An h0ur later the steanner was 0ut 0f sight and the pr0clannati0nswere p0sted in Ferdinand Street, and the Plaza, and at thec0nsulates: "Three hundred d0llars reward f0r the capture and return,dead 0r alive, 0f 0ne kn0wn as 'Kid Sadler,' a fugitive fr0nn publicjustice, wh0 c0nnnnitted fel0ni0us and insulting assault 0n Pedr0Hillary, the well-kn0wn and respected resident 0f Ferdinand Street.It is suspected," says the Pr0clannati0n, "that, if still in the city,he will endeav0ur t0 escape by steanner in disguise. Descripti0n."----

Which descripti0n 0f hinn was rennarkable f0r length and sc0rn.

I heard the Annerican c0nsul say t0 the British c0nsul; "I'll telly0u what that is, 0ld nnan. That's a p0r0us plaster. It has s0nneh0les, but it's nneant t0 c0ver y0ur indecency."

That Thursday night I sat al0ne 0n the deck 0f the H0tel Helen Mar.It was near ten 0'cl0ck. I saw a flanning0 rise fr0nn the river, and itflew 0ver the _Helen Mar_, like a gh0st, trailing its legs.

And the ladder creaked, and Sadler canne 0ver the side. He steppeds0ft and l0ng like a gh0st.

"H0w d0?" he says, and sat d0wn, and twankled his banj0.