on their toes. Of course I
did not tell them this, but gave them a real old fashioned Pep Talk,
& told them if they really made good they might be moved up to Rio
or Copenhagen or may be even London.

"Every thing being O.K. in Medellin, we left on the 12th inst.,
heading at first South to fool any nosey cops & then straight West
so as to be out of range of the patrol boats. It was quite late
before we could head North and the navigator was flying by
instruments so it was not until dawn that we saw land. You can sneer
all you like at Bro. Paul (& of course he has not had the benefits
of an Education like you, A. W.) but I want to tell you that when I
looked out of the port & saw nothing but green grass where houses &
trees & mtns. ought to have been, I remembered that I was a
backslider & sinful man. However, this is beside the point.

"The lady professor, Miss Francis I mean, & Mr. White & Mr. Black
were both so excited they could hardly eat, but kept making funny
remarks in some foreign language which I do not understand. However
I do not think there was any thing wrong or disloyal to you in their
conversation.

"You would have thought that flying over so much green would have
got tiresome after some time, but you would have been wrong. I am
sorry I cannot describe it to you, but I can only say again that it
made me think of my Account with my Maker.

"While I think of it, altho it does not belong here, in Paramaribo I
had to fire our local man as he had got into trouble with the Police
there & was giving Cons. Pem. a bad name. He said it was on the
Firm's account, but I told him you did not approve of breaking the
Law at all.

"We had no trouble sighting the party at Mt. Whitney & I want to
tell you, A. W., it was a great relief to get rid of the Scientists
altho they are no doubt all right in their way. Some of the work
gang kicked at being left behind altho that was in our agreement.
They said they were sick of the snow & the sight of the Grass
beyond. I said we only had room in the transport for the Banks Is.
gang & anyway they would have company now. I promised them we would
pick them up on our next trip.

"Miss Francis & the 2 others acted like crazy. They kept shaking
each other's hands & saying We are here, we are here, altho any body
but a Nut would ha