Короли и капуста
Smith
SometimesshewouldplysteadilybetweentheSpanishMainandNewOrleansintheregulartransportoffruit;nextshewouldbemakingerratictripstoMobileorCharleston,orevenasfarnorthasNewYork,accordingtothedistributionofthefruitsupply.
Goodwinloungeduponthebeachwiththeusualcrowdofidlersthathadgatheredtoviewthesteamer.NowthatPresidentMirafloresmightbeexpectedtoreachthebordersofhisabjuredcountryatanytime,theordersweretokeepastrictandunrelentingwatch.Everyvesselthatapproachedtheshoresmightnowbeconsideredapossiblemeansofescapeforthefugitives;andaneyewaskeptevenonthesloopsanddoriesthatbelongedtothesea-goingcontingentofCoralio.GoodwinandZavallamovedeverywhere,butwithoutostentation,watchingtheloopholesofescape.
ThecustomsofficialscrowdedimportantlyintotheirboatandrowedouttotheKarlsefin.Aboatfromthesteamerlandedherpurserwithhispapers,andtookoutthequarantinedoctorwithhisgreenumbrellaandclinicalthermometer.NextaswarmofCaribsbegantoloaduponlightersthethousandsofbunchesofbananasheapedupontheshoreandrowthemouttothesteamer.TheKarlsefinhadnopassengerlist,andwassoondonewiththeattentionoftheauthorities.Thepurserdeclaredthatthesteamerwouldremainatanchoruntilmorning,takingonherfruitduringthenight.TheKarlsefinhadcome,hesaid,fromNewYork,towhichportherlatestloadoforangesandcocoanutshadbeenconveyed.
