The Mystery of the Scar-faced Beggar - M. V. Carey [26]
o weren’t a bi
b t
i ha
h pp
p y
p be
b cause
s the
h la
l bo
b u
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vot
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n ma
m de t
he
h ric
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h pe
p op
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p e
l pa
p y he
h avy t
axes
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s ”
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s ha
h ve
e be
b en fr
f u
r st
s ra
r tin
i g,” sa
s id
i
d Pete.
“You
o be
b t it
i was,
s ” sa
s id
i Bob
o .
b
. “Anyho
h w
o ,
, the
h la
l ndow
o ners
r
s st
s arted tal
a k
l in
i g abo
b u
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h
e
goo
o d
o ol
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l days
s whe
h n Arturo
o Rod
o rig
i uez
z was
a
s pr
p esi
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t
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h w
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br
b in
i g Rod
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s n
o ba
b ck.
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h y
y call
l e
l d
d the
h m
e se
s lv
l es
s Sol
o d
l ie
i rs
s of
o
f the
h Repu
p bl
b i
l c
i .
. The
h y
use
s d the
h bl
b u
l e fl
f a
l g wit
i h
t
h the
h gol
o d
l en oa
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l aves
e
s as
s the
h ir
i ba
b nner.
. Tha
h t
a was
s the
h fl
f a
l g of
o
f the
Old
l Repu
p bl
b i
l c
i —the
h government
n th
t a
h t exis
i t
s ed
d under Rod
o rig
i uez.
z
. The
h new gov
o ernment
n
that be
b gan
a w
it
i h
h Juan
a C
o
C r
o so
s
o use
s d a green
e fl
f a
l g
a wit
i h
h a
a se
s al
a
l in
i the
h
e mid
i d
d le
l .”
Jupi
p t
i er fr
f ow
o ned.
. “All
l
l of
o
f thi
h s
i
s took
o pl
p a
l ce mor
o e tha
h n
n a hu
h ndred
e years
s ago
g ,
o ” he
po
p i
o n
i ted ou
o t.
. “Wha
h t cou
o ld
l it
i po
p s
o si
s b
i l
b y
l ha
h ve to
o do
o wit
i h
h ou
o r cli
l e
i nt? Don
o ’t tell me the
la
l ndow
o ners
s are st
s il
i l
l
l agitating fo
f r
o a return of
o
f the
h ol
o d
l pr
p esid
i ent’s
s so
s n
o .
n
. He
H
e mu
m s
u t
s
t be
b
e de
d a
e d
a
d
by
b now
o !”
“Well
l
l of
o
f course
s he
h is
i ,
s ” sa
s id
i Bob
o ,
b
, “but today his great-gr
g a
r n
a d
n s
d o
s n
o ,
n
, Fe
F l
e i
l p
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p
e Ro
R d
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d i
r g
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u z
e ,
z
,
li
l v
i es
s in
i Mexic
i o
o Ci
C t
i y.
. Thi
h s
i
s Fe
F li
l p
i e
p is
i
s wait
i in
i g fo
f r
o a cha
h nce
e to
o return to
t
o Mesa
s d’Oro and
be
b the
h he
h ad of
o
f the
h state.
. He ha
h s
s sp
s i
p e
i s
s who
h
o repo
p r
o t to
o hi
h m
i on
o con
o dit
i io
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s in
i hi
h s
i
ho
h m
o ela
l nd — whi
h c
i h
h he
h ’s
s never se
s e
e n!”
“Oh,
h
, com
o e o
n
o !” crie
i d P
ete.
“I know
o it
i so
s u
o nds
s fa
f nt
n as
a t
s ic
i ,” sa
s id
i Bob
o ,
b
, “but it’s
s a
l
a l
l
l t
r
t u
r e
u .
e
. W
o
W r
o l
r d
l
d A
f
A f
f a
f i
a r
i s
r
s s
a
s y
a s
y
s t
h
t a
h t
a
t t
h
t e
h
e
con
o fl
f i
l c
i t in
i Mesa
s d’Oro
r
o is
i
s call
l e
l d a trad
a it
i io
i n
o al
a cause
s .
. The
h si
s d
i e a cit
i iz
i e
z n is
i
s on
o de
d pe
p nds
on
o hi
h s
i fa
f mily
l .
. Desc
s endents
s of
o
f the
h ol
o d
l la
l ndow
o ners
s be
b com
o e Sol
o d
l ie
i rs
s of
o the
h Repu
p bl
b i
l c
i .
Tha
h t is
i n
s ’t an ou
o tla
l w pa
p rty.
. It’s
s recog
o niz
i e
z d,
, and the
h mem
e be
b rs
s are call
l e
l d Repu
p b
u l
b i
l c
i ans—
not
o tha
h t the
h y’re much
h li
l k
i e ou
o r Repu
p bl
b i
l c
i ans.
s
. On Sund
n a
d y
a s
y
s th
t e
h y
e
y ha
h v
a e
v
e ra
r l
a l
l i
l e
i s
e
s an
a d
n
d th
t e
h y
e
make sp
s e
p eche
h s
s abo
b u
o t ho
h w
o great it
i use
s d to
o be
b .
. The
h y manag
a e to
o ele
l ct a repr
p ese
s nta
t tiv
i e to
o
the
h le
l gis
i l
s a
l tu
t re eve
v ry n
o
n w
o and
d the
h n
e .
“Now
o if
i
f tha
h t’s
s all
l
l the
h re was
s to
o it
i ,
, nob
o o
b d
o y wou
o ld
l care.
. But so
s m
o e pe
p op
o l
p e
l in
i Mesa
s
d’Oro
o aren’t sa
s tis
i f
s i
f e
i d just