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he had been occupying - it was little more than a damp, cold cell - mostly the former. We had to wait several hours for a room to be vacated for us and even then what we got was no rose. The sun never reached the room, and as a result it had a dank musty odor - far from healthful.
The Mme is a large, almost handsome woman, of somewhat questionable descent. If she does have colored blood there is little trace of it. She has some very nice jewelry which she wears rather abundantly, as only a large woman can. She seems to enjoy good books and music and her table conversation is fairly interesting. She must a make a pretty good living out of her place judging from the prices she asks.
We had to wait until the couple who were in our room, got out. This was about 12 o'clock. We didn't do much all that day as I was pretty tired and had a desire to rest. That afternoon a boy appeared with a card and said he was sent to make arrange-

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ments for a trip the next day. Dick asked me to make the final arrangements - as I could speak Spanish. Dick thought this fellow the same one as he had spoken to the previous day, but it later turned out that he wasnt, as the real fellow came by later. We firmly decided that we would go with the later fellow as by rights he should have had it.
The next day I didn't feel well enough to go on such a long trip, so when the fellows came - they both showed up at different times - we told them that we were not going. The first one acted quite decent about it and even refused a tip for his trouble in coming out. The other one blackmailed us into doing $5.00 of business with him. We just used him for running around making preparations to leave the next day. We went to the Legation where I met Mr. Gantenbein - of whom Dick had spoken previously.
In our ride around the city that Monday, Sept 16th, we went for