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CHAPTER IV-Continucd
A COMPANY of Irishmen from Tunnel Hill enlisted in the Seventy
"first Pennsylvania Volunteers and were with Webb at tho
bloody angle nt Gettysburg A company from the south side of tho
town became Company G of tho First Pennsylvania Kcserves.
: Anioni,' the first to enlist was Josiah White, a bright, lively and muscu
lar young fellow, cngaKcd to be married to Kate Vanderslicc, and ho
become orderly sergeant of Company (. When his body was brought
to Phocnixvlllc, from the Wilderness battlefield, where he was killed,
In accordance with a custom which still lingered, Lloyd, Ashenfelter
and I watched over it all night, nnd we carried him to his grave
in the Dunkard graveyard, at the Green Tree. Kate Vanderslicc,
his fiancee, soon died, and in a gloomy and somber poem, which I
wrote in early life, I endeavored to tell the tale of their misfortunes.
The pretty young woman who later became my wife, along with'
Ithcr girls of her age, made in the hall of tho Young Men's Literary
Union the uniforms which Company G wore to the front. My
mother made rusk and sent it in boxes to tho army and the hospitals,
and my Aunt Mnry A. Pennypacker, n proud and good woman',
after the battle of Gettysburg, went to the field to nurse the wounded
and spent weeks amid the miseries there. The spirit of willingness
to sacrifice self, which was everywhere developed, was ono of tho
1 compensations for the struggle. The flag floated over almost every
household. If a man dared to give utterance to hostility to the
Government he did it at tho risk of physical violence then nnd there.
Currency beenmo scarce. As a means of overcoming this difficulty
postage stamps were put up in small envelopes, labeled on the
outside with tho amount, and this led to the gradual evolution of
the fractional postal currency, which for years was the only kind
seen. Coin entirely disappeared. Prices of all commodities soon
began to advance. At home we occasionally used rye as a substi
tute for coffee, without much success. The Phoenix Iron Company
pdaptcd its mill to the manufacture of a cannon, invented by John
Uriffen, its manager, made of layers of twisted metal. Those
guns, before being sent to tho Government, were tested by firing
shells across the Schuylkill into tho hillside north of Mont Clare, on
the top of which now quietly stands a graveyard. From this source
of supply, gathering balls and slugs, with an old fowling piece of
large boro I practiced marksmanship. The military impulse had
arisen and I wanted to enlist, but I was my mother's dependence,
and she persuaded mo to wait. She consented to my going to West
Point. The vacancy controlled by our Congressman, William Morris
Davis, had been filled, but he offered mo the appointment to
Annapolis, which I declined. To that vacancy ho then appointed a
young fiicnd of mine, who is now Hear Admiral Stockton, of the
navy, who litis been president of the Naval War College and of the
George Washington University. Mr. Davis suggested that I might
obtain a West Point cadctship by securing one of the appointments-at-large
in the control of Mr. Lincoln. Tho Congressman from
Harford County, Maryland (I think his name was Howard), came to
his help, und Kichard Yates, the Governor of Illinois, who was
under obligations to my grandfather, used his influence. On the
v day of the battle of Bull Run I was again at Mount Pleasant, to
go, with my Uncle Joseph, grandfather and Uncle Gcorue P.
r.t('Whitakcr, to Washington to meet the President. The time was
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Knapsack and shoes used by Governor Pennypacker in the
Gettysburg campaign, June and July, 1863.
Host inopportune for the purpose wo had in view, but rich in
opportunities it gave for reminiscence In Hnvrc do Grace I saw a
soldier shot and killed. A regiment of Maine lumbermen on their
way to tho South halted in the town and threw out their guards.
Ono of tho men tried to force his way across the line, nnd the guard,
on tho point of being overcome, fired his musket. The ball did not
touch the offender, but passed through the lungs of another member
of the regiment, through two sides of a car and buried itself in a
stone wall. The stricken man bled to death. Hardly had this
occurrence ended when great excitement arose through tho efforts
of tho soldiers to hang n German baker in the town accused of
having sold them cakes filled with ground glnss. With difficulty he
escaped, getting over a fence in the' rear of his garden nnd being
hidden by some of the townsmen. The charge was probably
entirely unfounded.
