But I' Irito had been struck by the splendor of a

nit court, and had conceived the idea of an ex- ist nice for himself where, like the Due de Morny, he would associate the command of every pleasure with M conduct of political affairs and enjoy power su- Bemely in every way. Nobody could have guessed Bat. And yet this was one of the immediate causes the Monterist rev -hit ion. This will appear less credible by the reflection that the fundamental Bases were the same as ever, rooted in the plr immaturity of the people, in the indolence of the up- Br classes and the mental darkness of the lower. Pedrito Montero saw, in the elevation of his brother, Be road wide open to his wildest imaginings. This was what made the Monterist pronunciamiento so un- Beventable. The general himself probably could have been bought off, pacified with flatteries, despatched on a diplomatic mission to Europe. It was his brother who had egged him on from first to last. He wanted to become the most brilliant statesman of South Amer- ica. He did not desire supreme power. He would been afraid of its labor and risk, in fact. Before all, Pedrito Montero, taught by his Kuropean experi- ence, meant to acquire a serious fortune for himself. With this object in view he obtained from his brother, on the very morrow of the successful battle, the per- mission to push on over the mountains and take pos- session of Sulaco. Sulaco was the land of future pros- perity, the chosen land of material progress, the only Btevince in the republic of interest to European cap- ^Hbts. Pedrito Montero, following the example of

the Due de Morny, meant to have his share of this pros-