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new apparel. The reason for all this hair brushing 

 and cologne appeared later when we learned that 

 Los Arroyos cherishes a tradition of pretty girls. 

 The Patron, however, alleged that all good tradi- 

 tions of Los Arroyos were only myths. While on 

 the subject, however, he did not mind telling us 

 that he knew a place where the women were all 

 beautiful and the men all brave, and that was his 

 own blessed island of Majorca in the far-away 

 Mediterranean Sea. 



