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Updated: May 22, 2025
Who knows that if your sister is restored to you through the help of General Bambos, you may not have to ask General Yozarro to help you make him give her up?" It was a contingency of which Major Starland had not thought. Prudence told him to be patient till the coming of the Warrenia, with her crew of a dozen men, beside the captain.
The meeting was held in the upper room of the east wing of the palace, safely removed from eavesdroppers, two armed guards on the outside of the door adding to the isolation of the council. General Bambos, though short of stature, weighed an eighth of a ton.
You mean it would be better for my neighbors to refrain from waging war against me. I made a religious vow long since never to go to war except in the defence of my rights, and that you know is one's solemn duty." It was the same old argument that General Bambos had used in discussing the question with Major Jack Starland.
If the countenance of General Bambos had not already been as crimson as it could well be, he would have blushed. He saluted and muttered something about the pleasure he felt in deserving the regard of his distinguished compatriot. General Yozarro strove to restrain his anger, but it was plain to every one that he was seething with rage.
General Bambos had progressed thus far in his speech, when he emitted a rasping shriek, clapped his hand behind him and made so tremendous a leap that his crown bumped against the ceiling of the cabin. At the same time, the tenor of his remarks abruptly changed, and he danced and rubbed with pain.
Moreover, it would display a fatal timidity on the part of the United States regarding their pet idol, the Monroe Doctrine. Such a subterfuge cannot be permitted." "I had thought of offering to pay the bill myself." With fine sarcasm, General Bambos said: "I am glad you are provided with a surfeit of funds. Perhaps you will be willing to float our last loan?"
The western half of the island forms the Republic of Atlamalco, whose President and Dictator is General Pedro Yozarro; the eastern half constitutes Zalapata, with General Fernando de Bambos at its head. The name "republic," as applied to the peppery provinces has as much appropriateness as if given to Russia or China.
"What could he hope to accomplish by that, except to run away from General Bambos?" "He may turn into the main stream, where it bifurcates, and come down to the junction, when he can steam up to Zalapata." "Let us stop speculating about him. Just now I am more interested in the stranger, and, as sure as I live, there he is again!"
"True, but I am quite willing to feed his vanity to the extent demanded by General Bambos; but I wish to say, Captain, that I am in the dark as to where we shall find your President. He sailed down the river ahead of us, but the yacht saw nothing of him, when it seems he should have been met, and we have not observed him on our way." "Pardon me, Major, you should say 'I, not 'we."
He had already decided to hand over to President Bambos the amount of the damages for the injury to the property of one of his citizens, quite content to place it to his personal account of profit and loss. Uneasy over the prolonged absence of Miss Starland, he would quickly arrange matters with her during the impending interview.
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