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twenty cents。; 

     Mechanically I laid two dimes upon the table。 

     ;All the   other expenses�察─�continued Edgar�察  �which I   agreed to   pay�察  �I 

have    paid。;   He    made    a  peremptory      gesture。   ;I  won't   detain   you   any 

longer�察─�he said。 ;Good´night� ─�

     ;Good´night� ─�I cried。 ;Don't I see the treasure�拭─�Against the walls of 

chilled steel my voice rose like that of a tortured soul。 ;Don't I touch it� ─�I 

yelled。 ;Don't I even get a squint�拭 ─�

     Even the watchmen looked sorry for me。 

     ;You do not� ─�said Edgar calmly。 ;You have fulfilled your part of the 

agreement。   I   have   fulfilled   mine。   A   year   from   now   you   can   write   the 

story。; As I moved in a dazed state toward the steel door�察�his voice halted 

me。 

     ;And you can say in your story�察─�called Edgar�察─�that there is only one 

way to get a buried treasure。 That is to go�察�and get it� ─�

                                        THE CONSUL 

       For   over   forty   years�察  �in   one   part   of   the   world   or   another�察  �old   man 

Marshall had�察�served his country as a United States consul。 He had been 

appointed      by   Lincoln。    For   a  quarter    of  a  century    that  fact   was   his 

distinction。   It   was   now   his   epitaph。   But   in   former   years�察  �as   each   new 

administration succeeded the old�察�it had again and again saved his official 

head。 When victorious and voracious place´hunters�察�searching the map of 

the world for spoils�察�dug out his hiding´place and demanded his consular 

sign   as   a   reward   for   a   younger   and   more   aggressive   party   worker�察  �the 

ghost    of   the  dead    President    protected    him。   In  the   State   Department�察�

Marshall      had   become     a   tradition。  ;You     can't  touch    Him� ─   �the   State 

Department would say�察 �why�察�HE was appointed by Lincoln� ─�Secretly�察�for 

this weapon against the hungry headhunters�察�the department was infinitely 


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grateful。 Old man Marshall was a consul after its own heart。 Like a soldier�察�

he    was    obedient�察   �disciplined�察    �wherever     he   was    sent�察  �there�察  �without 

question�察    �he   would    go。   Never    against   exile�察  �against   ill´health�察  �against 

climate did he make complaint。 Nor when he was moved on and down to 

make way for some ne'er´do´well with influence�察�with a brother´in´ law in 

the   Senate�察  �with   a   cousin   owning   a   newspaper�察  �with   rich   relatives   who 

desired   him   to   drink   himself   to   death   at   the   expense   of   the   government 

rather   than   at   their   own�察  �did   old   man   Marshall   point   to   his   record   as   a 

claim for more just treatment。 

     And it had been an excellent record。 His official reports�察�in a quaint�察�

stately   hand�察   �were    models     of  English�察   �full  of  information�察    �intelligent�察�

valuable�察�well observed。 And those few of his countrymen�察�who stumbled 

upon   him   in   the   out´of´   the´world   places   to   which   of   late   he   had   been 

banished�察�wrote of him to the department in terms of admiration and awe。 

Never had he or his friends petitioned for promotion�察�until it was at last 

apparent that�察�save for his record and the memory of his dead patron�察�he 

had no friends。 But�察�still in the department the tradition held and�察�though 

he was not advanced�察�he was not dismissed。 

     ;If that old man's been feeding from the public trough ever since the 

Civil    War�察─   �protested     a  ;practical;    politician�察    �it  seems    to   me�察  �Mr。 

Secretary�察�that he's about had his share。 Ain't it time he give some one else 

a bite�拭�Some of us that has�察�done the work�察�that has borne the brunt; 

     ;This place he now holds�察─�interrupted the Secretary of State suavely�察�

;is one hardly commensurate with services like yours。 I can't pronounce 

the name of it�察�and I'm not sure just where it is�察�but I see that�察�of the last 

six   consuls   we   sent   there�察  �three   resigned   within   a   month   and   the   other 

three died of yellow´fever。 Still�察�if you。 insist; 

     The   practical   politician   reconsidered   hastily。   ;I'm   not   the   sort�察─  �he 

protested�察 �to turn out a man appointed by our martyred President。 Besides�察�

he's so old now�察�if the fever don't catch him�察�he'll die of old age�察�anyway。; 

     The Secretary coughed uncomfortably。 ;And they say�察─�he murmured�察�

;republics are ungrateful。; 

     ;I don't quite get that�察─�said the practical politician。 


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     Of   Porto   Banos�察  �of   the   Republic   of   Colombia�察  �where   as   consul   Mr。 

Marshall   was   upholding   the   dignity   of   the   United   States�察  �little   could   be 

said    except    that   it  possessed     a  sure   harbor。    When     driven    from    the 

