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fifty cents. The rebellion was over for the time, and 
Barrios fled to Mexico. President Cerna was very lenient 
to his enemies, and Granados was merely banished, and 
put under ten thousand dollars’ bond not to return to 
Guatemala. 
Banished men are always dangerous, and Granados 
was no exception. Seeing his opportunity in some dis¬ 
satisfaction with the governmental policy, he invaded 
Guatemala, and was at once joined by General Barrios. 
The march from Mexican territory was almost a trium¬ 
phal procession, and on the plain between Quezaltenango 
and Totonicapan (the Esdraelon of Guatemala) the deci¬ 
sive battle was fought. Cerna could not trust his gene¬ 
rals, and so took the field in person. For a time the 
battle was with him; but Barrios brought up his troops 
in good time, and the national army had to give way. 
President Cerna rallied his forces at Chimaltenango, only 
to be again defeated; and after making a final stand at 
San Lucas, a small village between Antigua and Mixco, 
fled to Chiquimula, where he advised his followers to 
submit to the conquerors, while he went over into 
Honduras. 
On the 30th of June the “Army of Liberators” en¬ 
tered the capital, and Granados was proclaimed President 
pro tempore. The new President found an empty treas¬ 
ury, and called upon the merchants for a loan. The 
authorities were very careful to say that this was not a 
forced loan; but the method was very much of that cha¬ 
racter, for a list was made out of all the merchants in 
the city, and the proportion each one was thought capa¬ 
ble of paying set against his name. The “subscription 
paper ” was then sent around, and few dared to refuse. 
