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LOOKING FOR TOBACCO

arrival in our compartment of an employee of the railway who has worked his way along the foot-board on the outside of the moving train from car to car. He silently salutes our Spanish companions, gives us a look of searching scrutiny, and then, as if assured of our neutrality, with the utmost self-possession he begins to take from his pocket sundry packages, which give forth the fragrant odor of tobacco. Our fellow-travelers, as if they understood what is required of them, rise and lift up the cushions of their seats, while our mysterious visitor neatly lays upon the uncovered boards dozens of packages of cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco which he rapidly produces