S'XTT "V Jfjk 'T ' tw Cv r Tr EVENING PUBLIC LEDER-PHILADELPltEA, WEDNESDAY, "a" -.."; DECEMBER 5, 19l? i jiv ' ' V s . ,. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY or A PENN5YLVANIAN Z?y Samuel W. Pennypackcr Pennsylvania Most Zealous and Energetic Governor C6Pjrlht, lot", by Public I.eilier Compsnr CHAPTER V (Continued) AT A dinner, October 1, 1888, Justice iMiller, of the Supreme . Court of the United States, gave such an interesting narrative of a crisis in American history that I wrote it out in full at the time, as follows: October 1, 1888. . Todiiy Justice Samuel V. Miller, of the Supremo Court of the United States, delivered the opening address to the law class of the University of Pennsylvania, and at 7 o'clock he Mit down to n dinner at the Rittcnhouso Club, No. 1811 Walnut street, tendered to him by the faculty of the law depnrtment of the university. There were ut the dinner C. Stuart Patterson, George Harding, Wnyne MacVcagh, Dr. William Pepper, Judge T. K. Finletter, Samuel W. Pennypackcr, Dr. Jayne, Judge Henry Reed, A. Sydney Biddle, Judge William Butler, Morton P. Henry, Judge James P. Mitchell, George Tucker Bisphnm, Justice Miller, Richard C. McMurtrio and Judge William McKcnna. After wine hud to tome extent enlivened the party, the turn taken by tho conversation made it a most Interesting event. The Justice said that during tho war the most strenuous efforts were made to use the court in .such it way as o embarrass the Govern ment in its conduct of operations by endeuvor'ing to get decisions upon such questions as the right of Mr. Seward to confine obnoxious persons in the forts, the right of Mr. Stanton to confiscate property of citizens in the rebellious States, etc. One lawyer from Mississippi spent about two years in endeavoring,. in various ways, to get a de cision upon some case of this kind. Once upon an application to ndvance n habeas corpus case the court seemed inclined lo take tho action. The Justice took occasion to see a friend of Justice Nelson and tell him that it would depend upon how Nelson voted as to whether the case should be advanced upon the list, and since it was a matter simply of the methods and administration of tho business of the court, it did not seem improper to talk to him about its effect on public affairs. Nelson afterward voted against tho advancement. The Justice did more to prevent interference by the court than per haps any other member of it. This brought up the subject of Jere miah S. Black. The Justice said: "Black, as a man, was simply abominable, but there was no one who appeared before the court lo whom it was so agreeable to listen. In hearing him you felt that you did not care n damn whether he was talking about his case or about any other case, hut there was a wealth of illustration, a knowl edge of the Bible and of Shakespeare wrought into his arguments which made you feel that you would like him to go on forever. On one occasion he had a case arising under the Civil Rights Bill from South Carolina, in which, characterizing the position of the other side, he said that there was no decision in any court in Christendom which would justify it. He then renched into his pocket for his silver tobacco box, which was always there, look it out slowly, put into his cavernous jaws a mass of the tobacco and, as if it had just occurred to him, continued. "Yes, there is one case which may apply. It is that of Dido vs. Carthago. There, you remember, the land was bought by hides and the amount was determined by o many covering the ground. It occurred to one casuist there that the hides might bo cut in strips and more land be got under them in that way. Now that case may be an authority for the other side. "He never was a sound lawyer. When he first came down to Washington he had only been in the habit of getting ten and fifteen dollar fees, but he soon found that he could get almost any sum and he afterward charged enormous fees. "Toward the latter part of the time he used to argue for the listeners and pay less attention to tho law and would maneuver so as to postpone his cases until there were hearers. We humored ff jai wMA'iMkMlVKBfiPv fllUlK. BBBBHtlEBfiBJpv jeBBHkiSK.lS.Aa. tBcT SftKevSifHtBaSBBBBBT '.ttttttBttkgfBaugMfl Bare jmHtmntaJ?6 K!KA V JajJWnlBMfraiaMfMllrf&ffaBBBBBaTITWraBBffMj wTmJtWwMIBBt IIVJSIVjBPDIEw I KBflHHHKflHuBS8DHHEBHRHKAra9BnHBRllM' "" JMHHVflHHHHHH llllMMBIBgsreMEMBIMHatWMBi . x. j"bwWIWIW1JIB WWW The United States Supreme Court which was entertained by the Philadelphia bar during (lie Constitutional Centennial celebration. From left ti right arc Justices Joseph Bradley, Stephen .1. 