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RAINBOW'S END
By REX BEACH
A novel of love, hidden treasure and rebellion in beautiful, mys
terious Cuba during the exciting Jays of the revolt against Spain.
Author of "The Spoiler.." "The
Barrier," "Heart of the Sunset"
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.l .nntrlhutcd liberal! to
. i.ii.i tiuo voti to mett hor."
0' -i. ,..,, I'i'n nnlv nnn null nf
Vtry wen, ""' '"
' ' ftd It looks ns If I'd slept In It."
Oh bocr th0 c,othcsI" la"phe' th0
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,,.h to cat, either; every extra dot-
Z you know, coca tho fomo way as my
Itr irouD..
It will bo n sort of pa.
In Itosa's namo l,o told me. truthfully
enough, I daro My, that there nro thou
Bands of Cuban women ns badly In need
of succor as she. Ho says this Is no tlmo
for prlvnto considerations,"
"Quito so," tho doctor nsreed. "'0
hear frightful stories about this now
concentration policy. I can't betlevo
them."
"Oh, I guess they arc true: It Is the
more reason why I must get back at
once," O'Reilly said earnestly.
"This lady who is coming here tontcht
nas influence
With I.nilm.A,. v..
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otic 'poverty i..w. memucr I told you that sho has con-
tnoutea liberally. Sho might help you."
"I'll Imploro her to put in a won' for
me. What Is she?"
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Dining oui, w
Iucky devil!" sal.l
lady!
Gee!
Who
It clean! Iiavo n care ior iuu i
little Inadvertency with tho soup
fnln my prospects for a Job, You
j.nttnd. don't you, that our next
tali Branch when ho had learned of
ff. mnanton's Invitntion. "And to
l!.i & philanthropic old
. ... Mn , m1rf 1I
-..-l. .nn I unci iw i' rfv,..
"-I wish you'd offer to lend mo a clean
iklrt."
Brothers in rovorty
i?iii do it." readily agrcen mo oincr.
mi stake you to my last one. Hut keep
HaVO II IUIU 1UI LIIU V.UUO .1
may
iou un-
Arttand. don't you, tnai our ncxi mcai
ifter th(s one may depend upon this
ihirt'a prosperous nppearanco?" Eranch
ii,td Into his bar and emerged with a
,tifly. laundered shirt done up In n
Cuban newspaper. Ho unwrapped tho
arment and gazed fondly upon It, mur.
nurott. '"TIs n pretty thing. Is It not?"
m. Mertlous had brought on ti violent
coughing' spell, which left him weak and
gjjpinj; but when ho had regained his
treath he went on in tho samo key:
'"Ajaln I solemnly warn you umi urn
ipotless bosom is our uuiwnric agnuisi
poverty. One stain may cut down my
ipaco rates; editors are nn Infeinallv
ftstldlous lot. Fortunately they want
facts about the war In Cuba, and I'm full
cf 'em. I'vo fought in tno ticncnes aim
leant the song of gtapo and canister"
-Grapefruit and canned goods, you
'mean," O'ltellly grinned.
Well. I shall wrlto with both In mind.
The hope of one will stir memoiles of tho
ether. And who Is there to dispute mo?
'At least I know what a battlo should bo
like, and I shall try to thrill my readers
Kith Imaglnaiv combats."
f OT.clIly eyed tho speaker with appro
'datlon. On tho way north ho had learned
to know I.esllo r.raneli and to llko him.
for lie had dlscovctcd that tho man
possessed a rare nnd pleasing peculiarity
of deposition. Ordinarily Iiranch was
titter, irritable, pessimistic; but when his
hick was worst and his fortunes lowest
lie brightened up. It seemed that ho re
acted naturally, automatically, against
misfortune. Certainly his and OTtcllly's
plight upon leaving Cuba had been sulll-
'elently unplcusant, for they wero almost
penniless, and tho Invalid, moreover,
knew that ho was facing a probably fatal
climate; iieerihe!cs, once the wcio at
he had ceased his grumbling, and
A sui pi bed hla traveling companion
assuming a genuinely cheerful mien.
ilea et O'liciuy was noi over ins
amazement, bo could not inako uu his
Malnd whetltc r tho man was animated by
desperate courago or merely by hopeless
resignation. But whatever tho truth,
the effect of this typical perversity had
been most agreeable. And when Losllo
cheerfully volunteered to sharo tho pro
ceeds of his newspaper woik during their
in New Yoik, thus enabling his
friend to eizo the first ehanco of return-
:'tlng to Cuba. Johnnie's affection for him
as cemented. Hut branch's veiy cheer
Jfulness won led liiin; it seemed to betoken
3 that tho fellow was sicker than he would
.jjtonfess.