Washington at the Start of the War
In Washing, i wo stopped at Willard's Hotel and found the
city in a state of the utmost excitement and confusion, expecting the
approach of tho nbels. The army was scattered about tho streets
of the city, tho men of different Tcgimcnts mingling together just aa
they happened to meet. Aids and messengers in uniform were
galloping hither and yon, and indicating by their acts nnd manner
the tense state of their nerves. I saw one who. in his haste and
excitement, ran his horse directly upon the tongue of an artillery
carriage coming the other way, and the horse, with penetrated
breast, fell dead.
Around the floors of Willard's lay a number of the New York
I'irc Zouaves, who told us rather highly colored narratives of their
encounter with the Black Horse Cavnlry. Around each narrator
gathered a knot of eager listener., whose interest was heightened
by the consciousness each possessed of the surrounding uncer
tainties. General Winfield Scott, whom wo saw upon horseback,
seemed both too old and too corpulent for responsibility in such a
crisis. My grandfather and his brother were both concerned for
the fortunes of General McDowell, for the personal reason that he
had married a daughter of Burden, of Troy, N. Y., of whom they
were the business representatives in Philadelphia. Wc had influence
enough to get from Drako Do Kay, whose autograph was apparently
made with a pair of tongs, a pass to enter tho various fortifications
which were being rapidly constructed for the defence of tho city.
We likewise drove across tho Long Bridge nnd to Arlington, which
was then not a cemetery, and to Alexandria, where wc saw the
house in which the rebel tavcrnkecper, Jackson, had shot Colonel
Ellsworth nnd had himself fallen a few minutes later. It is difficult
for those of the present day to understand what a wave of intense
emotion spread over the land when Ellsworth was killed, but they
can secure some idea of it by observing what a number of living
men bear the name Elmer E. Ho was young, courageous and
attractive, and became one of the earliest sacrifices offered up to
the moloch of slavery. At the Capitol I was introduced to Emerson
Etheridge, ono of the Congressmen from Tennessee, who remained
loyally at his post, notwithstanding the action of his State. Dark
eyed, slight in build ami voluble, he spat tobacco juice, right and
left, over the beautiful marble which adorned the fireplace of the
committee room. I also met Potter, of Wisconsin short, chunky
and muscular who was then in great repute because, when Koger
A. Pryor, of Virginia, a cadaverous lirc-catcr, challenged him to a
duel, he accepted and selected bowie knives as the weapons. There
upon Pryor withdrew, upon the theory that they were not the
weapons of a gentleman. It was tho general opinion that Potter
would have cut Pryor, who hud more assertivcne.ss than strength,
into pieces. In the Senate, John C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, who
maintained tho ethically indefensible attitude of participating in
the legislation of the Government while making his arrangements
for command in the rebel army to fight against it, attracted much
attention. Tall and of good proportions, handsome, dark as an
Indian, with straight hair, ho walked up and down the chamber
with slow step and with his hands clasped behind him, giving to all
a good view of his imposing person. Later ho became a major
general in the rebel service, and in a number of defeats was still
conspicuous, and, I believe, a brave soldier. I also met John C.
Crittenden, of Kentucky, then old, thin nnd a little withered and
wrinkled, who had made an earnest effort to avert tho inevitable
struggle. Much of the conversation about the Capitol concerned
those Congicssmen who had gone in a barouche to view the battle
and had fallen into the hands of the enemy.
Ail "Emergency" Recruit
We returned home, having failed in tho object of our visit, but
I had been in the midst of the most trying and critical situation of
tho entire war. If the rebels had advanced upon Washington after
their success at Bull Run, the whole history of the world might
have been changed. The prevalent feeling in Washington at the
time was that we were in immediate danger and that the final
outcome was in grave doubt.
In 1863 I was a private in Company !', of the Twenty-sixth
Pennsylvania Emergency Regiment, which met Early's division of
Lee's army as it advanced upon Gettysburg before the coming of
the Army of the Potomac under Meade. I do not intend to give hero
the details and incidents of that campaign, for the reason that I
wrote at the time a full description of it, afterward published in
my "Historical and Biographical Sketches," and for tho further
t.TK?