1'ield, Samuel 1 Miller, Nathan Clifford. Chief Justice Morrison It. Waite, N. II. Sua lie, Daid Daws, W. Strong and Ward Hunt. The photograph is from the collodion of Hampton L. Carson. c.'fiitit!t7 inn OrpliM?.. ltitl, ioSt Cj'l eutl c l(t Sw-lill l.u( r Vf" "lit'l c I", lluiliiSblmle. tt5,ffi5?4ii1.-ur. 3M SiPimf isissr ' 4i Jiw( Ci'f '' far! - Ii fo t-tircJ wttlin, 1 1 -.' "It's l O - OTwllliruMt c m iiwi The title page and bill of fare of the menu at the luncheon given to the United States Supreme Court in the Academy of Music on the morning of September 15, 1887, during the Constitutional Centennial celebration. him, more or less, in the matter. After the icport of the Electoral Commission he, for the purpose of abusing us. appeared before the Commission. He said the most dreadful things. If it had been a court ho would have been locked up for contempt. I would have locked him up for contempt within ten minutes after he began. Judge Strong, who had been a great friend of his, refused, afterward, for more than n year, to recognize him. At length, when Strong was going to Europe, Black wrote to me snying that what he had paid was in a public capacity, that I had not taken personal offense at it, and asking me whether I would not see Strong and endeavor to present it to him in this light. 1 did so, and they became reconciled. The more outrageous things Black said never were printed." Judyv Strong anil Wayne MacVcagli This brought up MacVcagli. who said with an assurance which is natural to him: "Strong felt it because he could not rid himself of the idea that lie was sitting as Judge of a Couit, which was a great mistake. You took the sensible view of it. You always recognized that you veio not then; as a Judge at all." "I was there," replied the Justice, "as if I were a Judge to decide the matter as nearly according to the law as it could be done and to do justice." "There is no use in disguising tho fact," said MacVcagli. "that the Commission was in no sense a Court. The Commission decided in favor of Hayes, and when I went down to New Orleans at the head of the MacVcagli Commission 1 oerrulcd them." "What is your view of the law of the matter, MacVeigh?" inquired tin Justice. "When 1 went down there," said MacVcagli, "1 found that everything, in fact, was under the control of the Nichols government. When a child was born he was registered by an officer under Nichols. When ho died, probate was granted by an ofiicinl appointed by the Nichols government. Marriage certificates were taken out in its name. I established it, dV jure as well as de facto. With a grim and resolute President like Grant, with a Secretary of War like my brother-in-law, not overscrupulous, with an army oflicor like Sheri dan, with a icturning boaid not overset upulous, if the Republicans could not get a majority of more than eight thousand, there was not much in their position." The Justice said: "The Constitution of Louisiana provided jears before that there should be a leturning board empowered to count the votes and deter- mine the result. It seems to have been foreseen that there might conic a time when force might be used in an election, and this was the means provided foi meeting it. We considered that this was a subject within the control of the State. To permit Congress to determine the vote would have resulted in the destruction of tho Government. That body never acts judicially. It would be like their determination upon the rights to seats, which arc invariably decided in favor of those in sympathy with tho majority. So it would be in the case of a President. There was- no doubt fraud in Louisiana, as there was also tho use of force. But our view was that the State must regulate the casting and the counting of the vote. It had de veloped this plan and had the power to do it. Wc saved the country at that time from anarchy, and theje has been little recognition of our service. The Democrats abused us, and the Republicans have never come to our defense. "Many Democrats have thanked me since for preserving this right to the States. There is more appreciation of it among the Democrats than among the Republicans. But unquestionably it was a grave crisis happily surmounted." MacVeagh's attack did not meet the approval of those present, and Judge Mitchell said, hardly in undertone; "I have a good deal of patience, but it provokes me; it is as much as I can stand to sit here and listen to MacVeagh talking his Independent Republican politics." The Constitution of tho United States having been adopted in a convention held in Philadelphia in 1787, and fiom the national point of view this being the most impoitnnt event in our history, it was determined to celebrate the centennial anniversary in a fitting manner in 1SS7. J. Granville Leach offered a resolution in the Law Acad emy that the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States be entertained