.a -'itss nrans ,
I mat evening O'ltellly anticipated ins
dinner engagement by a few moments In
order to havo a word alono with
'Alvarado.
"I've seen Cnrlnuez." ho told tho doc
tor, "but ho won't promise to tend mo
through. Ho saj-3 tho Junta is besieged
hr fellows who want to fight for Cuba-
that ho was momentarily at n loss, John
nlo found himself looking Into a pair of
frank grny eyes, and felt his hand seized
by n firm, almost masculine grasp. Miss
Kvatis, according 1 1 his first dazzling Im
pression, was about tho most fetching
rreaturo ho had ever seen nnd about tho
last person by whom any joung man
could bo bored. If she kept cats they
must be pedigreed Persian cats, and well
worth keeping, Johnnie decided. Tho
girl and she was a girl had brought
Into tho room nn electric Mtallty, a
breezlness hard to describe. Her eyes
were humorous nnd Intelligent; her teeth,
which sho seemed always ready to show
in n friendly, generous smile, were strong
nnd whito and sparkling. Altogether sho
was such a vision of healtlrV. unaffected
and smartly gottcn-up youi g womanhood
that O'llollly could only Mnnuner his
acknowledgment of the Introduction, In
wardly berating himself or his awk
wardness, IIo was nwaio of Alvnrudn'n
amusement, and this ndilel tu his embarrassment.
CUfss Evans Interrupted breezily: "It
wasn't nny sacrifice nt all. That's tho
worst of It. Tho salvo I bought was
really for my conscience, If you must
know. I squander altogether too much
on myself." Then, turning to O'ltellly.
"1 loo extravagance, don't you?"
Norinc Makes a lilt
"Hcarly! It's my ono unconquerable
vice." he told her. IIo thought grimly
of the four dollars In his pocket which
iepreented his and Leslie Branch's total
wealth, but It seemed to him that he
was called upon to ngrco with anything
Mls Kv.ins might choose to say,
O'ltellly liked this girl. IIo hnd liked
her tho Instant sho favored him with
her friendly smllo, and so, trusting fatu
ously to his masculine powers of obsct
vatlon, he tried to analyze her. lie could
not guess her nge, for an expeuslo
ladles' tailor can bailie the most dlfectlm
lnatlng ee. Certainly, however, she was
not too old ho had an Idea that she
wotild tell him her exact aga If he asked
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plnyed tho mischief lth his own per
sonal fortunes; ho had not allowed him
self to bo very deeply affected by tho
lights or tho wrongs of either party. Hut
Norinc Uvans took a much deeper and
broader vlow of tho matter. Sho wns
genuinely moved by tho gallant struggle
of tho Cuban people, and when the din
ner was over sho exploded a surprlso
which left both men speechless,
"This settles It with me," sho an
nounced "I'm going down thero."
Alvnrudo stared at her for a moment.
".My dear " ho began.
Hut sho warned him: "Don't argue
with me. You know I detest arguments.
I've been thinking about It for somo time,
and"
"It is qulto Impossible." the doctor do
c'arrd, llnnly; nnd O'ltellly ngrced,
"Of course, you could go to Havana,"
tvilil the latter, "hut you wouldn't bo a.
lowed to seo nn thing."
"I'm going itsiht to the Insurrectos
with you."
"With mo!" O'ltellly could not conceal
his lack of enthusiasm. "I don't know
that the Junta will take me."
"They will if I ask them."
Alvarado Inquired, "What ever put
such a ridiculous Idea Into your head?"
Tho girl, laughed. "It's the only kind
of IdeuH I have. Hut thcro are ten thou
sand teasons why I want to go. In th.
Ilrst place, I fairly itch to give pills.
You Kiy the rebels hao no hospitals, no
nurses "
The Junta
the be!t wo can,
with our
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"Well, slio'8 my pet nurse "
"A nurse!" O'Helhy eyes opened
wide. "A nurse, with money! I didn't
know thero was such a .hlng."
"Neither did I. Thc'io rarer even
than rich doctors," Alvarado acknowl
edged. "But, you sec, nursing is merely
Miss Evans's avocation, She's ono of tho
few wealthy women I know who havo
real Ideals, and live up to them."