Dedication of tho monument at Gottjsburg of the Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Emergency Infantry. Governor Pennypacker,
standing in back of the chair at the left, miggcstcd to the sculptor that the trousers of the figure be inside of the boots to
indicate the sudden charge from civil to military life.
reason that in my addiess at the dedication of the monument erected
on tho field I mnde a thorough study of the contemporary orders
relating to it showing its unique importance. The address may be
found in tho two volumes of "Pennsylvania at Gettysburg," published
by tho State. It is my purpose here only to fill in a few additional
features and to make some comments rather philosophical than
historical. I went as a sergeant with a company from Phoenixvillc
to Harrisburg in June. I had never been in that city before, and
that night I slept on the stone steps of tho Capitol wrnpped in a red
horse blanket. In view of my election to the governorship of tho
State, this incident has certain dramatic features, of which the
Hon. Hampton L. Carson made good use in the nominating conven
tion. When it was discovered that the men were required to be
sworn into tho service of the United States the company with which
I had come, composed of my friends, declined to be so sworn, and
returned to their homes. I went as a private into the Pottstown
company, among strangers.
It is certainly lemarkablc that a boy should leave his quiet
country home and within it few days march, as it were, direct to
Gettysburg, not only the pivotal point of that tremendous conflict,
but the scene of the most important events in all American history.
The Gettysburg Campaign
It si'ins almost as though there were n fatality which deter
mined that n tl'aii's should so be shaped, If my own company had not
gone home I should not have been in the regiment which went to
Gettysburg, and I would have experienced nothing of consequence.
Tho Pottstown company had decided to connect itself with
another regiment in the camp, and only after much persuasion and
considerable delay was prevailed upon by Colonel Jennings to
chnnge .its association and unite with him. Had it not made
this change 1 should not have gone to Gettysburg. The delny was
likewise essential. The regiments were sent forward as organized,
each going further to the southward than its predecessor. If
Colonel Jennings had succeeded with the Pottstown company at the
outset his regiment would have been filled and ho would have taken
the place part way up the valley to which Colonel Thomas's regiment
was sent. Wc constituted the first and one of eight regiments sworn
into the service of tho United States for the existing emergency.
We were the only body of troops during the entire war which entered
the military service of the Government for a period of uncertain
duration, and, with Leo invading tho State, that period might well
have extended into the indefinite future.
When we arrived at Gettysburg wo found Major Granville O.
Hnller, of the United States army, in command there, and the only
force at his disposal was our regiment. On the other side of the
mountain, in the Cumberland Valley, not ten miles away, was Lee,
with the Army of Northern Virginia. Rodes, being in the advance,
marched toward Harrisburg to carry the war into the heart of the
State, and possibly to Philadelphia. Early, with a division
artillery, cavnlry and infantry was sent over tho mountain by the
Chambcrsburg pike to Gettysburg. On the twenty-sixth of June, in
the early morning, in obedience to the order of Mujor Hnller, we
marched out the Chambcrsburg pike to confront the approaching host.
To this regiment of 732 men, who hud left their homes only a few days
before, unacquainted with their officers and comrades and unfamiliar
with the ways of warfare, was assigned the task of stopping tho
progress of the army of Lee. The order has often been criticized,
but it was absolutely correct. The occasion required that what they
were capable of doing, whether much or little, should bo done. Tho
reports of Early show that they held back his division an entire
day. On the Hunterstown rond we had an engagement with the
rebels lasting over half an hour, in which wc lost some wounded
nnd 17G men captured. Tho rebel general, John B. Gordon, in his
reminiscences of the Civil War, calls it a "diminutive battle," and
claims that because of it he gained knowledge of great value .to
him and his cause in the coming contest. After encountering tho
enemy on the Chambcrsburg pike nnd again at Dillsburg, and after
escaping threatened capture, the regiment, by hard marches across
a country filled with foes, found its wny to Harrisburg. Tho men
had lost all of their baggage and equipments. From Friday morning
until Saturday night they had been without food, and until Sunday
afternoon almost without rest. They had fired the first shots and
drawn the first blood upon the battlefield of Gettysburg. Students
of the history of the war have been attracted by the unique relation
of the regiment to that decisive battle, and some of them have
regarded it as an essential factor. Circular No. 8, series of 1894,
of the Loyal Legion of the United States says: "It was the only
emergency regiment which participated in that decisive battle of
the war, and it is an historical fact that, owing to tho advance
movement of Colonel Jennings's regiment, Gettysburg became the
battleground."
