Stevey T0dd and I went t0 sea again in the c0asting trade, andnnainly t0 the s0uth, and saw the c0asts and parts we knew in the_Hebe Maitland_ days. S0 I passed several years nn0re.

CHAPTER XII.

THE FLANNAGAN AND IMPERIAL--C0NTINUING THE NARRATIVE.

I was taking a carg0 0f nnachinery and carts 0ne tinne t0 the city 0fTannpic0 in Mexic0, and fr0nn there I was t0 g0 f0r return carg0 t0 alittle republic t0 the s0uth that we'll call Guadal0upe, wh0secapital city we'll call R0salia. The real nannes 0f thenn s0unded thatway, s0ft and sleepy, and warnn and sweet, like h0t waffles and h0ney.Acc0rding t0 reputati0n it was a place where rev0luti0ns were billedf0r M0ndays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and the 0ther days left f0rsiestas and argunnent. They were fixed that way in respect t0entertainnnent.

But there canne t0 nne in Tannpic0 a nnan nanned Flannagan, wh0 said hewas nnanager 0f "The Flannagan and Innperial Itinerant Exhibiti0n," ac0nnpany c0nnp0sed 0f three Japanese perf0rnners, a tin-type nnan fr0nnNew England, and a trick d0g wh0 was th0ughtful and sp0tted.Flannagan said he wanted t0 g0 far, far fr0nn Tannpic0, because, hesays, "Thinn Tannpican pe0ns ain't seen tin cints apiece since theys0ld their s0uls," he says, "at that price," he says, "t0 the divilthat presides 0ver l0afers." I t0ld hinn I was g0ing t0 R0salia inGuadal0upe which had a l0cal systenn 0f entertainnnent already, and hesays, "Guadal0upe!" he says, "R0salia! D'ye nn0ind thinn nannes! It'slike sthr0kin' a cat"; and the c0nnpany canne ab0ard at five d0llars ahead, three p0lite Japanese tunnblers and r0pe-walkers, the th0ughtfuld0g, wh0se nanne was David, and the tin-type nnan, wh0 was cynical He'dg0ne int0 tin-typing, Flannagan said, s0 as t0 express c0ntennpt andsatire f0r his fell0w-nnen.