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CHAPTER V (Continued)
ytHEN l married Virginia Hurl Hroomnll. October 20, 1870, 1 was
making from 1800 to $2000 a year. At that Utile I had moved
my office to 209 South Sixth street, wiietc I had a room to myself.
When I went out I tacked a card on the door. For years I carried my
lunch down to the oilicc in my green bag, and I walked from njy
home at 2002 North Mnrvinc street and later 1510 North Fifteenth
street. I settled up the affairs of my uncle, Dr. Samuel A. Whitalcer,
who owned one twenty-first pint of the I'hoonix Iron Company, and
became his administrator. I was the administrator of the estate
of my aunt, Sarali Ann Whitaker, who left about $70,000, and my
grandfather, leaving an estate of R520.000, made me one of his
executors. Among my clients were Fucht, Whitaker & Co. and
William H. Whitnkcr & Co., coal merchants; Jacob S. Neafie,- the
shipbuilder; George II. Sellers, a brother of William Sellers; Whar
ton Barker, the bankov, and Williain I.. Wilson, in his day the lead,
ing tile merchant df the city. WiIfoii employed me by flic yeai and
paid me an annual salary of $100. For him 1 fought almost every,
body of any consequence in the city, including the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, Adams Express Company and the Urexels. Ho
combined most "methodical ways" with abnormal combativeness. Jk
took exception once to my payment of twenty-live cents for a sub
poena without direct authority, and the matter had to be left tu
arbitration. He kept a boo! in which he recorded the details of
conversation in preparation for lawsuits. Once in n trial he sent me
this book, and, much to my surprise. I found renderings of what I
had said to him with the dates. The information made me thence
forth careful. A. Sydney Kiddle brought a bill in equity ngainst
him in behalf of Colonel William S. Moorehead, and the testimony
was taken before Richard S. Hunter, as master, and, as was then
the custom, was written out without a stenographer. The case
progressed until I put Wilson on the stand and Middle undertook to
cross-examine him. Biddle, a fluent and .verbose man, asked u
question a page or two long. Wilson had a clothes basket full of
papers, every one of which was of the utmost importance,, and taking
them and his book gave 1m answer covering twenty pages. Middle's
many efforts to shorten the lespqnse simply called forth further ex
planations. So it continued until the case fell of its own weight.
It never reached a decision and never will. Almost needless to add,
Wilson finally encountered financial disaster. The last time I heard
of him I sent him ten dollars to relieve the immediate want of bread.
Perfectly upright and ever meaning well, he was too much given to
exactness and detail.
Reminiscences of the liar
Wharton Barker thought himself worth a million dollurs, proba
bly with trjth. 'He did much for me in many ways. I bought the
charter and organized for him the Finance Company of Pennsyl
vania, now one of the most important of our financial institution.
Throughhim I once represented Baring Brothers, of London, and
recovered ffom the Pennsylvania Railroad Company the value of a
lot of stolen bonds-. Through him I became one of the pioneers in
the construction of trusts. Barker, always alert and energetic, but
t'cwrlsht. ltilT. Li tli t'utlit. I.eda r oinwi
n little lacking in the st'eadlncss which comes front cool judgment,
' was one of the first nierl in the world to see the possibilities of
the development of lelations with Chinu, n goal towuid which we
aie now moving, and he secured n sort of concession for the con
sttuction of railroads throughout that Empire, hi its terms it was
(o genet nl and vague that I gave him an opinion that it had little or
no pructicnl value, and urged hint to endeavor to get the Oriental
to be mote precise. Ma Kie Chang, who was some near relative of
hi Hung Chang, came with a retinue to Philadelphia. Psycholog
ically, the interviews were of intense interest. Barker, quick to speak
ind move and full of nervous energy, beat and beat in vain again;
'.he Chinese, who sat thcic, smooth und polished, but stolid and imper
turbable. They probably knew at the outset jut what they wanted
to do and what they were unwilling to do, but it tcquircd days of
prolonged and chafing delay to get from them a teal expression of
thought, and in the end the epiesion was of doubtful meaning.
Howe.ver, Baikur and the financier- with him Hamilton Disston,
Samutl R. Shipley, p;e.idcut of the Provident Life and Trust Com
pany, a keen personage, and others concluded the"y had sufficient,
aiid upon the basis of this concession I organized if trust with a
capital of $20,000,000.