by the bar of tho city. The project took shape. McMurtrio was made- chairman, Joseph B. Townscnd, treasurer, and Pennypackcr, secretary, of a committee to cany out the plan, but Leach and I did nil the work. We gathered in the subscriptions by personnl solicitation at $10 each, and made tho arrangements. We gave the Justices :i breakfast in the foyer of the Academy of Music on the 15th of Sc-embor, at which tho Chief Justice, Morrison R. Waite; Richard j. McMurtrio, Judge J. I. Clark Harp, president judge of the Court of Common Pleas No. 2; Justice Kdw.it d M. I'axson, of the Supremo Court of Pennsylvania; the Honorable W. S. Kirkpatrick, Attorney General of Pennsyl nnia, and John Sergeant Wise, of Virginia, made, speeches. Society ladies sat in the adjoining room and ate, drank, chatted and listened. In connection with tho same celebration, the learned societies of Philadelphia, including the University of Pennsylvania, the His torical Society of Pennsylvania and the American Philosophical Society, gave a dinner in the Academy of Music on the 17th of September which was perhaps the most imposing function that ever occurred m the United States. The subscription price was 525 a plate. The menus were entirely etched and cost ?3 each. Dr. Wil liam Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania, appeared the most conspicuously and Frederick D. Stone furnished tho mo tive power. I was chairman of cho executive committee. The Presi dent of the United States, Grover Cleveland; the Vice President, the Chief Justice, the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, the general of the army, Philip H. Sheridan; the English Ambassador, Sir Lyon Playfair; tho French Ambassador, the Marquis de Chambrun; tho Goernors of many of the States, with Senators, Congressmen, men of science and of letters, thoroughly representing the activities of tho whole country, took part in the dinner. Mrs. Clcvlcand, who had been recently married and who was in the pride of her youth ful beauty anil popularity, held n reception in the corridors, where ladies and gentlemen listened to the proceedings, watched the move ments and decorations and wished for the terrapin. I wrote little books describing these banquets, and both of them were subsequently printed. My connection with thefe affairs and the correspondence necessarily conducted brought mc temporarily into almost intimate association with the Chief Justice and other members of tho Su preme Court. Waite was a dark-eyed, good-looking man, well groomed, with much courtesy of manner, but he made no other im pression on me. As it happened, a few months later, for the first time in my life, I had three cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, and I wont down to Washington, having arranged with a friend at our bar to move for my admission. He failed to appear. Seeing Gen eral Benjamin F. Butler, of Massachusetts, looking old, stout, weather-beaten, but sturdy, with his twisted eye fastened on a brief, I went over to him and said: "General, you do not know me, but you did know my cousin, General Pennypacker, who fought in your command on the James. I have been disappointed in not finding a Philadelphia lawyer here whom I had expected to see and I should be much pleased, as well as honored, if you would move for my admission." He turned that eye on me a little athwart and said n little gruffly: "But tho rule requires a personal acquaintance. Do you know no one here?" "Oh, yes; I know all of the court." Just then the Justices filed in nnd each of them in turn nodded to me with a smile, a recognition unusual in court and accorded to no other man there. "I shall be glad to make the motion," said the General, and at Pennypackcr's Mills, along with the paper3 and letters that relate to tho two banquets, is the parchment scroll that certifies my admission to prnctico in the Supreme Court of tho United States on the motion of Benjamin F. Butler, Esq. CHAPTER VI Litterateur and Bookhunter TVTV GREAT-GRANDFATHER, Matthias Pennypackcr, had a repu tation for vigorous and apt expression. Since his day the faculty has manifested itself in a number of his descendants. Judge Henry C. Conrad, of Wilmington, Del.; Charles H. Pennypacker, the Burgess of West Chester; Elijah F. Pennypackcr, Canal Commis sioner of Pennsylvania, with Thaddcus Stevens; Dr. Nathan A. Pennypacker, member of Assembly in 186C, and my father havo shown the gift of speech in moro than the ordinary measure. My brother, Isaac R. Pennypackcr, who wrote the accepted life of Gen eral George G. Meade, has written poems which caught the atten tion of Longfellow and were included in his "Poems of Places" and other verso which Edward Clarence Stcdman said was superior in merit to his own efforts. I began to write