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"Didn't you follow me to the Garavels'?" "Oh, boss! Never would I do such." Seeing that the negro was honest, Kirk decided that somebody had been spying upon him, but the matter was of so little consequence that he dismissed it from his mind. "And what said your female upon your proposal of marriage?" Allan inquired. "Praise God, I shall h'expire of suspense if you do not cha-at me the truth."
My father's blood runs back to the conquistadors; even in the earliest books one finds Garavels. They were conquerors, they ruled this country and all these people." "That's something to be proud of, but it isn't everything. High- bred horses run well, but they can't pull. It's the old farm nag that delivers the merchandise. But I'll tackle your father, and I'll promise to vote for him."
Other Garavels had played important parts in the troubled affairs of Guatemala, and it was the banker's proud boast that one of his ancestors had assisted Alvarado to christen the first capital of that country the city of St. James the Gentleman in 1524. The name had later figured prominently in Antigua, that Athens of the New World where the flower of Spanish America gathered.
"If you don't mind, I I'd like to stop at the Garavels' for a minute," Kirk said, longingly, and his father scowled. "I'd forgotten this wife of yours." "She's not there," Runnels hastened to say. "I've tried to find her, but I was told she was out at the country place." "Then I think I'd rather drive out there than eat. Won't you go with me, dad?" "Well yes!
Instead of resuming their conversation, the entire assemblage of Garavels waited calmly for their caller to begin, and he realized in a panic that he was expected to make conversation. He cast about madly for a topic. His host helped him to get started, and he did fairly well until one of the Misses Garavel began to translate his remarks to the old lady and the ferocious cousin from Guatemala.
"But you've seen her; you have called at her house!" "Sure! Twice; at the invitation of the old gentleman. All the little Garavels were lined up like mourners." "And you dined there last night. Is that all you have seen of her?" "N-no! I've seen her at Las Savannas. That's why I went hunting so often." At this confession, which Kirk delivered with sheepish reluctance, Mrs.
A later forebear had fled southward at the time of the disturbances incidental to the revolt of the colonies, but in his departure there had been no disgrace, and since that time the Garavels had worthily maintained the family traditions of dignity and honor. The present bearer of the name was of distinguished appearance.
But although the family were present en masse, as on the former occasion, they unbent to a surprising degree, and he found them truly gracious and delightful. He realized, nevertheless, that he was under the closest scrutiny and upon the strictest probation. The Garavels still held him at a noticeable distance, and he was far from feeling wholly at ease.
I want to see this banker fellow, and I'm not so damned hungry, after all. We'll settle this thing right now." The afternoon sun was still an hour high when Kirk Anthony came down the hill from the Garavels' home and crossed the meadow toward the forest glade he knew so well. The grateful coolness of evening was stealing downward, and Nature was roused from her midday lethargy.
The next President must possess intelligence, honor, ability; he must be a friend of our people. There is no one better " "Impossible!" exclaimed the banker, in a strange voice. "I? No, no!" "And why not? Have you never had political aspirations?" "Of course. All men have dreams. I was Secretary of Finance under Amador, but the Garavels have never really been public men.
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