A lawyer sees much of the liagedy of existence. A few years
after my admission to the bar 1 was retained by a man belonging
to one of the most respectable of the country familiei of Bucks
County, Pu. His son, ti boy about eighteen years of age, had found
employment as a elcik.in one of the large insurance companies of
the city. One day the director. held ti meeting at the office of the
lompany. In the course of the meeting the president went to the
outer office and gme to this boy the bank book with about $1500,
in notes to take to the bank of deposit. The meeting was prolonged
a Ml when it adjourned late in the afternoon the president inquired
for the boy and learned that he had not returned. Inquiry and
f-earch failed to disclose what had become of him, but it was ascer
tained that he had not reached the bunk. The officers of the com
pany held the theory that ho liad stolen the money, and they em
ployed detectives and confidently declared that he would be captured
within a few days. At this juncture hi relative., in much distru.
came to mc. Their iew was he had been overcome by footpad,
who knew he' had u large sum of money, and they blamed the offi
cers for 'ending him out with it. However, the fatlcr, who could
not secure so much cash, offered to give u mortgage upon his faim
for the amount in settlement, and I made this proposition to coun
sel of the company. Information from their detectives made of
ficials sure of having both the boy and the money in u few duyo,
and they declined the proposition. Days and weeks "rolled by anil
then they wanted to have it lenewed, but in the meantime the anxiety
of my clients had to some extent been relieved; they had grown more
accustomed to the situation, and they refued. For twenty years
Ntho events temnined a mystery, and then were disclosed. The boy
wrote home. He had never before in his life seen so.much money;
the opportunity to grasp a fortune lay in his hand; he yieldul to th'e
temptation und stole the money. Instinctively he turn&T toward
home. He went to the depot of the North Pennsylvania 'Railroad
Company and bought a ticket for his native village. Then it sud
denly occurred to him that he could not bo safe there and he turned
on his step, went to the Pennsylvania Railroad depot and started
for the far West. No. cunningly devised plan would 'have resulted
in such success as this impulsive action. The detectives traced him
to the North Penn depot and thero learned the station for which
ho had bought a ticket. Then in their wisdom they knew that his
l datives were hiding him in Bucks Count.v, They wutched accord
ingly, watched in vulnj and so prevented tfie company from getting
the mortgage. Inside of three months he had lost every cent of the
money. Then he went to work in a powder mill, where the danger
was great and the wages high, und he s-uved. Then he learned book
binding, prospered and became the head of an establishment. Ho
had changed his name, married, had a family of children and grown
rich, and aflast ho wrote home to pay off the old cotc with in
tetcst. '
.'1 Publicist
V.. Gteenough Piatt, a very capable luwjer in the ollice of John
C. Bullitt, and my fiiend Holllngsworth had undertaken to prepare
a third volume of the Index to the Englih Common Law Reports,
which had been commenced years before by George W. Diddle and
Richaid C. Me.Murtrie. The task involved much labor, little had
been accomplished, and they prevailed upon me with the consent of
the publishers to come to their assistance. Thereafter the entire
icsponsibility rested on me. Hollingsworth had completed three
volumes of the reports. Plait ten, and I digested the lemainiug
twenty-two volumes, arranged the book, saw it through the press
and was permitted to write the preface. Published in 1879, it con
stituted my fust contribution to the literature of the prqfession.
About the time I entered upon this wolk I became associated with
the U'tekly Xotrs of Cases, a lawyers' reporting journal, and aided
in the preparation of each one of the forty-five volumes until it
closed, having charge of the reports for one of the Common Pleas
Courts. There could have been no better training for the, bench.
For a time the publication was remunerative. It belonged to an
association consisting of Albert A. Oulerbridgc, Judge James T.
