??fwjmwXF7mmrryr? mm i'" TVl - - ' W& : Wtt" -s . EVENING IEDGER-PHIIiADELPHIA, WEDNESPAY, NOVEMBEl 21, 19l7 . J V. ,' J W.I THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY o A PENNSYLVANIA i?K Samuel W. Pennypacker STs&Y-ft fbnnsvfvctmas 'Most- Zealous Wm$ki&& cor..h, lit. i., rbu. . r comMn. " EnerAoiic Go T lncn who influenced Governor Pcnnyji imndfatlicr, Joseph Whitaker, at the left, grandiau whItnkerf hla moth(.r.8 broth( packer were his and Joseph It. brother CHAPTER II (Continued) ttERY ear'y in llfo I kegan to winder. In Rhoadcs's woods along Vthe French Creek could bo found in the spring the hepatica, tho memone, the spring beauty, the saxifrage, the American spicewood, He sassafras nnd the slippery elm. At Black Rock, a bluff along tho Schuylkill, more than n mile away, grew tho columbine. Alone I strayed through the woods getting a quiet and unanalyzcd enjoyment from the beauties of form and color, while learning to seek the tasto of the spice and the sassafras and to avoid that of the smartweed ud the Indian turnip. In the fall, rising at daybreak, I always Mthercd, huncu, urieu aim pui. away m me ion u store ot walnuts ,.j sUCh butternuts and shcllbarks as could be secured. When my WB . .-it. . It...... n ...r. 1,-. .. -1.1 1 t .. younger brother, Henry C, was three years old and I was seven he hd a dangerous attack of fever and I did harm by dropping a bag . walnuts which I was lugging up the steps from the garret to the loft. I learned to skate on a pair of skates which cost fifty cents at Samuel Moses's store, and made great progress forward and back v,rd and in cutting rings on the ice by throwing one foot across the ether. Thereupon a generous undo, Joseph R. Whitaker, gave me a handsome and expensive pair of skates bought in Philadelphia, but (he metal was soft. I could not discard them, and I never skated io well afterward. We made sleds with the staves of rejected bar rels and when a painted sled came from the city with iron on tho twiners it was a wonder and I waB envied by all of the boys. In tho summer we went to the "Gut," which ran between an island in tho French Creek and the mainland, to swim. It was the fashion to go barefoot, and the boy who did not was rather despised as a weak ling. I hid my shoes and stockings behind an oak tree and followed the flock. Along the bank of tho creek it went well enough with a bttle care, but when we crossed a field of wheat stubble there was a lioy in trouble. On an occasion when playing "tickly benders" on the thin ice of the canal the ice gave way and I fell into the water and vas wetted from head to foot. Scrambling out, I went to the fur naces of the Chester County Iron Works, shipped off my clothes and dinced about naked in front of a furnace until they were dried. At home the mishap was not reported. An Ailing Child When very young I was frequently ill and had sores around my mouth. I w'as dosed with flowers of sulphur mixed in molasses, with Husband's sulphate of magnesia, recommended as tasteless, with jalap mixed in currant jelly to make it palatable, and occasionally with castor oil. With the measles I had a high fever and in one night as bled three times, tho cicatrixes remaining upon my arniB. Common sense is as important a quality in nursing as in all the other affairs of life. If some one of my attendants had been wise enough to remove the parti-colored counterpane from the bed It would have meant much. These colors coiled up into serpents. How important is the soothing voice of a motherly woman! Aunt Ann, the wife of my uncle, James Pennypacker, herself a Penny packer and one of the sweetest souled women who ever lived, gath ered me into her arms, crooned over me with soft song, succeeded in putting me to sleep and perhaps saved me. When I was eight years of age my brother John died at tho age of eleven. He was an Intelligent boy who had read much and was doing mensuration and bookkeeping. Tho event hnd one permanent effect upon me. I had been in the habit of using profanity and then determined to cease. I grew accustomed to expressing feeling without expletives nnd have never sinco upon any occnslon given utterance to