He ordered a capital dinner for us of chicken, fried bananas, eggs, _frijoles, tortillas_ and coffee.

Though the _secretario_ was intelligent, the _presidente_ was otherwise.

He was good-natured, but a fool.

With pride he frequently remarked, "_yo soy presidente_" (I am president).

Then he whispered and mumbled, kissed my hand, assumed an air of great intelligence, and walked off with a peculiar tottering movement.