Mitchell, W. Wynne Wistcr, Henry Budd, Lawrence Lewis. Jr., and
myself. Among the many leporters whom I had on my staff in the
course of yenr.s two showed unusual capacity George Harrison
Fisher, whom I later met on the council of the Historical Society
of Pennsylvania, and Abraham M. Beitler, whom I later met on the
bench. Fisher hail social standing, and the serious achievement of
his life has been to maintain it unimpaired. Beitler, the son of n
hotclkceper on Market street, and the nephew of an old political war
horse, Alderman David Beitler, became director of n department
under Mayor Stuart, an acceptable Judge in the Court of Common
Pleas No. 1, and is now u partner of Samuel Dickson, and has a
lucrative corporation practice.
I likewise prepared four volumes of Pennypacker's Supreme
Couit Reports, for which 1 received from Rees, Welsh &. Co., $800
n volume, and in which I was much assisted by Albert B. Wcimer, a
graduate of Harvard University, and u polished young fellow who
has since made his mark in the city. After going upon the bench X
delivered, in 18!2, the-annual address before the Law Academy upon
the subject of "Pennsylvania Colonial Cases," which I subsequently
enlarged into a volume. Horace Binncy, in his "Leaders of the Old
Bar," had ventured the assertion that prior to the time of William
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The two Pcnnypackcr homes in Philadelphia. The first, at
the left, is 2002 North .Marvinc Ktrect; nt the right, 1510 1
North Fifteenth street.
Lewis and the Revolution we could never learn anything of the
manner of conducting the courts, and Peter McCall, in an address
many jears before, had regretted that the names of the only four
lawyers in the province, whom Sprogcll monopolized in his contest
with Pastorius, had been lost. With much satisfaction I gave reports
of about sixty cases, between 1083 nnd 170H, and added the names of
those four lawyers.
During my practice 1 had four students Chester N. Farr, Jr.,
who became private secretary to Governors Harlranft and Hoyt;
Stanley Williamson, who died joung; William Rightcr Fisher, who
had been a ptofessor in Dickinson College and has since been a pro
fessor of law in Temple College, und Joseph Whitaker Thompson,
now the United States District Attorney for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania.
When I came to the bar Daniel Doughctty had the teputation
of being its orator, but he was only na orator. He had u national
reputation. Like so many other American orators, he'was an Irish
man. I have heard hint likened to necessity because of the maxim
that "necessity knows no law," but that was an exaggeration of the
truth and probably arose from the envy of some commentator less
gifted. The first time he made a political speech he fainted und had
to be carried from the platform. I once heard him make a powerful
appeal to the jury, in an important case, in which he was opposed by
William W. Ker, who had only force and experience. When Ker
arose he said quietly: "Gentlemen, you aie to be congratulated.
Those who generally hear Mr. Dougherty listen for an hour ut the
Academy of Music and pay u dollar for the ptivilege. You havo
heard him for four hours for nothing." Ker won the case. Dougherty
had a fine piescnce, side vhiskers and a persuasive voice.
More Interesting Incidents
The most eccentric character at the bur was Lucas Hirst, nc
had offices on Walnut street above" Sixth, and ate his meals
at the same place. Thin, with sandy complexion and red
hair, he had a high, tasping voic,c. Other lawyers kept away from
him as much as possible. Not only had he ability and readiness for
the encounter, but papers had a habit of disappearing and sometimes
they did not remain at the end of tho suit as they had been nt tho
beginning. On one occasion he went to the library of the Law
Association to examine a report. The attendants were distrustful
and hesitated to let him have it. "I will fix you," he threatened, in
his shrillest tones. When he died4ie bequeathed a considerable estate
for the purpose of founding a free lavv'library; and no doubt, as
years go by a,nd kis form nnd idiosyncrasies are forgotten, his
reputation will be assured as a philanthropist and public benefactor.
In fact, we find as wo examine the mysteries of life that even tho
worst of men do more good in the world than they do harm. The
money which the gambler has cheated to secure and hoarded to
preserve goes finally to the building of a chapel. Even if impelled
by an unworthy motive, Hirst will have done more m the end
give practical assistance to the lawyers of the future than tho most
credited, capable and upright of his contemporaries. Moreover,
tho impulses of tho human heart arc both complicated and inscru
table, and in all probability Hirst had long been pondering over some
method by which he could aid his fellows and gain tlicir good will.
During tho course of my practice three men whom I pursued for
debt committed suicide one shot himself, one leaped into the
Delaware from a stenmboat and the third was found hanging in a
barn.