in my childhood and to make speeches in my early youth. At twenty-four I wrote an epic poem upon the war, giving in somber ond gloomy tones the incidents of tho sad careers of Josiah White nnd his sweetheart, with the scene laid at Phoenix villc along the French Creek nnd the Schuylkill River. I give below a piece of early occasional verso; a tribute to My Mother; and a sonnet to Lloyd Mifflin, written within the Inst few years. Somo of my translations of German hymns may bo found in Brumbaugh's "Christopher Dock," in my "Pennsylvania in American History," and a translation from the German verse of Pastorius was set to music by the Orpheus Club of Philadelphia and" sung two winters at the Academy of Music. To the verse above mentioned I select another to be included in this narrative. The Haslibncher hymn, written in tho sixteenth century and published in the Ausbund, a hymn book of tho Mennon itcs which has gone through eight editions In America and is still used among the Amish of Lancaster County, always made a strong impression upon mo because of its dramatic power and simplicity. It has many of the features of the ballad literature and of tho Xibrlungcnlied. I translated it from the German when at Harris, burg in tho midst of my first session of the Legislature as a sort of relief from tho onerous pressure of new and difficult duties. The translation preserves the rhyme, meter and versification, and to certain extent maintains the spirit of the original. XANTHIPPE (Sola) The tea of jarbs that cured lny mother must Havo lost Its virtue, opodeldoc don't Appear to do no pood, and what betwixt Tho iheumotlz and Pocrates I feel A-worrled nigh to death. Ho is the mst Provoking man allvo I do believe. While I am down upon my knees, and mo All fetlfT and crippled, scrubbing oft tho floor And trylnff hard to keep thlncs neat und clean. Ho's gone with Alclblades and them Old loafers wandering around the streets To talk about philosophy. There's lot3 Of work to do in Athens ho might cct. If ho would only try, and glvo up these Illdlciilous notions. Then wo might live Just As nice us other folks. There has not been A carpat on this floor for seven years, And whin I tell him, as I bomettmes do, Ho says, "The gods require no carpet and, Xanthippe, wn but imltato tho gods." A) if that consolation wcro to mc! What use it is to dream about old boolis And such llko rubbish when tio flour's all gone And mo nnd his poor children havo not got A decent thins to wear, I do not pee. Xow here's Rpamlnondas' punts. If I Uac patched thorn once I've patched them forty tlmei Until the stuffs so thin the thread won't hold. And vet ho koch a-sncaklng through tho houpe, His eyes lmlf shut, his thoughts Intent upon Klyslum or somo other place, and can N'ot sea tho boy's ashamed to turn his back Toward any one. No wonder that I scold, But 'tHln't a bit of use. He pays no more Attention than a post. I might as well no pouring water In tho Hellespont. Ho all tho while that soft and Bheeplsh smllo Will wear upon his face and count tho flics Along tho wall until I stop to get My breath, and then lio walks away without A word. I get so mad, it makes mo feci As If I wcro Krymneus. "Tother clay, When I for fully half nn hour liad been A-telllng him about tho ham wo want, Ho stared and slowly said, "Yes, Crltias, The cycle system must bo right." I up And snatched tho basin of hot water that I had to wash the dishes with and poured The slops upon his old bald head. He wiped His face and muttered, "When the thunders cease Then comes tho rain." He'll be the deattyf me I know. 4 Written hy rrqutit In early life for a public ent-rtatnnint riven at.Phoenlx villa nt which vrere reprrientetl a number of historic women. Mora Honjri and poems written by Corernor Pennypacker will appear In tomorrow's Installment, (CONTINUED TOM.OimOW) RAINBOW'S END By REX BEACH Author of y "The Spoiler" "The turrler." "Heart of the Sunset." L2 A novel of love, hidden treasure and rebellion in beautiful, mya-1 n. I terioua Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against Spain. ropjrlsht, HUT Unri'tr llrus CHAPTER XXIII (Continued) O'HRIMA' knew that although MaUuzas was u pribon and a ivatholo. a girl like Itosa would Miffer therein perils Infinitely woro than Imprisonment or disease. It was a thought he could not bear to dwell upon. S'gns of life began to appear now, the travelers punned bmall garden patches and occasional cultivated fle!dn; they encoun tered loaded carts bound Into the citv. uud onco they hid tliemelvea whllo a column of mounted troops went by.' O'ltellly stoj-ped to pas.1 the time of .day, with u wrinkled rurtmau whose dejected oxen were retting. "Going Into tho city, arc you?" the fel low Inquired. ".Starved, out, I suppose. Well. It's pleasant to starvo In one place as another." Jacket helped himself to a stalk of cane, from the load and began to strl'i It with his teeth. Into the 'City of Death Will the soldiers allow ui to emcrV" Johunlo Inquired. , "Of course. Why not?" the old man laughed mlrthlebsly ; then his voice changed, do back." he bald, "go back and dlo In the ttelds. Matunias stinks of rotting dorpbes. 