them. About tho same time, during a time of excitement over tho temperance ques tion, 1 signed perhaps twenty pledges, carried around by tho chil dren, never to use nny intoxicating liquor. This, too, became a habit unbroken until I was thirty-fivo years of age, but which finally yielded to the dinner customs of the city. While not robust, I must have been endowed with vitality, because energy was always exhibited nnd the obstacles to which many children yielded were not sufficient to deter me from doing what I had undertaken. I planted the peas in the garden and my mother depended upon me to gather the pods. My father brought to me from my Grandfather Pennypacker u cabbage plant and 1 watered it every night. He brought me later four chickens and at the end of tho second summer I had more than 1200, let no nest escape mo and gathered the eggs. I found my way to n seemingly inaccessible tree, which bore black cherries, by getting on to the rail of a pale fence, clambering into another tree, one of whose limbs crossed over from the tree I wanted to reach, and then by following this natural bridge. At School When what was called the hen fever, a wild speculation in fancy chickens, spread over the country, an uncle, George W. Whitaker, paid $20 for a dozen Shanghai eggs, and not knowing what to do with them gave them to me. Four chickens were hatched. As they grew their enormous size and feathered legs were an astonishing thing. As the fever abated I bold the eggs for $'J a dozen. Every fruit tree and nut tree within a mile, with its comparative merit and the way to reach its store, was known to me. I raised broods of white rabbits. The bchool kept by Mrs. Hcilig had only a brief existence and I was then sent to the public school in a stone building since converted vcrnor into dwellings upon Tunnel Mill. Among the teachers were John Sherman, who made of me a pet, and a man named Knglish. It was a rough experience. Tho vacant lot adjoining was called "Bullys' Acre" and on it the toughs of the town settled their personal con troversies. Tho pupils were tho sons of the Irish workmen, who pud dled iron and drove carts about the mills, and they were divided into two factions the "Clinkers" and the "Bleeders," who fought pitched battles with each other with stones and other missiles. I belonged to the "Bleeders." I fought three fist fights with a stock boy named John Bradley, and I think hnd rather the worst of it, though offi cially the battles were decided to be a draw. Years later I gave him n license to sell liquor in Philadelphia. More than one of thcbe boys in later life went to prison and others have won Mibstantinl suc cesses. Among them were Mickey McQuadc, Johnnie McCullogh, Barney Green, the Sullivans and tho Mulllns, among whom the last two families reached respectable social standing. Green had a pretty sister, Annie, with a taste for vocal music, who became a teacher and married in Chicago. Tunnel Mill was naturally the prettiest part of tho town, being on the high ground between the French Creek and the Schuylkill River, When the village was small a butcher from near Kimbcrton named John Vandcrslicc bought it as a farm. Mo was hard, coarse and selfish. On it he built littlo houses and sold them to the lnborcrs for such cash as they could pay, taking mortgages for the balance. Every few years the iron trade became dull and the mills closed. Then he foreclosed the mortgages. When trade revived he sold the houses to another set of Irishmen. By repeating the process he grew rich. Mis boys went barefoot and worked at day labor. His wife and daughters did the washing. Me made a trip around tho world and left them nt home. Ho paid the expense of printing a boo' of his travels, mainly the names of the towns and the dates when he reached them. Before he died, not trusting the regard of those around him. he bought a monument and had it properly inscribed and erected in the cemetery. It was among the sons of the tenants and purchasers from John Vandorslice that I i I l ' P I "wWMWPWMWW BE!V m jr. 1B1B1B1BI . i w'toi XiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiK?tLl i diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHT iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH pftvaal .jiflHK ivffHBjiiiiiiiiiiiiiHBjHHl $m IiiiiiiiiiiiiBHHHliliiiiiiiHHBnHHVI vSS 99mBJMiXJKi!M!''i ' $1 jflfASHKi ?