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Rh some one. The man who brought him on board bought a cabin for Rio de Janeiro and put the drunken man into it. He told the steward that the other man was an American coffee planter who, when drunk, was subject to delirium and hallucinations. He paid the steward liberally to quiet him and silence him so that he would be allowed to sail. He promised the steward also that the man's brother, who would meet this man at the dock at Rio de Janeiro, would reward him further for any care he would give. The steward reports that, after some hours of wild struggles and protests, he finally got the man to sleep."

"Good for the steward!" The American could not suppress his appreciation as he looked down at the girl beside him.

The officer drew up sternly, and even the girl shook her head.

"This confirms by detail the general story received this morning, sir!" the inspector commented coldly.

"Yes; and now?"

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