I declined to take cases in the criminal court. ( My chief reason
was that I feaied that through lack of skill and experience upon my
part some innocent person might bo convicted nnd punished. In
pursuing this course I mado a mistake, since, except in cases of
popular clamor to which timid juries and judges yield, the chances
of the conviction of innocence are very slight.
(coxTiNtrnD tomoiuiow)
RAINBOW'S END
By REX. BEACH
Vuti.or of "TH Hro1ri ' "iiir narrlir." "Iltart of the Suns-t
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A novel of love, hidden treasure and rebellion in beautiful, mys
terious Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against Spain.
fonjrlsht, 11117. Harper Is llro, "TIiimi vvliv li.ivn von come all tills wt 7"
CHAPTER XXIII (Continued) iJV.'Xr" """ ,,er ll"1 l" fltL'" ,WP '
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(ho meat of the former wax tender unit
white, while the latter, though strunir, uus
tinnntfllnlil.t rlk 1 In r kviV.k IhjtVh 4iAdM
muy nabrosa. uh Jacket put'lt. This wus not J8?"1' "?' 3oaI man !" ho exclaimed, "ara
me nova nrsL exuer ence in Huen u uil'i: "".-'.""
"Hut you ilou't unileist.iiiil Slu1 Is
nctuallr InsUn tho linos. In iliitanzas a
l;rlsonr "
'Kxai-yj. t hitftid to co Into JIataiuas
niuNhilng her out."
'imicrai li-taucouri orew uucj. umui
O'ltelllv smiled faintly. "Quito lirobahly.
.VII loeM are mildly mild. 1 bellee"
"All! levers' 1 begin to nee But how
dot you mean to o about this thU tm
liooslblo undci tukluK'."'
"Vou told mn Just uo that I could lias
for a Cuban Well, I am KoKg to put It to
Ihf tett tf I oik'o et Into the rlty I xhull
inanaK" soinchow to jri-t ,out iiRaln, and
brliiK her with me "
' "fm-m'" Tlio Keneral aiipralsed n Jtellly
speculative. "No doubt you can get In
It la not ho dllllcult to outer, I believe, und
e.-.eolallv to on who Bpealta the language
llkB u n.itl. Uut the return 1 fear sou
Viiitunalelv there waH no bhoituce.' of Mill find ih.it another matter. Mutanzan Ih
food for, the Jioraes. and ho, despite tho a place of pestilence, hunger, despair. No
having campaigned before in the Webt, lis
was uccustomed to tHe tatste of julta, nnd
lie told O'ltcllly how his troop, had onto
lived co long upon theuo lats that It became
Impossible to surprlxo a Kpanlsh enem, ex
cept by approaching up the wind, hh a
hunter stalks Mr game Jacket grawiy ;ib
bured his friend that thu Spaniards could
smell him und his brother patriots from a
distance of flvo kilometers u htutemeut. by
the way, which tho American by this tint."
was i fatly to believe.
Safe in Camp
necessity of numerous detours, the naitv
made good tlm4 Thoy crossed Into
Matanzas. pushed on over tolling, hills,
through sweeping savannas, pant empty
clearings and deserted villages, to their
Journey's cud. A fortunate encounter nth.
one goes thero from choice any mote, and
no one ever comes out."
'So I Miould Imagine." Tho bpcakers
carelebs tone added to General Betancouit's
aitonlslurtent "Uless ms !" he exclaimed.
"IVhot nn nvlmnriUnnM' vnllllir mnil I In it
robel partlda from General Iletancouri'H ,,0hslble that sou do not coniufehend tho
iitmionsr a nuiiaeii uiuukiji
he lnquireil, iiuicKI) ; "Ten
tu a .iit (i li.it In mil I'hntii-u t tin t lifTf
In front of the gallant ortlacr'H hut. thi'r c.n K uemonio? I have heard thut
General ueiancouri reau tne letter which i,. is indeed a demon No? Very well!