$2K&tmk A wM XHLi09isHHnHBK9r.f$&? "jHjKkHri VI .w Wcrnwag's iron bridge over the Pickering at Moore Hall, Chester County, Pa. Governor Penny packer's mother, Anna Maria Whitaker Pennypacker. This is a reproduction of the sketch made by Williams, of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, for a large painting. was now thrown into daily companionship. It did me no harm, but on the contrary was beneficial. Every child is helped by playing for a part of the day in the mud. Every man ought to increase his experiences and grow to the extent of his capabilities, but ho ought ever to have his feet upon the ground. Thoae people on Tunnel Hill had great regard for my father, and they have always been staunch friends of mine. When I was a candidate for the Governorship Tunnel Hill, for the first time in its history, voted with the Republic ans, and an old Irish woman living there still keeps the cradle in which I was rocked. At this school I learned all of the rules of Smiti t Grammar and I find firmly imbedded in my mind the propositions t-'iat "a noun is the name of a person, place or thing," "a pronoun is a word used instead of a noun," "prepositions govern the objective case," "active transitive verbs govern the objective case" and the like. I committed to memory the geography of the world from Mitchell's Atlas and could not be overcome by Cape Severo Vostochnoi (now called Cape Chelyuskin, the northernmost point of Siberia) or the Yang-tse-Kiang River. On one occasion, when there was an examination and none of the boys except myself appeared, I gave, before an audience, the bounds of each of the United States, named its capital, two prin cipal towns and tvo principal rivers. I learned to cipher in Vogdes'fl arithmetic as far as cube root. Among the brightest boys in the school wore John M. Mullen, who afterward studied medicine, and Andrew J. Sullivan, a hunchback. Among the pupils about this period were some Indian boys and girls. A tribe came from Canada and encamped along the Pickering Creek in Schuylkill township, and there the boys, who were very skillful, shot with bows and arrows at a dime fixed in a pole and the girls made very neat baskets. When the weather grew too cold for tent life they rented a house on 'h nnel Hill and both boys and girls came to school. At ten years of age I went to school in the PresbyteVian Church on the south side of the creek to a Miss Agnes McClure, who after ward married a clerk named Hughes in the office of the iron com pany and became the mother of Dr. William E. Hughes, of Philaaol jhia, and to a Mrs. Wallace, and there made a beginning In tha studv of French. (CONTINUED TOMOKROW) RAINBOW'S END By REX BEACH Author of "The Spoilers," "The tf5 Barrier," "Heart of the Sunset" A novel of love, hidden treasure and rebellion in beautiful, mys terious Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against Spain. Cop right, 101T, l!nrpr Bros. CHAPTER XV (Continued) pAMOS led his three charges to the rall- Av :oad fctutlon nnd Into tho rear coach t a south-bound train, where tho other members ot the expedition had already found seats. As thev climbed aboard, a $'' &eret Servlco agent essayed to follow them, but he was stopped by a brakeman, who said: "Sou can't tide In here: this Is a special tar. Some sort of a picnic party. They're "wops' or Greeks or Bomethlnc." All.-.. Aft An, I. .ah ..ln ntt.mntAll tft tn. 'JRsvad the privacy of that rear coach after ra till train had gotten under way wore also denied. Meanwhile tho filibusters cast 'I reitralnt aside and for tho flrbt time In- ?' ttrmlngled freely. . The Start Evening came, then night, and still tho party was Jerked along at tho tall of the. .. .- ... ..-.. .!-. 