Spear, in his "The North and the South," after pointing out
that tho coming of a scout with news of the approach of Meade did
not lead to the concentration of Lee's army, ns Lee wrote, for tho
reason that tho oi'der was given at 7:30 a. m. on June 28, nnd tho
scout did not arrive until tho night of that day, declares that the con
centration was the result of our combat on the twenty-sixth of June.
He says, page 07: "It was the beginning of a scries of events which
colored and determined all the issues of this campaign in a military
sense. This regiment was as unconscious of the resultant conse
quences of its action us was Lee himself. It was one of those
insignificant events that so often arc the important factors in great
lesults."
On the wall at Pennypacker's Mills there hang together tho
knapsack I carried, the shoes I wore, a broken carbine mndc in
Richmond in 1862 and picked up at the scene of our conflict and a
rnmrod I found in a rebel camp a few days later at Chambcrsburg
on our wny to join Meade.
The bronze figure of a young man clutching a musket, who has
just run up upon the top of a native boulder, stands at the point
where the Chambcrsburg pike leaves the town of Gettysburg to
commemorate the service of the regiment. It was Governor
Pennypacker who suggested that the statue should show the trousers
tucked into the bootlegs to indicate the sudden change from peaceful
life to the battlefield. Editor's note. The names of those enrolled
on it, cut in the bronze tablet, will be placed in tho Pennsylvania
memorial on the battlefield before tho close of the present year.
When I returned home I was at once drafted. I had no idea of
returning to the service in this way and my grandfather, who was
much pleased with tho outcome of my military experience, paid $300
for a substitute at Norristown only too willing to go to the front In
my stead. I do not know of his name or his fate.
(CONTINUKIl TOMOItUOW) J
RAINBOW'S END
By REX BEACH
Author of "Thf Spoilers." "The nrrlrr." "Heart of tho KuniM.'
A novel of love, hidden treasure and rebellion in beautiful, mys
terious Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against Spain.
Copyrieht. 1017. Hurper & liroi.
CHAPTER XIX (Continued)
(K1I, 0011110?." Tho two mc.i rodo on
J In silence for a time, then Leslie
ild: "Queer thlnu happened luclc there
Jfhlle those Hotr.eea ueru popping at me.
u heard a batiy crying,"
"A baby?"
"Sure. I supposo It win tho washer
womun's Ild. When wo Hushed lu-r she
probably "-vamped out and left It In tho
Krasu. Anyhow, It let up an awful hol
ler." Jacket and tho other loot-laden Boldlers
bad been sent on ahead, together with
tliobo troopers who were sharing mounts
with tho rescued prlsoncra; they wero now
W'Itlug perhaps two mlleo from town for
t-'olr companions to ovcrtaUo them. As
Ho column camo up ami halted, O'lieilly ad
Irtsscd h rcniurk to Lcsllo Branch, but In
tho middle of It tho faint, unniMukablo
complaint of a child camo to his pars.
The Mysterious Sound
"Listen!" ho exclaimed. "What on
earth "
"I've, been hearing It right "long." Ilninch
said, "l I thought I hud tho willies.'
Tho nearest riders abruptly eeahed their
chatter ; tfley nuetloned one another mute
ly, doubting their own ears.
Again camo that thin, muffle' wall,
whereupon O'rtellly crltd In iiBtonL'unent:
"Leslit." Why. It It's In your bund o
Me polntca to tho formless roll of beddlnflr
Wch hung tom bis friend's saddle-horn.
"G'wun! YouVo crazy I" Ur.mcli slipped
t tho ground, nelzed tho bundle. In his
ms, nnd boro It to the roadside. With
Bhaklng hands ho tugged at tho Knotted
corners of the comforter. "I'uro Imagina
tion!" o muttered, testily. "There's noth
ing In here but bedclothes. I just grabbed
an armful " Tho last word ended In a
yell. Lwile uprang Into tho air as If his
exploring fingers had encountered a rolled
erpent. "Oh, my Cod!" He poised as
If upon tS uolnt of flight. "Johnnlol
Look! It alive!"
What'!, nttve? Wluit la It?" ,
. With a BUdden denperate courage Branch
bent forward and spread out tho bedding.
There, exposed to tho bulging eyes of
the onlookers, was n very tiny. ery brown
haby. it -was a young baby : It was ciulte
naked. Its eyes, exposed o the sudden
Blare of the morning sun, closed tightly;
one small hand nil but lost Itself In tho
wide, i toothless cavity that served as a
mouth. Its ten ridiculous toes curled and
Uncurled la tt most umazlng fashion.
