"And you regard enemies as an encouragement, eh ?" "Yes, as a proof of success.

Our friends mark out a course for us, and if we depart from it and do something better than their specifications call for, they become our enemies." "I don't know but you are right." After a short silence the editor continued: "Mr.DeGolyer, we have been thinking of sending a man down into Costa Rica.

Our merchants believe that if we were to pay more attention to that country we might thereby improve our trade.

What we want is a number of letters intended to familiarize us with those people--want to show, you understand, that we are interested in them." They talked during an hour.

The nest day DeGolyer was on board a steamer bound for Punta Arenas.