'iirain wunout a Hint as to us aeauiimiuu. , About midnight thoso who were not doz ; Ins noted that they had stopped at an obscure plno-wooda junction, and that p when the train got under way onco more " ithelr own car did not move. Tho ruse was now apparent; owing to tho lateness of the hour It was doubtful If any ono I In the forward coaches was awaro that 1 the train was lighter by ono car. i, There was a brief delay; then a loco : motive crept out from a siding, coupled up to the landing car, and drew It off i" ,"Pon another track. Soon the "excursion ipftrty" was being rushed swiftly toward 'nt tie coast, Borne twenty miles away. ;-' Major Ramos came down the aisle 'Slaughlng and spoke to his American pto- $ts. V, ". what do you think of that, en; "Imagine tho feelings of those good dep. $.Uty marshals when they wake up. I bet V writ rub their eyes." ,f Miss Evans bounced excitedly In her j .wat; she clapped her hands. k "Yntl mnut ImuA rlanrin In lllch Places," O'Uellly grinned, and the Cuban agreed. "Yts, I Durnoselv drew attention to ua ; In Charleston whllo our ship was load- j lr. Bhe'a ready and waiting for ua ji now; and by daylight we ought to be ,V kafely out to sea. Meanwhile the Daunt- k less has weighed anchor and la ateamlng rt Wrth; followed, I hope, by all the revnuo liS """ iiereuuouis. At Sea m n was the darkest time Cf the night 1 WTlfn 41.n nHn.lnl A..-I.. ......... In a .inn --. ,, OtJCtiUI II Kill VU1IHJ HJ O.vf t a bridge spanning one of the deep OUthern rivers. In tlin stream below. M1ly outlined In tha gloom, lay the' Fair l,"y, a umall tramp steamer; her crew , up and awake. The 'new arrlvuls .hurried aboard, and within a halt With daylight, caution gave way to luute, and the rusty little tramp began to dilvo forward for all bIio was worth. She cleared tho threo-mlle limit tafcly and then turned south. Not a craft was In sight; not a tmudge of smoko discol ored the skyline. It had been a trying night for the fili busters, and when the low coaatllno was dropped ahtern they began to think ot Hleep. Brcukfast of a twt was berved on deck, after which those favored ones who had berths sought them, while their less fortunate companions stretchd out wherever they could find a place. Cuba Johnnie O'ltcllly was not one of thos8 who slept; he was too much elated. Al ready ho cou(d Bee the hills of Cuba doz ing behind their purplo veils; In fancy he felt the fierce whtto heat from clobe walled streets, and scented the odors t "mangly" swamps. Ho heard tho cease less Blghlng of royal palms. How he had hungered for It all; how ho had raged at his delays! Cuba's spell was upon him; ho knew now that he loved the Island, and" that ha would never feel at rest on other soli. It had seemed to small a matter to re turn; It had seemed so easy to seek out Koba and to savo her! Yet the days had grown Into weeks; tho weeks bad aged Into months. Well, ho had done his best; ha had never rested from the moment of Rosa'a first appeal. Her enemies had foiled him once, but there would be no turning back this time rather a firing siuad or a dungeon In Cabanas than that. O'Reilly had taken his bitter medicine as becomes a man ho had maintained a calm, if not a cheerful, front; but now that every throb of tho propeller bora him closer to hts heart's desire he felt a growlnr Jubilation, a mounting restless noss that waa hard to master. Hi pulse was pounding; his breath swelled In his lungs. Sleep? That wob for those who merely risked their Uvea for Cuba. Hunger? No food could batlsfy a starv ing soul. Itest? He would never rest until he held Rosa Vdrona in his arms. This rusty, sluggish tub waa standing . still! Preparing for the Spaniards Into the midst of his preoccupation Norlne Evana forced herself, announcing, breathlessly: "Oh, but I'm excited! They're hoisting a cannon out of the hold and putting it together, so that we can fight If we have to." "Now don't you wish you'd stayed at home7" O'Reilly smiled at her. "dood heavens, no! I'm having the time of my life. I nearly died of curiosity at first until I found Major Ramoa'a "Hmm! You found It, all light, llo appears to be completely conquered." "I -I'm nfrald so," tho girl acknowl edged, with a little grimace. "You'd think he'd never been a woman before. He's very Intenbo. Very!" "You don't e.pect me, as your chap eron, to approve of your behavior? Why, you've been flirting outingeously." "I had to flirt a little: I simply