. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . uctor congratulated My Lady upon herpluck and daring, and held the train for us as longas he dared, but still our baggage did not arrive. Welearned later that the irate drunken keeper of thedemolished toll-oate delaved our baffofasre-mules andwas thus the cause of our missing the train. As the train rumbled away, we turned and rodeslowly to the Hotel Central, just as the east was bright-ening with another day. The moon, which had guidedus so steadily through all the night, paled and sankslowly behind the cone of the volcano. Days pass, we recross the continent, an
. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . uctor congratulated My Lady upon herpluck and daring, and held the train for us as longas he dared, but still our baggage did not arrive. Welearned later that the irate drunken keeper of thedemolished toll-oate delaved our baffofasre-mules andwas thus the cause of our missing the train. As the train rumbled away, we turned and rodeslowly to the Hotel Central, just as the east was bright-ening with another day. The moon, which had guidedus so steadily through all the night, paled and sankslowly behind the cone of the volcano. Days pass, we recross the continent, and our lastMexican sunset dies out behind the mighty peak ofOrizaba. As our steamer leaves the harbour of VeraCruz, the first rocket of the Easter fiesta shoots up- < 361 ^ :::::::::^1 TWO BIRD-LOVERS IN MEXICO B-- ward, curves, hangs suspended for a moment, and thenbursts into a cloud of coloured stars, and as we passthe end of the long breakwater, a solitary Mexicansends a final, musical Adio-os ! to us, across the A LUCKY SNAP WITH A CAMERA
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