The good ship Teno churned its way through many a mile of water until it finally glided silently alongside a dock that was in Manhattan.
Down the gangplank walked Simon Y. Patino, Bolivian Minister to Spain, a man worth ten times ten million good U. S. dollars. This short, broad man with a pug-dog face was accompanied by two sons, Rene and Onlino, two secretaries, two valets, one manager, one physician and 50 pieces of luggage. To the immigration men he handed a diplomatic passport.
From the docks, he drove straightway to a large hotel....
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