"Oh. my God ' Branch repeated, aghast.
"It's Juki b-born! Its eyes aren't open."
Tho Cubans, who had momentarily been
trlcken dumb with amazement, suddenly
broke Intn vnlnhln nneech. The .clamor
IfjTed'to attract Colonel Lojlez, who waa
"What's tho matter here?" ho demanded,
forcing his horso through the ring which
had formed nbout IC1 Demonio und his
bundle. Ono btartled look nnd tho colonel
Hung himself out of his saddle. "Whose
baby Is that?" ho demanded.
"I I Why, it's mine. I mean,
7 " Branch's eyes wero glued upon
tho child In horrified fascination. Ho
choked and btammered and waved his
hands Impotent!)'.
"Dranth's Haby"
"Come, come ! Speak up ! What does this
mean','" Lopez's voke grew stern.
"She must have bo-bten asleep. I lust
giabbid ou know. I " lltaneliH face
hti.tnie suddenly stricken. "Look out'" bo
hhouied hoarsely. ".She's going to ciy, or
something." ...
Ho was right; tho baby showed ecry Flgn
of tlrm determination to olco her Indigna
tion at the outrage she had suffered. Iler
hand Htolo out of her mouth, her lists
closed, her faro puckered omlnouslv Lopez
stooped, wrapped her In u sheet, then look
her awkwardly In his uims. Ho belli a
blazing glance upon tho kidnapper, but ho
had no chance to speak before tho storm of
walllngs broke. '
News of Leslie's exploit was spreading.
Men wero shouting und gesticulating to their
comradeH to come nnd teo LI Lcmonlo s
spoils. There was a great chattering and
crowding und no llttlo smothered laughter.
Meanwhile, Colonel Lopez was Uflng every
desperate devlco to bootho tho Infant, but
without success. At last be strodo up to
Leslie and extended Ills burden.
"Hero," ho said, harshly, "she's yours. I
buriender her." ,
Leslie dtew back. ".No, you don 1 1 I
wouldn't touch her for u thousand dollars I'
'"b'ui'lopcz was firm. He spoko In a tone
of coniinund! "Do us I tell you. Take her.
A lino outrage, to steal a haby! What
iiro wo going to do with her? We can't
send her back tho town Is crazy. I've no
doubt I shall hear from this."
la spite of Lesllo's choking protests. In
spite of his feeble resistance, Lopez pressed
the noisy stranger Into his arms, then turned
to his men and directed them to bo off.
Tho Quandary
Branch remained motionless. Ho was
stupelled; he held the baby gingerly, not
daring to put It down, dreading to keep t:
his eyes were rolling, he began to perspire
freelyi Htretchlng a timid, detaining band
toward iSpcz. he inquired, huskily, "What
bhall I do with her?"
"God knows. I don't" snapped the ofn
cer "I Bhall have to think, but meanwhile
I hold you responsible for her. Cpme now,
we must be going." .... ,
Leslie swallowed bard: his face became
overspread with a sicklier pallor "What'll
I do when she gets hungry?"
Lopez could not restrain a smile. "Tou
ehou J have thqught about thftt, compadre..
WeU..Xuiow ihtsra.tnero Is ,a milk cow
not threo leagues from here. I'll send a
man to hot row It fiom the owner und Mr he
It tn our camp. Or perhaps" his handsome
face hardened again "perhaps you would
prefer tr, take this child buck where )ou
found It?"
"No I Oh, they'd tear mo limb
from limb !"
"Hactly "
Branch turned his head from side to side
In desperation. Ho wet his lips. "It's the
youngest ono I ecr had anything to do
Willi. .I.i)bo it Isn't used to cow's milk,"
ho entured
"I'nfortunalelv that Is tho cmlv kind I
can offer It T.iUo cam of It until I find
some wny of notifying its people."
(I'lielllv had looked on at his friend's
enibairassnient with malicious enjoyment,
but. realizing that Branch would undoubt
edly try to foist upon him thu tcsponslblllty
of caring for the baby, lie slipped away and
rode ocr to where Captain Judson was
engaged III making a litter upon which to
carry the sick prisoner thev had rescued
from the Jail. When ho had upprlscd tho
artilleryman of what Branch had found
In Ills roll of purloined bedding tho latter
nulled broadly.
