Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . s so thoughtfully.* After the lingering dinnerthe Professor looked over the mail which he had ordered sent here,and there was a disappointed look on Delights face as she glancedover her fathers shoulder at the various letters. I thouglit, she said in a low voice to Victoria, that there mightbe one from the Doctor. lie knew we were coming here and hehas had time to send a letter. He is right in thinkin
Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . s so thoughtfully.* After the lingering dinnerthe Professor looked over the mail which he had ordered sent here,and there was a disappointed look on Delights face as she glancedover her fathers shoulder at the various letters. I thouglit, she said in a low voice to Victoria, that there mightbe one from the Doctor. lie knew we were coming here and hehas had time to send a letter. He is right in thinking that it is my place to indicate if I care tocontinue the acquaintance, Victoria replied. I dont see what that has to do with his friendship with Papa,Delight rejoined, he need not drop us all on your account. would say it has a bad look, as if he wished to cover histracks, you know. At this point their host proposed that they should visit the church,as half an hour would probably elapse before the arrival of SenhorPalacios boat. They walked across the square, pausing to notice anIndian child asleep under the shadow of the cross, which is always THE FAZENDA DA SI LIA. 91 y / !. ^TiT^-! one of the features in every Soutli American plaza. Tlic church wasrather a pretentious structure, its only claim to interest being thegilded Christ on the cross, which was sent from Munich by the nat-uralist Martins, who, as the quaint inscription relates, was saved byDivine Pity from the fury of the Amazonian waves, near the Vil-lage of Santarem, and as a Monument ol his Pious j,;Gratitude to the All Powerful, ordered this Crucifix tobe erected in this Church of NossaSenhora du Conceicao, in the year1846. On leaving the church theywalked toward the beach. A longcanoe with a tolda^ or coveredspace in the after part, propelledby Indian paddlers, rounded the point and drifted to the .j^^^^MH/^^^^Xt, -shore. A mu- /• -I^S^^m^-^s- latto stepped ----- / J^/ ^m^, from it andapproachedthe
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