had to know what was going on. Hut I fixed him." "Indeed'.'" "I couldn't let him spoil my fun, could 1? Of course not. Well, I put a damper on him. 1 told him about you about us." O'Reilly was puzzled. "What do jou mean?" ho Inquired. "You won't bo angty, will you? When he waxed romantic I told him ho had come Into my llfo too late. I confebsed that I was lu love with another man with you." As her hearer diew back In dismay Miss Evans added, quickly, "Oh,, don't bo f lightened; that Isn't half " "Of course you're Joking," Johnulo stammered. KngaRcd! "Indeed I'm not. I thought it would discourage him. but It didn't. So I told him a whopper. I bald wo were en gaged." The speaker tittered. She was delighted with herself. "Engaged? To bo man led?" "Certainly! I'eople aren't engaged to go fishing, are they? I had to tell him something; ho was getting positively feveilah. If ho'd kept It up I'd have told him we were secretly married." "This may be funny," the young man said stiffly, "but I don't beo It." "Oh, don't look so glum! I'm not going to hold you to It. you know. Why" Miss Evans' bantering manner ceased and she said earnestly: "Doctor Alvarado told me your story, and I thjnk It's splen did. I'm going to help you find that littlo Rosa, If you'll let me. You wcro thinking about her whon I came up, weren't you?" Johnnie nodded. "You might talk to me about her, If you care to." O'Reilly's voice was husky and low as ho said; "I daren't trust myself. I'm afraid. She'a so young, so sweet, bo beautiful and these are wartimes. I'm almost afraid to think " Norlne saw her companion's checks blanch slowly, saw his laughing eyes grow grave, saw the muscular brown hand upon the rail tighten until the knuckles were white; Impulsively she laid her palm over his. "Don't let. yourself worry," she said. "If money would buy her safety you i.m lmvA nil flint T linvn. Just bo bruvo and true and patient and you'll find her. I'm sure ydu will. And In the meantlmo dnn't mind my frivolity; It's Juxt my way. You bee, this Is my first tasto of life, and It bus gone to my head." CHAPTER XVI THE CITY AMONG THE LEAVES TIIK night was moonlus-! nnd warm. An Impalpable hazo dimmed tho Btar glow; only the diffused Illumination ot the open sea enabled the passengers of the Fair Play to Identify that blacker darkness on the horizon ahead of them as land. The ship herself was no moro than a formless blot stealing through the gloom, and savo for the phosphoies cence at bow and stern no light betrayed her presence, not even so much as tho Hare of a match or the coal from a cigar or cigarette. Orders of tho strictest had been Issued nnd tho expedlclonorlos gath ered along the rails wero not inclined to disregard them, for only two nights be fore tho Fair IMay, In splto of every precaution, had shoved her nose falily into a hornets' nest and had managed to escape only by virtue of the dailcness nnd the speed of her engines. She had approached within a mile or two of the prearranged landing placo when over the mangroves had flared the blinding white light of a Spanish patrol boat; like a thief surprised at his work the tramp had turned tall and fled, never pausing until she lay safo among the Bahama Banks. Seeking the Channel Now she was feeling her way back, some distance to the westward. Mujor Ramos was on the bridge with tho cap tain. Two men were taking boundlnga In a blind search for that steep wall which forms the side of the old Bahama Chan nel. When the lead finally gave them warn ing, the Fair Play lost her headway and came to a stop, rolling lazily; In tho htlence that ensued Leslie Branch's recur rent cough barked loudly. "They're afraid to go closer, on account of the reef," O'Reilly explained to his companions. "That must be It that I hear," Norlne ventured. "Or maybe It's Just tha roar ing in my ears." "Probably the latter," said Branch. "I'm scared stiff. I don't like reefs. Ar there any sharks In these waters?" "Plenty." "Well, I'm glad I'm thin." the sick man murmured. Major Ramos spoke In a low tone from tha durkness 'above, calling for a volun teer boat's crew to reconnoUer nnd to look for an opening through the reef. Till: KTOIIY