.n.illu I. ...... 1,1 him llun innl.l ..id, o l'e ." muieu a uemuii, ;u '.'. "";
army enabled them to teach headiiuaiteia terrUdo condition
without loss of time, and one afternoon,. f truJ hm nud h
w-orn, ragged and hungry, they dismounted lllc yuu are liot
v .."w ..... ,. -.. . .. -t , ,ou say you visn to visit jiuiunzatj. aim
smile, uni instructed to help ou. How can I
"Sot You are one of Gomel's Americans'. J0 .0V"
ehT Well. 1 vAuld necr have known It to o'ltellly hebltuted an liistuut. "Kor one
look at vou: the pun und tho vlnd hae .,.?; .t...i .:,.. t.i i. .,. i.,i
madeiyou Into a very good Cuban.' And your "'"fa " "
for' C8CubaE0caTli1et o't'lVc-r8" mlaaU(i 0" "YoJiqio welcome td the few dollars I
Uiteiny joinen m ins isugnter cvoiceu
by thlu rematlc. Ho was quite es tattered
as the tioores. ot uetain.ouri s common
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Johnnie expressed hi? gratitude for thli
reudy assistance. "Ono thing more," nald
SSJffflli SlS"5Sft"o.r fules'naed11'.,8; Sir J 'iKfrand Xnd 1dm tact to'tho
SSwU''V'rVwS IZ K ca0tutr18 "r?tt 'do!,Uen'''tyVhe gee,al
.! in ti.a ti.i,iii- ,,tM iiivhtH in tha irm u Ol course, it la uoiie. i lie, geiieiai
' liifrl fi friPinllv hand U1XX1 u lteiuv a Hnuui
beYrd 'had grown" too anlhil TsTn where der?sang gravely: "It would relieve ,ne
uiiaexvwMiunAotnMhoian lntenely to send you bad; with 1dm. for I
brow? Ceral.'tlier" vTs nothing ubout his ave feaxB for the success of the venture,
arauc"toVe"lalrhlsnatlo Matanias Is aJhelli It has swallowed up
BThe general continued!, "I, 'am Greeted thousands of o(.r good countrymen: thou-
in this letter to help you 111 some -enter, sands have died there. 1 m afraid you do
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prise. Command mc. sir." .
As briefly us (Possible Johnnie mado
known tne ooject oc ms journey, ine oni
cer nodded .Us comprehension, hut as ha
did to u piizled explosion crossen his
face.
not realize what risks jou ure taking.'
O'Reilly did not allow this well-mount
warning .to Influence him. nor did he listen
to the admonitions of those other Cubans
who tried to argue him out of his purpose,
once It became generally known. On tho
tA l iiini-it .1 Mint Ml.' Vnrmin Imrl nnntrurv. he nroceeded with his nrenara-
cone Into the city I tool: some t alns to find tlons.und spent that afternoon In butlsfyliTjc
out. uu )ou havo feaBon to doubt" himself that Kosa had Indeed le(( tho Tim
"Not In Iho least, sir" ,de Matanzas before Cobo"s raid. '
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Aiming Hel.UK'oiut b tmups writ n man
v. lio had been living In tho hills at thn
lime Asciihlo nnd his family had abandoned
their stiuggk1 for existence and to him
t'J'.eill went This fellow. It seemtd, hud
icmaini'd with his faiuih in the mountains
some time after Asenalo's departure. It
was from him that o'ltellly heard his first
authentic report of- the ulmcltleti perpc
tratnl by Cobu's Volunteer. This man
had lost his wife, his llttli- sou and all the
scanty belongings he pussested. With shuk
Ing hands tipstrptched to heavui. tho fellow
cuised the uuthor of his misfortunes,
"I live for one thing"' he died, shrilly.
"Tu meet that monster, and t hutchtr
him. as he butchers women und children,"
- .luckct Protests
o'ltellly puiposely left his inont unpleas
ant task to tho last. . When his urrange
inents had heen completed and he hud ac
quainted lilmsflf as far as possible vwth
tho hizards he was likely to encounter, ho
took Jacket aside and broke tho news to.
him that on the following morning they
must part Ah he had expected, the boy
lefused to listen to him. O'ltellly remained
llrm and Jacket adopted those tactics w hlcli
had proved to potent with Uuieral Gemez.
lie began to weep copiously He worked
himself up to u hysterical crescendo which
threatened to arouse the entire encamp
ment. Hut O'ltellly was unmoved
"lie iiulet." ho told the boy. "I wont
let )oii(o with ine. and that ends It."