The Sick Man
"Series him right," Judson chuckled.
"We'll make him sit up nights with It. M y
bo It'll Improve his disposition." More se.
riously ho explained' "This chap hero Is
nil In. I'm afraid wo aren't Eoing to get
him through."
I'o'lowlng Judson's glance, O'Jlellly be
held an emaciated tlguro Ivlng In tho shade
of a nearby guava-bush. The man was clad
In filthy rags, his fai e was dirty and over
grown with a month's beard; a pair of
icstless eyes stared unbllnklngly at tho
brazen sky. Ills llns wero moving: from
them Issued a steady patter of words, but
otherwise he showed no sign of life.
'you said ho was starving." .lohnnlo dis
mounted and lent Judson a hand with his
"That's what I thought nt first, but bo's
sick. I supposo It's that damned dungeon
fever."
"Then wo'd better look after him our
selves. These Cubans aro mighty careless,
you know. We can swing him between our
horses, and-" .,-.,.,
Judson looked up to dlscoier that Johnnlo
was poised rigidly, Ills mouth open. Ills
hands ha ted In midair. The sick man's
voice had risen, and O'Hellly, with a
peculiar expression of amazement upon his
face, was straining his ears to hear what
"Lb?" What's the matter?" Judson In-
For 'a moment O'ltellly remained frozen
In his attitude, then without a word he
strode to the sufferer. Ho bent forward,
staring Into the vacant, upturned face. A
cry buret from his throat, a cry that was
like a sob. and. kneeling, he gathered the
.nlk filthy figure Into his arms.
"L'stcban '" ho cried. "Kstch.ni ! This Is
O'ltellly, O'llull-yc! Don't you know mo?
o'ltellly, )oiir filend, your brother! Kor
God's sake, let' me what they'wi done to
)ou! Look nt me. Ilstelun ! Look at mo!
Look at me! Oh, Lstcban!"
Esteban Among- Friends
.Such eagerness, such thankfulness, such
passlonntu pltv were In his friend's hoursn
loieo that Judson drow closer. Ho noticed
that tho fiilntfht tlanio of ica'-on dickered
for an instant in the sick man's hollow
eves; then thev began to ioo again, und
the same tustling whisper recommenced.
Judson had heard something of O'ltellly's
story; hit had heard mention of l.-teban
inn! Ilosa Varona; he stood, therefore, in
silent wondi rinerit. listening to tho In
coherent words that poured trorri his friend's
lips. O'ltoilly held the boy tenderly In his
arms: tears ro led down his checks as ho
Implored Hsteban to hear und to heed him.
"Try to hear mo! Try'" Thero wbh
floreo agony In the cry. "Where is Ilosa?
Ihixa? ou'ro safo now; you can tell
me Vou'ro safo with O'ltellly 1 came
back I camo back for you und Ilosa
Where Is blio? Is she dead?"
Other men wero assembling now. Tho
column was ready to move, but Judson
signaled to Colonel Lopez und made known
tho Identity of tho sick stranger. Tho
colonul camo forward swiftly and 'aid u
hand upon O'Hcllly's shoulder, saying:
"So! Voir wero right, after all. Ksteban
Varona didn't die. God must bale bent us
to San Antonio to deliver him."
"He's sick, sick!" O'ltellly said, huskily,
"Those Hpanlards! Look what thev'vo done
to him." Ills volco ( hanged. He cried,
(lorcely: "Well, I'm 'ate again. I'm al
ways just a llttlo bit too lato. He'll dlo be
fore he can tell me"
"Walt! Take hold of yourself. We'll do
al' that tan bo dono to save him. Now
come, wo must bo going, or all Sun Antonio
will bo upon us."
When the troop resumed IIh retreat Ms
tcbati Varona lay suspended upon a swing
ing bed between O'Hellly's nnd Judson's
horses. Although they carried him us care
fully us they could throughout that long
hot Journey, he never ceased bis babbling
and never awoke to his surroundings.
CHAPTER XX
EL DESIONIO'S CHILD
DURING the next few days O'ltellly had
reason to bless tho happy chance
which had brought Nortne Lyons to Cuba.
