sort
of thing gives me a sinkin' sensation in me innards."

"Wot you want is a drink, me boy," said Coke.

Watts brightened. He drew a deep breath.

"I reelly believe that's wot's wrong with me," he said.

"Then I'll just ax the cook to 'urry up with the corfee," guffawed the
unfeeling skipper. "We'll all be the better for a snack an' somethink
'ot."

Iris managed to choke down an hysterical laugh. Coke was incorrigible,
yet she was conscious of a growing appreciation of his crude chivalry.
He boasted truly that he feared neither man nor devil. His chief
defect lay in being born several centuries too late. Had he flourished
during the Middle Ages, Coke would have carved out a kingdom.

Even while the men were thus callously discussing the tragedy that had
been enacted before their eyes, the miracle of the dawn was
transforming night into day. In the tropics there is no hesitancy
about sunrise. The splendid imagery of Genesis is literally exact.
"Let there be light; and there was light . . . and God divided the
light from the darkness." Long before the _Andorinha_ had crept round
the southern headland of the Macayo estuary she became visible again.

About six o'clock a grand review was held in the Plaza, or chief
square. Dom Corria, a resplendent personage on horseback, made a fine
speech. He was vociferously applauded, by both troops and populace.
General Russo, also mounted, assured him that Brazil was pining for
him. In effect, when he was firmly established in the Presidency, the
people would be allowed to vote for him.

"We have borne two years of misrule," vociferated the
commander-in-chief, "but it has vanished before the fiery breath of our
guns. We hail your Excellency as our liberator. Long live Dom Corria!
Down with----"

The fierce "Vivas" of the mob, combined with the general's weight,
proved too much for his charger, which plunged violently. Russo was
held on accidentally by his spurs. There was a lively interlude until
an orderly seized the bridle, and the general was able to disengage the
rowels from the animal's ribs. When tranquillity was restored, the
soldiers marched off to their quarters, and Colonel San Benavides
boarded the _Unser Fritz_. He invited Iris, Schmidt, Coke, and Hozier
to breakfast with the President at the principal hotel.

Watts was not included in the list of guests. Being indignant, he
expressed himself freely.

"Nice thing!" he said to Norrie. "We'r