"Vou datsent leave me," bobbed tho
joungster. "I got no friend but jou."
"It will be hard enough for one man to
slip through; two would be sure to fall."
"Those Spaniards will kill jou!" Jacket
walled. . ., -
"So much the more teason for jou tiTbtay
At this the boy uttered a louder crY. He
stumped his bare feet In a frenzy of dlstp
polntment. "Vou dassent leave me you
daesent !"
"Listen, people are starving In Matanzas;
thoy are slcli; they ate dying In tho
streets."
iidon't eat much"
When Johnnie shook his head ntubbornly
Jacket, launched himself Into u torrent of
profanity, tne violence ot wnicu nneu jus
tears ills vocabulary was surprising Ho
1 exiled tr.j Spaniards. O'ltellly. hlninelf,
even body and everything; lie leveled
nnutnemus at that, woman who had come
.between him und his beloved benefactor
The latter listened good-naturedl,
"You re a tougn i.iu," he laugneu, vvuen
Jackets' first rage had worn Itself out. "I
like vou, and I'd take you If 1 could, nut
this Isn't un enterprise for a boy, und It
won't get you uny thing to keep up this
tavket."
Jacket next tried the power of argument,
He attempted tu prove that In it hazardous
undertaking of this sort his assistance
wjJUld be Invaluable He was, 'ho ho tie-
dared, the one pcron In all f'uha In every
respect (lUlllfled tu hlmie O'ltellly's perils
Tu begin with, ln was not afraid of .Span
lards, or anvtlilug lso, for that matter he
dismissed the subject of personal courage
with a contemptuous shrug, As for cun
ning, sagaclt). prudence resource, all
around worth, ho was, without doubt, un
equaled In any counto Ho was u veritable
Kpaitun, too. when It Came to hardship-
privation und suffering weie almost to his
lIMug He was discreet discretion was
somc'hlng ho had Inherited; he was a diplo
mat diplomat') being oun of his most
unique accomplishments As for this tall,
about hunger. O'ltellly need not concern
hlmelf ill tho least on that score, for
Jacket was n tmall eater and he could grow
f.it on a diet of dead leaves Disease? Huh :
It made him laugh Ills experience with
hlikhess was wider than niont tlslcos, und
he was h liettor nurse thun Miss Hvaus
would ever be Jacket did not wish tu
appear In the least b-astful On the con
trary, lie was ut-tuallv too modest, as his
friends could attest, but truth compelled
him to admit that he was Just the man for
O'ltelllv Ho found It linposslblo tu lecom
meud hlmclf too highly; to mm his soul
he could think of no quallflc.itlon In which
he was lacking, and could tec no reason
why his benefactor would not greatly profit
by tho free use of his amazing talents. Tho
enterprise was dlllksult; It would certainly
fall without him
Johnnie lemalued carefully nttentlvo
during this adjuration Ho felt no desire
even to mille. for tho boy's earnestness was
touching and It caused tho cider man's
tin oat to tighten uncomfortubly. Johnnie
had not realized before how fond he had
lircotno of this quaint joungster. And so,
when tho little fellow paused liopefullj-,
O'ltellly put an arm around mm.
"I'm sure j'ou are everj thing sou saj ou
ure Jucket. and more, too, liut you can't
go !"
Wftli that Jucket flung off the emhr.ite
and, talking awuj', seated himself He took
n half-smoked cigar from the pocket of his
shirt and Ut It, Ncowllng tho while ut his
friend. More than once during thu evening
o'ltellly detected his sullen, ungry ojes upon
him.
Genet al Tiuiancouit und several mciuuus
of his staff vveie up early tue following
morning to bid their visitor good-hj In
splto of their efforts to make tuu parting
cheerful It was plain thut thej- had lltt'e
hope of, ever tagiln seeing this foolhardy
American. .
Johnnie's spirits were not In the least uf
fected by this Ill-concealed pessimism, for,
us ho told himself, ho had money In his
pockets and Matanzas was not many inlltos
away. Hut when he came to part from
Jacket ho experienced a getiuluo disappoint
ment Tha hoy, stiungcly enough, wan almost
ilndlffcrenr tu his leaving; he meiely ex
tended a limp and dirty hand unci replied tu
O'ltellly'a lulling words with ti catelcss
" Vdlusl"
In hurt mrprUo Iho former inqulrul,
"Don't vvn part guml fl lends?"
