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 . table-lands they now rode to the heart of the Andes, thegrand procession stretching to the north and south, peak alter peakshouldering each other away in magnificent perspective. They sawthe peaks burning with sunset or touched with the tender beauty ofdawn, they watched the condor fluttering over horrible precipices,and trains of llamas threading dizzy passes. They sailed acrossdreary Lake Titicaca,
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 . table-lands they now rode to the heart of the Andes, thegrand procession stretching to the north and south, peak alter peakshouldering each other away in magnificent perspective. They sawthe peaks burning with sunset or touched with the tender beauty ofdawn, they watched the condor fluttering over horrible precipices,and trains of llamas threading dizzy passes. They sailed acrossdreary Lake Titicaca, once the site of the pleasure palaces of theIncas, now a waste of tombs, and rested a few days at the little townof Puno on their way to the royal city of Cuzco. The way was long, but to the Doctor it seemed cruelly short, for atCuzco it was now decided that Mr. Jenkins and he were to separatefrom the others. The entire journey was a triumphal march to theProfessor, his cure was complete, and w^ith every step he grewstronger and apparently more 3outhful, but the Doctor saw with. THE DELECTABLE AfOCATA/.\S. — CL/ZCO. 20I some disappointment that Victoria had taken lor granted that tliecareer which he wished to propose to her was that of a student ofmedicine. At Cuzco, he said to himself, I must put it to tlie test and winor lose it all. But Victoria made the task of approacliing thesubject a very difficult one. Whenever he spoke of the future slieturned the conversations so easily from a sentimental to a scientifictone. I mean to pursue my professional studies in Switzerland, slicsaid. ^ Let me see; where is that medical school for women ? Zurichor Geneva? I really think 3-()u ought to be satisfied. Dr. have succeeded in bringing me over to your theories of life, itsseriousness and responsibility. ?^That is a great deal, I confess, he replied. And you have made at least one startling discover}- in medicinewhich is going to be famous. Now confess that your trip to
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