They did. Bonilia was "elected" and Lee was now a General in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras and in the years that. followed it was no uncommon thing to find: the General fighting an army in which he held the highest com-
With his new status came new responsibilities the chief of which was that Lee felt he had not been heretofore adequately clothed in keeping with his station in life. 'Thereupon he started an orgy of uniform buying, or rather uniform appropriation for he seldom bothered with such trifles as purchasing' ply took what he fancied and if the shop-keeper demurred Lee closed him up.
Central America was not good enough and Lee sent for a tailor all the way from New York to handle the business. This taylor strangely] enough wag paid. Principal among. the uniform turned out was one that, starting with an enormous plumed hat; ended in a pair of high patent leather riding boots with enormous spurs that gave out a chime not unlike a church bell and made Lee the centre of admiration of every brown-skinned senorita who saw him, and plenty did. From Paris he imported a four yard long gold sash for which he paid $640 not to mention a huge gold cavalry
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