Canaveral, and you will do what is to be done there. From
there to Fort Kissimmee, to Okeechobee, traversing the lake to
the Rita River, where I have marked the trail to Little
Sprite.

"At Little Sprite I shall await you; beyond that point a
merciful Providence alone can know what awaits us.

"Yours fraternally,

"FARRAGO.

"P.S.--I think that you had better make your will, and suggest
the same idea to the stenographer who is to accompany you.

F."

And that was the letter I received while seated comfortably on the
floor of my work-room, surrounded by innocent isopods, all patiently
awaiting scientific investigation.

And this is what I did: Within twenty-four hours I had assembled the
supplies required--the cage, the woman's clothing, tank, arms and
ammunition, and the chemicals; I had secured accommodations, for that
evening, on the Florida, Volusia, and Fort Lauderdale Railway as far
as Citron City; and I had been interviewing stenographers all day
long, the result of an innocently worded advertisement in the daily
newspapers.

It was now very close to the time when I must summon a cab and drive