The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-11-27
checked the speaker. He turned
MS gray eyes upon his friend.

ION are the thinker among Il
four. David. Our governor is
finished diplomat. Ferraz IS
l-aster IN managing our finances
] can fight q little, and my mel
Know me and have some resp4e
for ING as Z leader. We each Sc.
what We are dong, baf you Sc.
affair. i de not speak low fo
The whole OF Brazil, but for on
own state, which We 1--we Never
thaless, ! can see things also. AND
know Of no one whose single con
1Co- IS strong upon ali those PEG
pie you have mentioned. excep.
YOU We all recognize II. and ",
are well content that il should BIZ
So.
Noel neither smiled nor depre
Gated the tribute.
You speak Of one man. he an.
swered; Il speak of many mer
working together under the viii
Of one supreme. Can an individual
combat an army?"
You mean that all the Ger,
mans Ii our country are working
IN unity" Ferraz began.
They work in unison and ODE
dlence to the imperial authority in
Germany, yes" Noel averred.
Senior Noel is right" the
governor corroborated, his alert
eyes contradicting his restrained
voice. You, Ferraz, like many
OF us, live too much alone, and are
indifferent to the world outside
our Isolated estates. Our writers
and thinkers have tried to awaken
us also. But we see, and we do
not heed. The republic is passing
from the hands of it's own people
while they dream"
II remember" Granados speke
III the slow tones of "Reminiscences:
II remember" Granados spoke
years ago, when we were in camp
after the fight at Riochuelo, you,
David, told me that the revolution
we combatted could not have ex-
listed without the will of the Ger
mans in the cities. We were both
Younger then, as hot with patriot
ism as Milo there, OF Mr.. Bruce.
who listens to all this with eyes
aflre. | had lost these two fin
gers that day, and you had a cut
On your arm. No doubt we were
foolish boys; for we quarrelled
over the matter and slept by sepa-
ate fires. | could not believe that
hose tat moneyed men who cared
,enderly for our carcasses in the
cities had a power among Dur peo-
Die Or could threaten the liberty
others had toiled and bled for.
Yet | think | see what you meant
hat night"
Noel nodded, his gaze dwelling
IN that Of Granados.
"And when I woke in the. dawn
lfter that quarrel of ours, Gil, I
.ound your poncho covering me..o
"Dios! I was under it also,!''
shrugged away senti-
nent. Had I been a hero, I would
lave thrown the poncho over YOU
lone, not 500 But what is dignity
o the cod? / meant to say, q
right that time
Yes not by my wisdom, then,;:
mt with b teaching OF my wise
Id friends Senior da Fuentes.
The Germans themselves have not
concealed their dreams Of al new
umpire here, nor their resentment
It the interference Of the North
We r a new repnb-
ic. We have had much to CON-
rat; much financial trouble. Dur
ng these %anxieties, our enemies,
nave encamped among u.s.
Yes" Ferraz agreed; he was.
1pon ground he knew and his
leavy face lighted with interest.
Aye, our finances were. bad.
Ehey We're very bad. Fewl had urn-
1erstood That. But now, all is, REM
or nearly so.''
Few understood then,tn. inter
the governor: "Eet us not
be among those who refuse to an
derstand the menace Of Today
Few ever troubled to under.
Milo Valdez exclaimed.
leaning impulsixely towards his
Father, and throwing cut his slim
nervous hands IN a gesture Of
appeal. no. let MS mot be of
those blind ones!! Let ms not only
look in tme-let us act! Dom
has not finished. He has
not commenced. Listen, Senior
Ferraz, listen, Marshall, to what.
has done, to what we must all
do. Oh, I know! / have SCENT,
The men smiled kindly at their
ardent Junior. Milo sank back in
to his chair, with a little grimace
to Corey Bruce.
should wear a mnzzle.n he
eonfided, soto voce. "But /
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