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Chapter 2

           CaptainMitchell,onhispart,neverleftthemtillhehadseenthemcollapse,panting,terrified,andexasperated,butsafe,ontheluxuriantvelvetsofasinthefirst-classsaloonoftheMinerva.Totheverylasthehadbeencarefultoaddresstheex-Dictatoras“YourExcellency.”

           “Sir,Icoulddonoother.Themanwasdownghastly,livid,onemassofscratches.”

           TheMinervaneverletgoheranchorthatcall.Thesuperintendentorderedheroutoftheharbouratonce.Nocargocouldbelanded,ofcourse,andthepassengersforSulaconaturallyrefusedtogoashore.Theycouldhearthefiringandseeplainlythefightgoingonattheedgeofthewater.TherepulsedmobdevoteditsenergiestoanattackupontheCustomHouse,adreary,unfinished-lookingstructurewithmanywindowstwohundredyardsawayfromtheO.S.N.Offices,andtheonlyotherbuildingneartheharbour.CaptainMitchell,afterdirectingthecommanderoftheMinervatoland“thesegentlemen”inthefirstportofcalloutsideCostaguana,wentbackinhisgigtoseewhatcouldbedonefortheprotectionoftheCompany’sproperty.ThatandthepropertyoftherailwaywerepreservedbytheEuropeanresidents;thatis,byCaptainMitchellhimselfandthestaffofengineersbuildingtheroad,aidedbytheItalianandBasqueworkmenwhoralliedfaithfullyroundtheirEnglishchiefs.TheCompany’slightermen,too,nativesoftheRepublic,behavedverywellundertheirCapataz

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