The Dinner
"Oh, sho has a 'mission'!" Johnnie's
Interest In Doctor Alvarado's other guest
fell away, and his tono Indicated as
much. As tho doctor was about to leply
tho linging of tho doorbell summoned
him away.
O'Reilly had met women with Meals,
with purposes, with avocat'ons, nnd his
opinion of them was low. Women who
had "mission!)" wero nlw.iys tiresome, ho
had discovered. This one. It appeared,
was unusual only In that sho had
adopted a particularly exacting form of
charitable work. Nursing, even as a
rich woman's diversion, must bo anything
but ngreeablo. O'ltellly pictured this
Evans person in his mind a large, plain,
elderly creature, obsessed with Impracti
cal Ideas of uplifting tho masses! Sho
would undoubtedly boro lilm stiff with
stoiles of her woik; sho would reproach
him with neglect of his duties to the
huffcilng. Johnnie was too poor to bo
ohnritnblo and too deeply engrossed nt
tho moment with hli own troubles to caro
anything whatever about tho "masses."
And sho was a "miss." That meant that
she woro thick, glasses and probably
kept cats.
A ringing laugh from the cramped hall
way Interrupted these reflections; then
a moment later Doctor Alvarado was In
troducing O'ltellly to a oung woman so
Altogether, Miss Evans was such a Tision of healthy, unaffected and
bmartly gottcn-up oun womanhood that O'Keilly could only stammer
his acknowledgment of the introduction.
completely out of the plctuio, so utterly
ind of course I don't. "When I appealed tho opposlto of his preconceived notions,
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"Tho doctor has told mo nil about you."
Miss Evans addressed Johnnlo ocr her
shoulder as sho laid off her furs and u
stylish llttlo tin ban lint. "I'm dying to
hear what happened on our trip."
"So mil I," confessed Alvarado, "You
know, Mr. O'ltellly has seen my broth
ers." ,
'Laying Plans
"You men must go right ahead and talk
ns If I weren't hero. I won't Interrupt,
except with a few Ivas or carambas or
What are somo other lady-llko Spanish
exclamations?"
"Thero uien't ery many," Johnnlo
acknowledged, "I alwnh tiy to hwear in
English."
Alvarado placed an nffectlonato hand
upon Miss Evans's shoulder. 'O'ltellly,
this girl has done more for Cuba than
any of us. Sho has spent a small for
tuno for medical supplies," said he.
"Thoso poor men must live on quinine,"
tho girl exclaimed. "Any ono who can
bear to take tho stuff ,pught to havo all
ho wants. I'vo a perfect passion for giv
ing pills."
"Oh, you may Joko about it. All tho
same. If otheis would mako tho same
sacrifice "
hor. 'Whllo ho could not call her beauti
ful, she was something immensity better
sho was alive, human, interesting, and
Intel estcil, Tho fact that sho did not
take her "mlj.slon" ovpn-erlotisly proved
that she was also sensible beyond most
women. Yes, that was It Norina Kvaus
was n peifci.tly sensible unspoiled young
person, who allowed tho admlrablo effects
of clean living and clean thinking coupled
with a normal, sturdy constitution.
O'ltellly told himself that hero was a
girl who could pour tea, nurse a sick
man or throw a baseball.
The Decision
And sho was as good us her promise.
Sho dM nut lutitiupt when, dining din
ner, Ahnrado ted Johnnlo to talk about
his latest experience in Cuba, but, on the
lontrury, her unflagging luteiest Inducea
O'ltellly to address his talk moro often
to her than to tho doctor. Ho soon dis
covered that she understood tho Cuban
situation as well as or better than he,
and that her sympathies wero keen.
When sho did speak It, was to ask intel
ligent questions, somo of which, by the
way, It taxed O'Reilly's wits to answer
satisfactory. Heretofore, Johnnie had
looked upon the war primal lly as an un-
' Wo do
equipment "
"Well, I'll supply better equipment,
and I'll handle It myself. I'm In earnest
You sha'n't stop me."
O'llellH was uncomfortably uwaro ot
the speaker's determination; protests had
no effect upon her; her clear checks had
Hushed, her cis wore dancing. Evi
dently hero was a girl who did very much
as she chose.
"Yon don't ic.UUc what you nro say
ing," he told her, graely. "You'd have
to go as a llliliuster. nn some decrepit, un
.stawoith ft lighter loaded to tho guards
ami crowded with men of nil sorts. It's
'il'ingerous business, tunning tho Spanish
blockade. If captured you would bo
tieatcd just like tho rest of us."
"Lovely We'd land in small boats
somo dark night. Maybo we'd lvivo a
light,"
"And If you got through, what then?
