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Where a Manticore may Lead

           AshipwouldlandhimatMossamedes,alittleporttothesouthofAngola,ordinarilyfrequentedbyslave-ships,andwell-knownbyNegoro.ItwastherethatthePortuguesewouldconductJamesW.Weldon;andatacertaintimeAlvez’sagentwouldbringthitherMrs.Weldon,Jack,andCousinBenedict.Theransomwouldbegiventothoseagentsonthegivingupoftheprisoners,andNegoro,whowouldplaythepartofaperfectlyhonestmanwithJamesWeldon,woulddisappearontheship’sarrival.

           Mrs.Weldonhadgainedaveryimportantpoint.ShesparedherhusbandthedangersofavoyagetoKazounde,theriskofbeingkeptthere,afterpayingtheexactedransom,andtheperilsofthereturn.AstothesixhundredmilesthatseparatedKazoundefromMossamedes,bygoingoverthemasshehadtraveledonleavingtheCoanza,Mrs.Weldonwouldonlyhavealittlefatiguetofear.Besides,itwouldbetoAlvez’sinterestforhewasintheaffairfortheprisonerstoarrivesafeandsound.

           Theconditionsbeingthussettled,Mrs.Weldonwrotetoherhusband,leavingtoNegorothecareofpassinghimselfoffasadevotedservant,whohadescapedfromthenatives.Negorotooktheletter,whichdidnotallowJamesWeldontohesitateaboutfollowinghimasfarasMossamedes,and,thenextday,escortedbytwentyblacks,hetraveledtowardthenorth.

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