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In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman
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drag in an Oriental way that Europeans rarely understand.

'And yet you say you remember your father's death?'

'He made a joke to the doctor, senorita, and was not afraid.'

Estella smiled in a queer way, and then looked grave again.

'And you have always been poor, you say, sometimes almost starving?'

'Yes--always poor, deadly poor, senorita,' answered Conyngham with a
gay laugh; 'and since I have been on my own resources frequently--
well, very hungry. The appetite has been large and the resources
have been small. But when I get into the Spanish army they will no
doubt make me a general, and all will be well.'

He laughed again, and slipped his hand into his jacket pocket.

'See here,' he said, 'your father's recommendation to General
Espartero in a confidential letter.'

But the envelope he produced was that pink one which the man called
Larralde had given him at Algeciras.

'No--it is not that,' he said, searching in another pocket. 'Ah!
here it is--addressed to General Espartero, Duke of Vittoria.'

He showed her the superscription, which she read with a little
inclination of the head, as if in salutation of the great name
written there. The greatest names are those that men have made for
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