'. Sural" Jacket shrugged, tin n tuinc,d
nvi us-.
Jacket Wiu ,i likable jouiigstet ; his de
votion was thoioughlj' unselllsh ; It lud
not bicn casj- to wound him. With hemer
regrets than ho cared to utknow ledge,
O'ltellly set out upon his Juiirnej. following
the guldo whom General llet.inci.urt lm.l
provided.
It wus a lovely uiurnlng, bullklentlj waim
to promlie a hot mlddaj , tho air was moist
and fresh from It ncent shower Till being
the rainy teason. the Halls were soft, and
where the rich red I'uban soil was evposid
the tr.ivelets sank Into It as into wet puttt
Crossing' it roekj' ridge, O'ltellly und lib
guide at hist emerged upon an open slope
knee-high In grass and grown up to buttle
palms, those queer, illstotted tre.s whose
trunks ure swollen Into the likeness of
earthen wnter Jars. Scattered hero and
there over tho meadows' were the dead or
fallen trunks of nnbthcr variety, the cab
bugq palm, tho green heart of which had
long formed a stupln article of dlec for the
Insut rectos. Spanish axes had been at work
here, and not u single tree remained alUe.
The green Hour of the vallcs farther down
was dotted with thu other, tho roval kind,
that monatUi of tropic vegetation which
lends to thn Cubun lundscape Its pet,ullat
und distinctive beauty
"Yonder is the cainluo." bald the countrj--inan,
totaling Into the v illcy; "It will lead
you to the main road; und there" ho
turned to the northward "Is Matunzas. (Jo
with God nnd don't drink the well water,
which Is polluted with the rains." With u
Millie and u wave of the hand the man
turned back und plunged Into the Jungle.
The Surprise
As O'ltellly descended the slonA 1 1., ih.i1.
Ized keenly that he was alone nnd In a hos
tile terrltors The hills und the woods from
Plnar del ltlo to Orlente wtre Cuban, or, ut
most, they w ere disputed ground. Hut here
depresslim to Ol'eill. and more, for there
w.ij something menacing and threatening
about It all
Toward noun the breeze lessened and It
became lusufCerahlj hut A hank of t luud
In the e 1st vrumlsed , ending shower, so
Johnnie sought the nearest shade to wait
fur It, and took advantage uf the delay tu
eat his slender Iuih.1i He wus meillt.itlvflj
munching a sweet potato when u sound at
his bad. caused him to hap tu his feet In
ulium flu whlihd, thin uttered uu exUn-iiiu-luii
of amazement. Seated nut lifts" feet
uwaj was it barelegged bus, slmllaily en
gaged hi eating it sweet potato It tins
Jacket. Ills brunn ej'es were distended, his
blight, inquisitive ees were fixed upon
o'ltelllv from beneath it dellsnt si owl
'Jacket '" cried the pun ' What tho dovil
sue j'ou doing here',"'
"You fcoln' to let mc ram along?" chal
lenged the lutrudei,
"Su" Vuil followed tno after I said I
didn't want j'ou"" O'llillly spoke reproach
fully, but repruaihe. had nu effect upon tho
l.td With a uilkl eMilitlvc, Jacket blgnl
lled his contempt for such .1 weak form ot
persuuslon
"See here now " O'ltellly stepped closer.
"Let's be sensible about this."
Hut Jacket scrambled to his feet nnd re
treated warily, slutting the uneaten portion
of the sweet potato Into his mouth. It was
Plain thut he had no confidence In O'ltellly's
Intentions. Muttering something In a muf
fled voice, ho armed himself with a btout
btlck ,
"Colne here." commanded the American.
