 ;ailpr-
hln in from Ili-, l life. 'Thel hrrid r -
cd in which he u: I;icy d ai ch ;(1 i :1 t ri-;i--ous
lLL-t nlo\ l ' In, u lfor thiL' l ii ineIll' i he
tIoe On oai rd h ft ruil r, i rril chei(d fu i-
i tc, t io t, e it l talip r lutlliiun L. li-Lt I 'c'
(lnt a >u;; nelmen t 1 hi- vl.n,. l11i1) hul
olpened the l1,0n --gna - of n :-Ieam Of lon11"
do nn tled di-o-<r'-, as\'rj<ovte to h;lt (;pI-
Iturcd mn udience ih;It h;ul 1n11t -ffr, (
und]cra; hundl c(I red lpeition> of lhi'l iet ;u
--(>ne vc r mor." -11(1 'i1mb, ";undI I'll o
back to (; d' country. (Ih, I know : it'
l -rettY here. ;l1 \ nl "e dd,r j , . ni ni
hanrled to \ u in chunk , but this country
wasn't m Idc for It white m;1n1 to live in.
Yot' ve ,;t to hatV\ e o lt lui, thrnuLth -no:v7 ___ I Ir
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. The World and the Door, prose (fiction), August 1907; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139400/m1/3/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.