During the return Journey from San An
tonio de los Bunos he had discovered how
really III Kstaban Varona was, how weak his
hold on life. Tho young man showed the
marks of wasting Illness and of cruel
abuso; starvation, neglect, and disease had
Jl but done Xoc him. After listening to iila
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ravings, O'ltellly began to fear that the
poor fellow's mind was permanently affect
ed H was un nppalllng possibility, ono to
which lie ould not reconcllo himself. To
think that somewhero In that feverish
brain was perhaps locked the truth about
Itosa's fate, if not the r-fcret of her where
ubotilH, ami yet to bo unahlo to wring un
Intelligent utiswer to a single question win
Intolerable. Tho bonis of that ride wero
am' the longest o'ltellly had uvr passed,
.t Norlne ISvans gave him new heart
Sli took complete ihargo of tho sick man
upon his arrival In rump: therr In her brisk,
matter-of-lact way she directed O'ltellly to
go and get some much-needed rest. Hste.
ban was ill. very ill, she admitted: there
was no competent doctor near und her own
facilities for nursing wero primitive Indeed:
nevertheless, she -oxpri's.srd coulldeiico that
she could cure him und reminded O'ltellly
that nature has u blestcd way of building
up u resistance to environment. As u resulv
of her good cheer O'ltellly managed to en
joy a night's sleep.
Leslio and the Haby
Leslio Branch was later than tho others
In arriving, for tho baby proved to bo a
trial and u handicap His comrades had
refused him any assistance on tho home
ward Journey. They expressed u deep,
liMirso condemnation of his conduct, und
protended to consider that he hud sacrificed
all claims to their, friendship and regard,
Branch took this seriously, and ho was
In n state bordering upon dcsperullon when
ho reached camp. In tho hope of unloading
his unwelcome burden uiwi Norlne Hvans
ho hurried directly to her tent, But Norlne
had heard tho story; Lopez had warned
her; therefore she waved him uway.
"Don't ask mo to mother your stolen
child," she said;
"Oh, but you'vo got to." be declared In
u panic. "You'vo Just got to."
"Well, I won't. In tho llrst place. I have
a sick man In my tent."
"But leck! Listen! This baby dislikes
trie. I've nearly dropped It a dozen limes.
I I'm going to Itavo It, anyhow."
Hut Norlne remained tlrm In her refusal,
"You shan't leavo your foundling at my
door, If you Intend to steal buhles you
should make up your mind to .take caro
of them " She was Itching to seize tho
hungry little mite, but she restrained the
Impulse, "Go uhead and keep it amused
until the cow arrives," she told him,
"Keep It amused! Amuse a starling
brat!" tragically cried the man. "In
Heaven's name, how?"
"Why, Play with It, cuddlo It, give It
your watch anything! But don't-allow it
to cry It may injure Itself."
Branch glared resentfully; then he
changod his tactics und began to plead.
"Oh, Norlne!" he Implored. "I Just can't
do it I'm all fagged out now, and. be
sides,' IT VC. got. the only watch In camp that
keeps time. I didn't sleep any last night,
and It'll keep mo nwnko all tonight. It's
n nice baby, rcallv. It needs u woman "
N'orlrio parted the Haps of her tent nnd
pointed Inside, where ICstelnirr Varona lay
upon her cot. His eves were stnrlng; his
looking on with rapt attention, npplauded
this show of spirit, Branch was unwontedly
meek. Ho Hiknowiedged his tota Inexper
ience, and begged his friends, almost
politely, to call for a substitute.
juusori explained, gravely, "These Cubans
lips were moving ".Mrs Hulz und I will don't know any more about cows than yon
hands full with that poor Lliup. do.
have our
Kor nil we know, ho may have sumo con-
IIIKIOUS uiscusc.
An body Want a Haby?
Brunch was utterly shameless, utterly self
ish and imcompassloriatf. "I'm sick, too
sicker than he Is llnvn a heart: Iti'iiiem
ber, I risked my life to get you something
nice tc tat -"
"Yes! The most ildieulous procedure I
ever heard of What ever made )ou do
such u cruzy tiling?" .Norlne wns honestly
IIIUIKJtillll IIUW.
II lIPlllv niTAeil iTI)av'rB n-orwl tl
fighters, but they can't milk," ,
Ia'h le eyed tho speakers, white with rage;
lie was trembling. "You think you're damned
funny, don't ou? You're having a Jubilee
with me Well, I'm game I'll go through
v i"'. mi, .,f Yin'"". hoJ',1 ,nerv. r" """ her
111 milk her till she hollers."