The two parlejed briefly Then, when
tatlsfled that no violence was Intended him,
the boy but down to listen. Hut, as before,
neither argument nor appeal had the slight
est effect upon him. Ho denied that ho had
followed his benefactor He declared that
he wus a free ugent and ut liberty tu go
where ho willed If It so chanced that his
lanes tool; him to the city of Mutsnzas ut
the tame time O'ltellly happened to be trav
eling thither the circumstance might be
put down to tho long arm of coincidence,
If his company were distasteful to the elder
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... ug limn,,, luiu imitjs iieur me cities utter, it was a mutter or complete Indlf-
, .,,a.n!.wu.', mwfme' i-rom this moment on ference to Jacket. He had business In
oltelllv knew he must rely entirely upon Matanzas und he proposed to attend to It,
himself. The success of his enterprise his The boy lied gravely, unblushlnglj-. Nevei-
very life hinged uiMin Ids caution, his pow- theless, ho kept a watchful eye upon his
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harmless, helpless paclflco. It cava him an
unaccustomed tnrin oy no means pleasant.
The road, when he came to It, proved to
he'll deep gutter 'winding between red clay
banks cut, by the high wheels of clumsy
cane carts. Inasmuch us no crops whatever
hud been moved over the road during tho
last season. It was now little more than an
oozj sticky rutv Not a roof, not a chimney
was In sight; the valley was deserted.
Hero wus a fertile farming countrj' and yet
no living thing, no sound of bells, no voices,
nu crowing cocks, no lowing cattle. Jt wai
t '
"Vers well."
"I glvo In."
O'ltelllv'- told Jum llnallj-.
Ho ra.
Jacket's face Instantly Ut un.
dlated good humor; ho hitched Ills body
1 get my own waj", don't I'1
mut have an understanding ami decide
who wo aie l.it mo bee, jour rial name Is
NarclHco "
' N.trclscu Vlllar.
"Well, then, I shall bo Juan Vlllar, jour
lnutliir Henceforth we shall bpeak noth
ing but Spanish. Tell me now, what was
uur fathers name, where waH oy,r homo
and what ate wo doing together?" f
Duilng the breathless Interval before too
shower the two sat with their heads to
gether talking eatnest!s As thn wind tame
and the cooling i.ilu began to rattle on
tho liaves overhead thej- took up their bun
dles und set uut Thu big drops, drenched
thim iiiliklj. Their thin gutments clung
to them nnd water streamed down their
bodies. Oteihead the sky was black and
rent by vivid streaks of lire, but they
plodded ouwurd cheerfullj.
Jucket was himself again. He bent his
weight against the tempest und lengthened
his short strides to O'ltellly's. Ho tried to
whistle but his teeth chattered and the
wind Interfered, su ho hummed a song to
drive the chill out of his bones and tu
heurten his benefactor. Now that ho was
ut last accepted uh a full partner In this
enterprise it became his duty not only Ho
share its perils, but to lessen Its hardships
and tu yield diversion
The (ionl in Sight ,
The rain wus cold, tho briers betide the
oveigiowti path were sharp andthej
scratched the boy's bare legs cruells. His
(stomach clamored for a companion to that
solitary sweet potato, too, but In his breast
glowed ardor, and pride. Jucket considered
himself a fortunate person a very fortu
u tte person. Indeed. Had he not found a
brother, und did not thut brother love him?
There vtas no doubt about the latter, for
O'ltellls's cj'es. when he looked down, were
kind and smiling, his vole's was friendly
und Intimate. Hero wuh a man to die ror.
The downpour lasted but a short time,
then the bun came out und dried the men's
clothes i on the whole, It had been refresh
Imr. When evening cume the Vlllar broth.
crs bought refuge in an old sugar mil I, or
miner in n pun ut it sun muituiiig, lney
were on the main calzada now, the paved
road which links the two main cities of the
Island, und by the following noon their
dest nation was In sight.
O'He lly felt a sudden excitement when
Matanzas came Into view.' From this dls-
i.nn. Hi ..llv Iftnkp.t nultA mm. It ,41,4 -.ph....
he had left It. except that the blue harbor ft?1'" J
was almoft empty u shipping, while the nj
laminar range 01 inns mat n n tne Yumurt .:'
that valley of del ght an closely lliiVed'w
closer.
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he laughed.
"Indeed j-ou do." O'ltellly laid a hand
fondly upon his I0511I follower. "And I
don t. mind telling you that I'm more than maddening delaysMiad proved hl'ow-mt4
half glad of It. I I was getting lonesome. ti,0 girl's undoing. T';
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