Show f 1 I I 1 I 1 1 W I 1 HISER don mariano who can supply money to set up governments ac york one slight I 1 had occasion to cibit an old nativo looney le ader aid storekeeper I 1 stumbled up two or three adl y worn steps into a room about fifteen 11 feet square lighted only by the octie casi oual glare of a cifare it was so dark that I 1 came fill up against the wooden counter as I 1 in luiree of the indi v bidual who I 1 felt must be behind ilia cigarette if don I 1 was at home I 1 told him I 1 had a draft against him for this at leant re q fired a light the dark object rose and lighted a small candle I 1 ban d ed him the draft which lie bent over resting his elbows on the counter to scrutinize ile was a man riot shore than 60 years of age but lie appeared to be past big bun dreth aae ilia spare form covered with a black threadbare c oat out of the top of which came a high collar which bad see if la undress big white hair as ta ing strongly with tile dark jeather skin of his face A a ilia palsied hands clutched tile draa I 1 ex the store there were shelves from floor to cef flog fille d with pottery highly colored lodi ill native brown fugar and in fact every article useful to the native of honduras from a ina abete or large knife it a saddle ora bottle of whisky sur 1 ely I 1 thought as I 1 wat elied ile old man I 1 have come to the wrong house for that amount of bonev but at length he grunted Ib teno and passed me a pen to sign a receipt ile was very careful to ii out the signature and to peer into my fa with a most villainous pair of little black eyes ile put awn y the receipt and stooping down amk from some icle on tile floor and placed before ind on the counter fifty pac kazes each con silver dollars a good bowl for a pack mule I 1 looked at tho pile of money and then at him pesa mucho it is heavy saidee I 1 told him I 1 would call again in the morning with a wagon again he grunted bueno replaced the maey wishing MCI good evening and extinguishing the candle as I 1 passed out don valariano is one of tile rich est men of central america his money bas been boarded for years loaned on good security fit 3 per cent per month ag per cent a year he has cornered arn the prin cipal food of the poor very oft enaud in each operation heaven seems to have aided him by failure of crops several times in his life ha has been bit very hard A cert AIR president of his country was in need of and applied 0 don mariano don mariano knew very well he would never see a dollar 01 I 1 it again and pleaded extreme po V erty the president made the ap I 1 1 catin a second time don 1 ariano again refused the loan but be was summoned to the pa I 1 see sent to the PC and with one side of it is head and fac a shaved was made to work in the streets as a member of ahnin gang much to the joy of his so any debtors ile bare up bravely under this treatment for nearl y two months when he turned over to th e president the sum required this little experience proved of great value on it subset uen 1 occasion on the death A c erlain prebi lent each one of hie cabinet min aisters vas anxious to succeed but any bucce asor bad to have the army on his side the vice president went to don valariano for it was delivered in ten minutes the army wag paid the vice president succeeded and the former cabinet was banished it is next to impossible to form any exact idea of this mans wealth he is afraid of banks and never entrusts in trusts them with A cent we know be owns two or three coffee estates much real estate but no one knows but himself ho W much money lie can show at a in 0 ments notice |