I.lfo In a bark hut, with nothing to cat.
Hugs! Snakes! Hardships!"
"That decides me. I eat too much
Doctor Alvarado tells me I do. I adore
huts, and I don't seriously object lo In
sects." The physician stirred uneasily. "It's
cteily ubsurd," he expostulated, "Some
women might do It, but ou're not tho
sort. You nio p.mlon me n most at
tiaetlM" joung person. You'd bo tliiown
an ug inugli men."
".Mr. O'Hi-'llj will look out for me.
Hut for that matter I mn take care of
myself. Oh, It's of no use tiylng to dls
euurago me. I nlwa.s lmve my own way;
I'm completely spoiled."
"Your family will never consent,"
O'ltelllj entuicd; whereupon Miss Evans
laughed.
"I haven't such a thing. I'm alono and
uneucumbeiod. No girl was ever so for
tunate. Hut wait I'll sctlo this wholo
thing In a minute," She quitted tho'
table, mn to Alv.lrado's telephone, and
called a number,
' She's after Em iiUC2," groaned the
lihjsliiaii. "llo'h weak; bo can't lefiiso
her an. thing."
"I don't want a woman on my hands,"
O'llel'.ly whispered, fiercely. "Suppose
sho got sick? tlood Lord! I'd havo to
nurso her." Ho wiped a sudden molsturo
lrom tils brow.
"Oh, sho won't get sick. She'll prob
ably nurse you and and all the other
men. You'll like It, too, and you will
all fall In love with her everybody does
and stmt fighting among ourselves.
There! Sho has Enrique. Listen."
THE STOKY THUS FAR
JOHNNIE O'REILLY, more commonly known as TltE O'REILLY, tiM
fallen in lore with ROSA VAHQN'A, one of the orphans of DON
ESTEUAN VARONA, a wealthy slave owner and sugar planter of Cuba.
Don Estehan had hoarded n vast fortune in precious stones, old Spanish
coins nnd modern currency in n secret chnmher at the bottom of well.
In building Ihls well lie was assisted by SEBASTIAN, a faithful slave, the
only other person to snare the secret.
When Don Estebun's Ilrst wife died he became the target for many match
makers, who knew vaguely of his hidden fortune. DONA ISABEL suc
ceeded in becoming the second wife nnd immediately set about intriguing
to learn nf the fortune. Unplug to get information from Sebastian., she
succeeds in having his daughter KYANCELINA sold. The slave, infuriated,
murders his master nnd several others before he Is shot. Thus in a few
minutes the only two persons who know the whereabouts of the fortune
are killed.
Isabel tries vainly to get information from I'ANCIIO CUETO, the
manager of the plantations. Instead, he threatens to claim the estate as
his because Don Estehan left no deeds to the property. That night Isabel
falls into the well nnd is drowned. She is rescued by ESTEBAN, Rosa's
brother and a spy for Colonel Lopez, the leader of the Cuban insurrec
tionists. Pancho Cueto finds a letter with information which Estehan had
dropped and turns it over to the authorities. Rosa and Estehan then escape
tip the valley to the hut of Evangelina. their old nurse.
O'Reilly, back in New York at the office of the firm which he repre
sented in Cuba, anxiously awaits information from his sweetheart. His
many letters do not bring a reply until months later, when Rosa tells
him of the misfortunes that have befallen since he left Cuba. O'Reilly
determines to rescue his beloved, and for that purpose calls upon Mr.
Enriquez, head of the Cuban junta in New York, who helps him to return
to the tropic island. There O'ltellly, in common with other Americans, is
HUsncctrd. and he attempts, to foul his hotelkeeper by stating that he came
to Cuba for his rheumatism. After conferring with a Dr. Alvarado, O'Reilly
moves on to Puerto Principe, nearer the scene of action, where he meets
Leslie Branch, an American consumptive. tring to get cured or killed.
In the meantime, Estcban has been harnssing Pancho Cueto by burning
his sugar fields. The latter goes to Colonel Cobo, in charge of the Spanish
troops, with the proposition that in return for exterminating Eateban and
his guerrillas the colonel can have Itosa. Cobo agrees, and they attack the
hut while Estebsn is away on nii'ither r"M. B"t he returns with his men
in time to save his sister and drite the Spaniards off. The hut is in ashes
and the party sets off for a safer refuge.
Plans to get O'Reilly into the rebel lines fail, and he and Leslie Branch
are compelled to leae tho countr.
