July 20 Monday – The Montana docked at Panama to reconnect with the Henry Chauncey for the final leg home [MTNJ 1: 497]. Sam entered the Grand Hotel to get a drink. There he ran into Captain Ned Wakeman of the America, who told a tall tale of his dream of going to heaven, which in 1909 became, Extract from Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven [Sanborn 400]. Sam’s notebook:

“In Aspinwall, all it is necessary to do is cry Viva Revolucion! At head of street, & instantly is commotion” [MTNJ 1: 510].