Montero through clinched teeth. "We must contrive

as quickly as possible to send him and his Nationals to fight Uernan The new Ge"fe Politico only jerked his head sideways and took a puff at his cigarette, in sign of his agreement with this method for ridding the town of Gamacho and .aconvenient rabble. Pedrito Montero looked with disgust at the abso- lutely bare floor and at the belt of heavy gilt picture- frames running round the room, out of which the rem- nants of torn and slashed canvases fluttered like dingy rags. U'e^arejifiLJiarbarians," he &aid. This was what said his Excellency, the popular

ito, the guerrillero skilled in the art of laying am-

ies, charged by his brother at his own demand with the organization of Sulaco on democratic principles. The night before, during the consultation with his par- .s, who had come out to meet him in Rincon, he had opened his intentions to Sefior Fuentes: " Ve shall organize a popular vote, by yes or no, confiding the destinies of our beloved country to the wisdom and valiance of my heroic brother, the in- ible general. A plebiscite. Do you understand?" And Seflor Fuentes, puffing out his leathery cheeks, ha. I inclined his head slightly to the left, letting a thin, bluish jet of smoke escape through his pursed lips. He had understood. His Excellency was exasperated at the devastation. Not a single chair, table, sofa, ttagtre, or console had been left in the state rooms of the Intendencia. His

llency, though twitching all over with rage, was