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,weresuggestedandaccepted,andJohnnysailedwiththeHemstettersbacktohisnativeshores.
KeoghslippedintothesinecureoftheAmericanconsulshipwiththeeasethatneverlefthimeveninsuchhighplaces.Thetintypeestablishmentwassoontobecomeathingofthepast,althoughitsdeadlyworkalongthepeacefulandhelplessSpanishMainwasnevereffaced.Therestlesspartnerswereabouttobeoffagain,scoutingaheadoftheslowranksofFortune.Butnowtheywouldtakedifferentways.TherewererumoursofapromisinguprisinginPeru;andthitherthemartialClancywouldturnhisadventuroussteps.AsforKeogh,hewasfiguringinhismindandonquiresofGovernmentletter-headsaschemethatdwarfedtheartofmisrepresentingthehumancountenanceupontin.
"Whatsuitsme,"Keoghusedtosay,"inthewayofabusinesspropositionissomethingdiversifiedthatlookslikealongershotthanitis—somethinginthewayofagenteelgraftthatisn’tworkedenoughforthecorrespondenceschoolstobeteachingitbymail.Itakethelongend;butIliketohaveatleastasgoodachancetowinasamanlearningtoplaypokeronanoceansteamer,orrunningforgovernorofTexasontheRepublicanticket.AndwhenIcashinmywinnings,Idon’twanttofindanywidows’andorphans’chipsinmystack."
Thegrass-grownglobewasthegreentableonwhichKeoghgambled.Thegamesheplayedwereofhisowninvention.Hewasnogrubberafterthediffidentdollar.Nordidhecaretofollowitwithhornandhounds.
