Excerpt from El Supremo: A Romance of the Great, Dictator of Paraguay Dr. Parlett's first name was not Thomas, but, manifestly, the right name for him was Tom. Since there is no record of El Pelado's name nor of ehzapo's last name, they have been supplied. As for the pompous and tautological Secre tary of State, both his real names were distressingly usual. They have therefore been altered to others more suitable to his personality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.