. A white umbrella in Mexico. e col-lege of San Nicholas where Fray Gero-nimo had studied; to the governorshouse to listen to a concert and to presentourselves to his excellency, who had sentfor us ; to the great pawn-shop, the Montede Piedad, on the regular day of sale, andto the thousand and one delights of thisdolce far niente city; returning always atsundown to the inn, to be welcomed bythe landlord, who shouted for Griddles themoment he laid eyes on Moon, and beganspreading the cloth on the little table un-der the fig-tree in the garden. After this Bohemian existence hadlasted for several
. A white umbrella in Mexico. e col-lege of San Nicholas where Fray Gero-nimo had studied; to the governorshouse to listen to a concert and to presentourselves to his excellency, who had sentfor us ; to the great pawn-shop, the Montede Piedad, on the regular day of sale, andto the thousand and one delights of thisdolce far niente city; returning always atsundown to the inn, to be welcomed bythe landlord, who shouted for Griddles themoment he laid eyes on Moon, and beganspreading the cloth on the little table un-der the fig-tree in the garden. After this Bohemian existence hadlasted for several days I suddenly remem-bered that Moon had not been out of mysight five waking minutes, and being anx-ious for his welfare, I ventured to jog hismemory. iy6 A White Umbrella in Mexico Moon, did you not tell me that youcame here on orders from your chief, whowanted you on urgent business and waswaiting for you ? Yes. Have you seen him ? No. Heard from him .? No. What are you going to do about it ? * Let him wait. ^WR^ ??**. CHAPTER XI. PATZCUARO AND THE LAKE. When I rapped at Moons door thenext morning he refused to open it. Heapologized for this refusal by roaringthrough the transom that the thought ofmy leaving him alone in Morelia hadcaused him a sleepless night, and that hehad determined never to look upon myface again; that he had never loved adear gazelle, etc., — this last sung in ahigh key; that he was not coming out;and that I might go to Patzcuaro and behanged to me. So the landlord and Griddles escorted iy8 A White Umbrella in Mexico me to the station, the chef carrying mytraps, and the landlord a mysterious bas-ket with a suggestive bulge in one cornerof the paper covering. As the trainmoved slowly out, this basket was passedthrough the window with a remark thatMr. Moon had prepared it the night be-fore, with especial instructions not to de-liver it until I was under way. On remov-ing the covering the bulge proved to beglass, with a tin foil covering the cork, onto
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