Yaleriano Weyler, known as "Weylcr the Butcher," arrives and takes
charge of the situation nnd orders nil Cubans concentrated in the cities.
Realizing what this means, Itosa nnd Estehan refuse to enter Matanzas, espe
cially in iew of Cobo's designs upon the girl. They decide to risk death by
capture than to go to certain death voluntarily. While Estcban's raiders are
returning home from an expedition they suddenly come upon a band of Span
ish soldiers. Esteban is badly hurt in the fierce fight which ensues in the
dark. When he fails to return home after several days Rosa finally
consents to enter the concentration camp at Matanzas with Evangelina and
Asensio. The three arc on the point of death by starvation.
Back in New York, O'Reilly calls upon Aharado and Enriquez, heads
of the Cuban junta, and tells them of his failure. Alvarado invites O'Reilly
to dinner, at which he is to meet u young woman actively interested in
the rebels' cause.
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Johnnie shlveied apprehensively at the
directness with which Miss Evans put
her lequest. "You understand, I want to
go and seo for myself," sho was saying.
"If you need medicines, I'll give them
bushels of tho nastiest stuff I can buy.
I'll oiganlze n field hospital., Oh.
very well, call it n blibe. If you like.
Anyhow, I've fully determined to go. and
.Mr O'ltellly has volunteered to take caio
of me. He's chaimed with tho Idea."
Miss Evans giggled. "That means you'll
havo to take him along, too."
Thcro followed a puuso during which
tho two men exchanged dismayed
glances.
She Persists
"She doesn't seem to cute what &ii&
says," O'ltellly mui muled. "Hut I'll puv
a flea In Euilquez's ear."
"Put in it wilting, please." There was
nnqthcr wait. "Now i ead It to me.
(Jood!" Miss Evans fairly pun id over
tho telephone. "Send It to tno by mes
senger right away, that's a deur. I'm nt
Doctor Alvarado's house, nnd ho'-s beside
himself with Joy. Thanks, awfully.
You're so nice." A moment, and sho wa
back in the dining-room facing her two
friends u. picture of triumph. "You
havo nothing moie to say about It," she
gloated. "'The Provisional (!oernment
of Cuba, through Its New York repre
sentative, extends to Miss Noiino Evans
an limitation to visit Its temporal y head
quaitcrs In tho Sierra de somethlng-or-other,
and deems It uu honor to have bet
as Its guest so long as she wishes to
ti'iiuihi thcie. It requests that all mil
itaiy and civil otllccrs affoid her every
lafcty and convenience within her
power.' That's virtually what Mr. En
ilquez read to inc. In fifteen minutes It
will be hero in black and white. Now
then, let's celebiatc."
Sho executed a danco step, proucttcd
mound tho room, then plumped herself
down Into her chair. Sho rattled her cup
and saucer noisily, crying, "Kill them up,
Doctor uioom. Let's dilnk to Cuba
Llbi e."
Johnnie managed to smile as he raised
his demi-tasse. "Here's to my success
us a chaperon," said he. "I'm disliked by
the Spaniards, and now the Cubans will
hate me. I can see happy days ahead."
CHAPTER XV
FILIBUSTERS
LKSLJE BRANCH was asleep when
t O'ltellly returnee, to their room, but
he awoke HUfllclcntly to listen to the tat
ter's breathless account of tho dinner
party.
"I'm rattled," Johnnie confessed. -"Why,
that girl Just bounced right Into tho mid
dle of everything, and and I can't
bounce her out again."
"You say she's young, and pretty, and
rich?" Leslie was Incredulous.
"Y-yts! All of that."
"L'm-in! Doctor Atvurudo must mix
u good cocktail."
"Why?"
"Because you're drunk and delirious.
They don't come that way, rpy boy. When
they're rich they're old and ugly."
"I tell you this girl Is young and
stunning."
"Of course she is," Branch agreed,
soothingly. ".Now. go to sleep and don't
think any moro about her, there's a
good boy! Everything will bo all right
In the morning. Perhaps It never hap
pened, pei haps you didn't meet uny
woman at all." Thu speaker yawned and
turned oiT.
"Don't be an ass," Juhnule c,rled, lm
paticntl). "What aro we going to do
with a woman on our hands?"
"We? Don't divide her with me. What
are ou going to do? The truth Is plain,
tills Miss Evans Is in love with you and ,
j on don't know It. Sho sees In you her
soul mate. Well, If you don't want her,
I want her. I'll eat her medicine. I'll,
even marry the poor old soul. If bhe's
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