Obligingly. O'Hellly took the nnlmal br
tho horns und Judson laid bold of her tall.
"Slielch her tight," Leslio commanded.
nun i give Her an Inch of slack, or I'll
quit ' When Ills friends had braced them
se es he moved toward the cow once morl
but this time from the opposite quartet'.
"I did It for you. It seems to mo that Noting tlre'dlrectTn of Ids'' m,Snn!.harVi2 '
the least von can do In return " '"," T ,lle u'eciion or ins approach, U
' 4ho,U.n!lnln.So.t.ril can d Is to prctuucyThey'drow closT '"UrmU' "
try to save this poor man's life." she cxI,luall:- They drow closer.
Leslie Milks a Cow
firmly reasserted
take tho baby if
"It'll dlo i.n me," Branch protested. . Strangely enough, the animal stood qulst ff
"Nonsense! It's tho healthiest llttlo ",r, '! ' ,osl ' amazement, perhaps . s .
tiling i ever saw Wat until It has its 'r,,,1 '":.. ",.,'. "" """ !
ummffr V'll ..' ui, .1 1'!.. .'."'' ,i.... his bg tin cuu with in Ik. But III In. I ,1,-V.If.!.
her tent and Brunch reluctantly turned ffj"!8 VIZ? V f mucn.rr her; h ,ow'r,(,T8
.Next no iinro ll e inrant lo .niMRon niwl ",c r""ltM " vuutMucr mu next inova roFj
O'ltellly In turn; but both grulllv refused a moment; then sho kicked forward and
"Now run sinner I'd
1 could, but I simply
Branch protested.
tt. nun...... .1... , . ,. ,,,. . m ,.
'" ...lunit, inu it-urn. renpniiFiuiiiry ror II.
In tho matter of advice concerning Its w?!
fare, however, thev were more obliging.
They were willing to discuss tho theory of
child-rearing with htm as long as he would
listen, but their advice merely cruised him
to glare hatefully und to curse them Nor
did he regard It as u mark of friendship
on their part when (hey collected nn audi
ence that evening to watch him milk the
'yv " procedure, by the way. not dvold
or excitement and hazard, Inasmuch as
Lrunch s knowledge r,f cows was een more
theoretical than his knowledgo of babies.
The Conspiracy
lr"J:W 7 "!"! ' rtkhlmanLbynk;ourrno0co0v.r'?
a moment; then sho kicked forward and -
sent Branch flying. i ;i
"Can you beat that?" OTtnl ly exclaim "HW?
in inirri,i womiermem, "vv ny, she wal kty?
loned you with the bnelr of hee ku.,ji V afr?j
Judion. too, affected great amazement, Tti$l
"Most cows are left-handed," he declared. "tSv-V,!
'Try her on the ntber lil." ,!
Branch dried the milk from his fare. th 'y'-sij
In a shaking voice cried! "Have a good 97Y .
It seemed for a while that the entefMlM,'f'
was doomed to failure; hut at last a bSiH, j
or more nf mlllr wnu uuii,aH .nrf 41.1.. t -flar ri'TJ
proceeded to dilute with Warm "water1 fr2
a nearby campflre. liven then, homnrMV"
1la ,llrtli, lis. tun-.. ..Aft .H.a II. .. .. f
.., u..,.bu ..... nv.u ..u, Wl 11D JI1TO
that thero existed u general conspiracy
against 1dm; ho met tt with sullen resent
merit.
He deeply regretted his Ignorance of the
Spanish language, however, for a thousand
epithets and Insults clamored for transla
tion. Now thero are cows which an amkteur
can milk, and there are other kinds. This
particular cow was shy. apprehensive,
pcevisu, DiuuunB uuprucuceu mmo ing rr
Having long since given up
.hi
mistake,
hoDe of any active ustlstAtiCA tmm fc
dlence. he doKeedly set tn work tn
a nursing bottle. He succeeded in due t
after making use of a flask, the item 01
unused cigarette holder and a hand:
cuiei. i
wnen he finally took seat, and
ttwjtwaruiy coaxing ,ine, rreuiu C!
uriniv. ma iuuuri ruiceu rtneir app
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tempted courteously, apologetically, to sepa
rate her from her milk, she turned and
hooked him.
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