Caribbean Sea by stress of weather�察�the largest of ocean tramps�察�and even 

battle´ships�察�could find in its protecting arms of coral a safe shelter。 But�察�as 

young   Mr。 Aiken�察  �the   wireless   operator�察  �pointed   out�察  �unless   driven   by   a 

hurricane and the fear of death�察�no one ever visited it。 Back of the ancient 

wharfs�察  �that   dated   from   the   days   when   Porto   Banos   was   a   receiver   of 

stolen    goods    for   buccaneers     and   pirates�察  �were    rows   of   thatched    huts�察�

streets�察�according to the season�察�of dust or mud�察�a few iron´barred�察�jail´like 

barracks�察�customhouses�察�municipal buildings�察�and the whitewashed adobe 

houses of the consuls。 The backyard of the town was a swamp。 Through 

this at five each morning a rusty engine pulled a train of flat cars to the 

base of the mountains�察�and�察�if meanwhile the rails had not disappeared into 

the   swamp�察  �at   five   in   the   evening   brought   back   the   flat   cars   laden   with 

odorous coffeesacks。 

     In the daily life of Porto Banos�察�waiting for the return of the train�察�and 

betting if it would return�察�was the chief interest。 Each night the consuls�察�

the    foreign   residents�察   �the  wireless    operator�察   �the  manager      of  the   rusty 

railroad met for dinner。 There at the head of the long table�察�by virtue of his 

years�察   �of   his   courtesy    and    distinguished     manner�察    �of   his  office�察  �Mr。 

Marshall presided。 Of the little band of exiles he was the chosen ruler。 His 

rule   was   gentle。   By   force   of   example   he   had   made   existence   in   Porto 

Banos more possible。 For women and children Porto Banos was a death´ 

trap�察�and before ;old man Marshall; came there had been no influence to 

remind the enforced bachelors of other days。 

     They  had   lost   interest�察  �had   grown   lax�察 �irritable�察  �morose。 Their   white 

duck was seldom white。 Their cheeks were unshaven。 When the sun sank 

into the swamp and the heat still turned Porto Banos into a Turkish bath�察�

they threw dice on the greasy tables of the Cafe Bolivar for drinks。 The 

petty gambling led to petty quarrels�察�the drinks to fever。 The coming of Mr。 

Marshall changed that。 His standard of life�察�his tact�察�his worldly wisdom�察�

his cheerful courtesy�察�his fastidious personal neatness shamed the younger 


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men�察�the desire to please him�察�to�察�stand well in his good opinion�察�brought 

back pride and self´esteem。 

     The lieutenant of her Majesty's gun´boat PLOVER noted the change。 

     ;Used to be�察─�he exclaimed�察 �you couldn't get out of the Cafe Bolivar 

without some one sticking a knife in you�察�now it's a debating club。 They 

all sit round a table and listen to an old gentleman talk world politics。; 

     If Henry Marshall brought content to the exiles of Porto Banos�察�there 

was   little   in   return   that   Porto   Banos   could   give   to   him。   Magazines   and 

correspondents in six languages kept him in touch with those foreign lands 

in   which    he   had   represented    his   country�察  �but  of   the  country    he  had 

represented�察�newspapers and periodicals showed him only too clearly that 

in   forty   years   it  had   grown     away    from    him�察   �had   changed     beyond 

recognition。 

     When last he had called at the State Department�察�he had been made to 

feel he was a man without a country�察�and when he visited his home town 

in   Vermont�察  �he   was   looked   upon   as   a   Rip   Van   Winkle。   Those   of    his 

boyhood friends who were not dead had long thought of him as dead。 And 

the sleepy�察�pretty village had become a bustling commercial centre。 In the 

lanes where�察�as a young man�察�he had walked among wheatfields�察�trolley´ 

cars whirled between rows of mills and factories。 The children had grown 

to manhood�察�with children of their own。 

     Like   a   ghost�察  �he   searched   for   house   after   house�察  �where   once   he   had 

been made welcome�察�only to find in its place a towering office building。 

;All had gone�察�the old familiar faces。; In vain he scanned even the shop 

fronts for a friendly�察�homelike name。 Whether the fault was his�察�whether 

he    would     better   have    served    his  own     interests   than   those    of  his 

government�察�it now was too late to determine。 In his own home�察�he was a 

stranger   among   strangers。   In   the   service   he   had   so   faithfully   followed�察�

rank by rank�察�he had been dropped�察�until now he�察�who twice had been a 

consul´general�察�was an exile�察�banished to a fever swamp。 The great Ship of 

State had dropped him overside�察�had ;marooned; him�察�and sailed away。 

     Twice a day he walked along the shell road to the Cafe Bolivar�察�and 

back again to the consulate。 There�察�as he entered the outer office�察�Jose; the 


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Colombian clerk�察�would rise and bow profoundly。 

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