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Onthenextmorningmessagesbegantocomeoverthemendedtelegraphwire;andthestoryoftheflightfromthecapitalwasgivenouttothepublic.InSanMateotherevolutionarypartyhadseizedthesceptreofgovernment,withoutopposition,andthevivasofthemercurialpopulacequicklyeffacedtheinterestbelongingtotheunfortunateMiraflores.
TheywillrelatetoyouhowthenewgovernmentsiftedthetownsandrakedtheroadstofindthevalisecontainingAnchuria’ssurpluscapital,whichthepresidentwasknowntohavecarriedwithhim,butallinvain.InCoralioSeñorGoodwinhimselfledthesearchingpartywhichcombedthattownascarefullyasawomancombsherhair;butthemoneywasnotfound.
Sotheyburiedthedeadman,withouthonours,backofthetownnearthelittlebridgethatspansthemangroveswamp;andforarealaboywillshowyouhisgrave.Theysaythattheoldwomaninwhosehutthebarbershavedthepresidentplacedthewoodenslabathishead,andburnedtheinscriptionuponitwithahotiron.
YouwillhearalsothatSeñorGoodwin,likeatowerofstrength,shieldedDoñaIsabelGuilbertthroughthosesubsequentdistressfuldays;andthathisscruplesastoherpastcareer(ifhehadany)vanished;andheradventuresomewaywardness(ifshehadany)lefther,andtheywereweddedandwerehappy.
TheAmericanbuiltahomeonalittlefoothillnearthetown.Itisaconglomeratestructureofnativewoodsthat,exported,wouldbeworthafortune,andofbrick,palm,glass,bambooandadobe