TIU'S KAI .IOIIN.MF: ('lti:il.!.V, more riiniiuniily kniinti na TIIK O'H r.ll.l.Y. Iin fnllrn In lnf ultli HOS.V .mN., one of the orphan of DON RSTUIIAN V.MSONA. wrnllliy l- owner anil xUKiir planter of Culm, Don ltrltnn IibiI hoarded 11 in.l i (irlu lie In prerloni. (.tones otil "qiHiilnli rnln nnd modern rurrenry In u -erret rlinmlier nl (lie bottom of n m ell. He im Kmlteil In liiiUiUmr till" uell lv Selmntlnn, n faithful nIh the only other pernti tn ivlinre the nerret. Don i;tetnn nmrrlnl n eerond time, anil the I)ONN. ISAIIIX, the euereoful iioimn, liuil heroine lil wife In the hopeH of Inheriting the fortune. Hut when Sehaiitlun turned upon III" nmMer nnd killed him, running IM until n liullet throunh Mi hlurk hruln laid him low, the imirltlnatloiiH of Isabel nettled the erret of the. treasure' hlillnir place fnreter. Later l-abel. her in I nil turned ax n rraiilt ot hrondlne mer the trenmtre, n hilled hy falling Into the well. At till time the ('iiliitm. Here rlnlnic In renlt aRalnit Npalu. Johnnie, hn represented a New York Arm In Culm, had returned to New York temporarily before MnhelV death. KbTKIlAN, Itona'x brother, wan a rebel py nnd the Inn orphan ttere compelled to flee Into the wlldrrnm. They obtained refuse In the hut of llVANOr.f.INA. Srbnullan'a daiiEhter. I'ANCHO flllTO, Don Ktehau' old manager. Is now In complete rnntrol of the property and leads net era! parlies In 'a nln attempt to do awny ulth the two 'nunc people who still stand In his path. Ksteban falls In return from a raid, and Itnsa Is compelled to co to the concentra tion camp ut Miitanin to keep from Murdnir. Mriuiuhllc, O'ltellly lias made aln effort to eel to the rebel lines. Ills' first trip In Cuba failed, and now be has Joined a Jiintn tinder command of .Major Kamns. With him are I.KMI.Ii; IlKANCII, a ton iptle newspaper tnrrespontlent, and NOItlNIJ i:.NM, a rich jotinu woman In sympathy with the rebels, who made the Jutilu possible. yards, and the Fair Play was lost to view; but, keeping his face set toward that Inky horizon, O'Reilly guided his bout perhaps u half-mile nearer befoie ordering his ciew to cease rowing. Now through tho stillness came a low, slow, pulsating whisper, the voice of the bar- iter leef. The trade-wlndH had died with tho sun, and only the gentlest ground-swell was tunning; nevertheless, when the boat drew furthor in the sound Increabed alarmingly, and soon a white breaker btroak showed dimly wheie tho coral teeth of tho reef hit through. The Opening There was a long night's work ahead; time pressed, and so O'Reilly altered hlb course and cruised along outside the white water, urging his crew to lustier strokes. It was haphazard work, this search for an opening, and every hour of delay Increased the danger of discovery. A mile two miles It seemed like ten to the taut oarsmen, and then a black hiatus of still water showed In the phos phorescent foam. O'Reilly explored It piofcsslonul men, rlerkn, clsarmukers, and the like; few of them had ever dune hard manual labor; yet they fell to their tihkn willingly enough. While they worked a plow watch with night glasses was maintained fiom tho bridge. Safely Landed O'ltellly took the (list loud through tho teef, and discharged It upun a bandy beach. No one heetued to know posi tively whether this was the mainland or some key; and theie wab no time for ex ploration; In either event, there wan no cholco of action. Every man tumbled overboard and waded ushoio with a pack ing case; ho diopped this In the wand above high-tide mark, and then lan back for another. It was swift, hot work. From the darkness on each side came the sounds of other boat crews blmlluily en gaged. Johnnie wux back alongblde the ship and ready for a becond cargo before the last tender had bet out upon Its first trip, and then for bevcral hours this slavish activity contlnjicd. Some crews lost themselves lu the gloom, fetched up on briefly; then he turned back toward the the reef, and were forced to dump their ship. When he had gone as far as fit. dared, he lit a lantern and, shielding Its rays from the shore with his coat, flushed It seaward. After a short Interval a dim red eye winked out of