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affairs on board the Kansas changed for the better Mr Boyle was so

far recovered that he could walk; he even took command of tatches

in the twenty-four hours, but was forbidden to exert himself, lest the

wound in his back should reopen Several injured sailors and firemen

were convalescent; the two er;

Frascuelo, hardy as a weed, dared the risk of using his da the deck was painful

Nevertheless, on Christ he presented himself before the

captain, and asked leave to abandon his present quarters He felt

lonely in the forecastle, and wished to berth with the other Chileans

in the neighborhood of the saloon Although his luck was bad in some

respects, the coal-trimmer was endoith the nine lives of a cat,

for there could be no ed hi killed

Yet, never was day less oht no hint of coedy The fine weather which had

prevailed since the Kansas drifted into the estuary seemed to become

more settled as the month wore Suarez said it was unprecedented Not

only had he not witnessed in five years three consecutive days without

rain, snow, or hail, but the Indians had a proverb: "Who so-ever sees

fire-in-the-sky (the sun) for seven days shall see the leaf red a

hundred times" In effect, centenarians were needed to bear testimony

to a week's fine weather; whereas nothe Alaculofs ever succeeded in reaching the threescore

years and ten regarded by the psalentina never wavered in his belief that the

Indians would soon muster every adult for an assault on the ship The