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All turned and looked at him in wonder. The fat man gave a gasp. With three million pesetas he could have made a Polish republic. Mon only smiled. "For every million pesetas that you show me," said the little man, "I will hand you another million cash for cash. When shall we begin?" "You must give me time," answered Mon, reflectively. "Say six months hence."
That money, which perhaps Rafael still had in his pocket more than thirty thousand pesetas represented the final desperate efforts of his mother to rescue the family fortune, which had been endangered by don Ramón's prodigal habits. The money was his, and don Andrés had nothing to say in that regard.
The man with the sack got angry and gave chase to the trio. "Hey there! Come back! Come back!" he bellowed. "What do you want?" "Give me my three pesetas and take your bundle." "Nix. Give us a duro and we won't say a word." "Like hell." "Give us only two pesetas more." "Here's one, you rascal."
The first considerable sum which I received was upon the publication of my novel The Mayorazgo of Labraz. Henrich of Barcelona paid me two thousand pesetas for it. I invested the two thousand pesetas in a speculation upon the Bourse, and they disappeared in two weeks. The money which I have received for my other books, I have employed to better purpose.
I was giving lessons in English and studying at the University; of the little money I earned I had to send some to my mother and the rest went toward my upkeep and my tuition fees. This Carnival day, a Tuesday, I remember, I had no more than three pesetas to my name; I had been working so hard and so steadily, without a moment's let-up, that I said to myself: 'Yes, sir.
Besides, if he showed his route, he might think we could work the telegraph wires and get him and his blessed feluccre stopped in Soller Port till we came up. Now, here or Palma are the orthodox outlets to this island. What's the best way to Palma?" "La Puebla, and rail from there." "Bet any one an even ten pesetas that Mr. Pether has cleared by the early train from La Puebla."
Haven't you even got, say, two hundred pesetas?" "Two hundred pesetas!" stammered Enrique, horror-stricken. "No, no, I haven't." "Well, a hundred, then?" "No." "All right. Come, tell me. How much have you got?" Enrique would have gladly died. Gnawing his lips with desperation, he answered: "I've hardly got ten left."
The metal guarantee, silver and gold, must cover half of the note circulation, when the latter is between fifteen hundred and two thousand millions, and two-thirds when the circulation exceeds two thousand. But the Bank has not kept this precept, and there has, in fact, been an illegal issue of notes to the value of 6,752,813 pesetas.
Two hundred and fifty thousand pesetas!... fifty thousand dollars! "That is not for me," he said again. "I do not deserve it.... What could I ever do with so much money?" The captain pretended to be irritated by his disobedience. "You take that paper, you brute!... I was just afraid that you were going to protest.... It's for your children, and so that you can take a rest.
And again the conversation was broken off by Don Manuel's expectant glancing about for the friend he was to meet. The deputy asked, after a minute or two: "You're living in a boarding-house, aren't you?" "No, sir." "Where, then?" "In Calle Ballesta. I've rented a little inside room, on the fourth floor. It costs me thirteen pesetas a month, and I eat at a little tavern on the same street."
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