tho blacknesa. O'Reilly steered for It. Soon he and his crew were aboard and the ship was groping her way toward the break In the reef. Meanwhile, her deck became a scene of feverish activity; out from her hold came cases of ammuni tion and medical supplies; the field-piece on the bow was hurriedly dismounted; freight into the foam, trusting to salvage It when daylight came. Every one was wet to the skin; bodies steamed In the heat; men who had pulled at oars until their hands were raw and bleeding cursed and groaned at their own fatigue. But there was little shirking; those whose strength completely failed them dropped In the sand and rested until, they could resume their labors. Daylight was coming when the lust boat cast off and the Fair Play, with a hoarBe triumphant blast of her whistle, faded into the north, her part In the expedition tha small boats, of which there wero an Refore the wordi wero out of his mouth 'extra number, wero Bwung out, with the at an end O'Reilly hud offered himself. lesult that when the Fair Play had O'Reilly bore Norlne Evans ashore In Ten minutes later he found himself at maneuvered as cloto as she daied every- his arms, and when he placed her feet tho steering oar ot one tha ship's life- thing was In readiness. upon Cuban soil she hugged him, crying: boats, heading shoreward.' A hundred , Many of these ebtpedlclunarlos were "Wo fooled them, Johnnie! But If U hadn't been for you we'd have turned back. The captain was afraid of tha reef." "I don't mind telling ou I was afraid, too," he blghed wearily.. "Now then, about all we have to fear ore Spanish coast guards " The Alarm Dawn showed the voyagers that they were Indeed fortunate, for they wera upon the mainland of Cuba, and as far as they could see, both east and west, the reef was unbroken. There waa still soma un ceitalnty as to their precise position, for the Jungle at their backs shut off their view ot the interior; but that gave them little concern. Men were lolling about, exhausted, but Major Ramos' allowed them no time for rebt: he roused them and kept them on the go until the price less supplies had been collected within the shelter of the brush. Then he broke open certain packages and distributed arms among his followers. Even while this was going on there came an alarm; over the low promontory that cut off the eastern coast line a bti earner of binoke was seen. There waa a bcurry for cover; the little band lay low and watched while a Spanish cruiser htole past not' more than a mile outside the line of froth. The three Americans, who weie munch ing a tasteless lueakfast of pilot bread, were Joined by Mujor Ramos. He was no longer the Immaculate parsonage he had been; he was barefooted; his clothes, were torn; his trousers were rolled up to the knee and whitened by sea water, while the revolver ut his hip and the bandolier of cartridges over his shoulder lent him an incongruously ferocious appearance. Ever since Norlne had so rudely shat tered his romantic fancies the Major had treated both her and O'Reilly with a stltt anq mutant rormauty. He began now by " "ny saylnc: ' lii 'f um rilitriu ninfw 11 n.Buo.iA n ll- . ... ..-,'....,.3 u ,,iv0OUB" " VISTM- Aot 1nn.l I.-...,, . ,., Ll &?! c-, uuiucAB ,icuiUUI ICIH, UHHing nun VA iu genu u. iui;k iruin una un escort lor xt these supplies. There Is danger here; ' J perhaps you would like to go -on with the couriers?" O'Reilly accepted eagerly; then thinking of the girl, he said doubtfully: ' "I'm afraid Miss Evans Isn't equal to the, trip"." Norlne Goes on a Journey m i ,,, k "N'onajnae! I'm eaual fa mnvthlnt 'Wrn k,:..::v:.,: ;; .',', :i:r;.r -w 4suiiite uqnaicu. stim IHUC014 aitv tuuitvil i capauie enough as sne stood mere in necr, hhort walking suit and stout boots, -, Branch alona declined the Invitation, vowing that ha was too weak to bu4ft4 If there was the faintest prospect if riding to the Interior he lnflnltelyMM ferred to awolt the opportunity, he. even at the risk of an attack by Ish soldiers in the meantime, MMMrwups "M ; -H KsT'JnSR! WU(Uf. , .V per way ihwwu, " j 4' " i .-v.- -W9ji.i, was (4Ung her way maward,
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