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It is a strange fact that Germans, who now have the great bulk of the trade throughout Central America, are very unpopular. Nor are the Americans popular. "Los Americanos son Bestias," "Esos Hombres son Demonios" express the feeling. I was told that in Guatemala there exists a tribe of Indians which does not permit the use of alcoholic drink and actually pays the State compensation instead.
The Roman persecutors were every day sure of their victory, slaughtering defenceless men and women, or throwing them ad bestias, whereas the martyrs saw their victory as a distant vision, and still rejoiced. "The prison was like a palace to me," exclaimed St Perpetua. And Saturus, another martyr, spoke to his executors: "Mark our faces well, that you may know us again in the day of judgment."
We had breakfasted the women had wept Don Ricardo had blown his nose Aaron Bang had blundered and fidgeted about and the bestias were at the door. We embraced the ladies. "My son," said Senora Cangrejo, "we shall most likely never meet again. You have your country to go to you have a mother. Oh, may she never suffer the pangs which have wrung my heart But I know I know that she never will."
Madama made her conge, and hoped "El Senora Maria un asiento." "Mucho, mucho," sung out Bang, who meant by that that he was much obliged. At length Don Ricardo came to our aid. He had arranged a party into the country for next morning, and invited us all to come back to a tertulia in the evening, and to take beds in his house, he undertaking to provide bestias to carry us.
When we were all accounted for in the porch, Don Ricardo began to shout, "Criados, criados, ven aca pendejos, ven aca!" the call was for some time unattended to; at length, two tall, good looking, decently dressed negroes made their appearance, and took charge of our bestias and carriage; but all this time there was no appearance by any living creature belonging to the family.
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