0 brck where the air is clean." lie swung his long lash over the oxen, they leaned against the load, and the cart creuked dismally on Its way. It Is never difficult to enter trap, aim "E( beggars ! Mataniax was precisely tnai. soldiers everywhere, There were but beyond an Intllf- bentrles 'I lipy observed silently; In aimless bow lldei merit they bhultlcd along toward tho lirari of tho lII. Almost before they leallzed It they had run the rantlet and hail Jolntd that army of misery, llftn-n thousand strong. Thu hand of Spain had clofed over them. CHAPTER XXIV KOSA OOIC" Jacket elutiliid at O'hcllly and pointed a bhal.lng linger. "More Crlsto' And thoce little chil dren!" The boy tried to I lugn. nut inn volee cracked nervously. "Are they chil dren or gourds with legs linear them? O'Reilly looked, then turucd his eyes away. Ho and Jacket had reached the heait of Matanxas and wcro facing thu public Hijuaie, the Plaza de x I.lbertad It was called O'ltellly knew tho place well; every building that flanked It was familiar to him, from the vust, rambling Governor's I'alaco to the ornate CibIiio Kspanol and the (irand Hotel, and time was when ho had been a welcome visitor nt all of them. Hut things were different now Clone wvre tli,i customary crowds of well-dressed, well fed cltUens; gone the rows of carriages which at this hour of tho dav were wont to circle the I'laz laden with tho nrls tocrnry of the city: gone was that nlr of cheerfulness and substance which had lent distinction to the place. Matanzas tip peared poor and squalid, deprcsslngly wretched ; Its streets were foul and the Plaza do la I.tbertad grim mockery of a name was crowded with a throng such an it had never held in O'ilellly'a time, a throng of people who were, without excep tion, gaunt, listless, ragged. There vrai nn afternoon nando of finery, no lauchter. no noise; the benches were full, but their . " . .i...ii..,.. Vu tlie miter blni klioliiu. ii no noise; me ueiiciirs, were J nil. out wieir S,$ y,e,ue4iV i S,S -enpanta were , silent g -Ick or too weak to move. Nor were there uny romping chil- hart compaifd llieni to gourds with lego, for all were Hiked, and most of them had bodies bwollcn into tho likeness of pods or calabashes. They looked peculiarly grotcsqiiH with their spidery legs and thin face O'ltellly passed a damp hand across his eyes. "Cod '" ho breathed. "She she's one of theso!" Ho hd not penetrated even thus far into tM city without receiving a hint of what renditions must be, for In tho outlying streets hn had been sights and smelled odors that had slikened him; but now that ho was fice to face with the worst, now that he breathed the verv breath of misery, ho could scan-el) ciedlt what he saw. A stench. Indescribably nauseating, assailed him and Jacket as they mingled with tho crowd, for as et their nostrils wero un-u-ed to poverty and filth. It wis tho rancid odor that ailses from unwashed, unhealthy bodies, and It testified etoquently to tho living conditions of tho prisoners. Hollow c)cs and hopeless faces followed tho two newcomers as they picked their way slowly along. Tho rcconcentrados overran Matanzas In in unclean swarm; streets and plazas wero congested with them, for no attempt was mndo to conflno them to their quarters. Morning brought them sti earning down from the suburban slopes where they lived, eve ning cent them winding back; their days were spent In an aimless search for food. They snatched at crumbs and combed tho gutters for crusts. How they managed to exist, whence cimo the, food that kept life in their miserable bodies, was a m)s tery, even to the citizens of tho city; no organized effort had been made to care for them and there was Insufficient surplus food for half their number. Vet somehow they lived and lingered on. Of course tho city was not entirely peo pled by the starving as a matter of fact, they formed scarcely one-fifth of the nor mal civil population and the llfo of tho city was going on a good deal as usual, Mores were open, at least, mere was ,,w.u..-."w -"t::-a ,,;. ,.i,i. ,.,. to mc ever In T passing the lines. Discipline, never dren. Thero were, to be sure, vast numbers , dally train from Habana. and the barracks irti ut iieMt. was extremely lax ai me ui unucieiu ..aw.- ... ,., OHUa.u, uuw n?iw uu m loitini uuui., n -- .-" brick fortlnas along the roads, and. slnco irn needed to iook iwice to reauzo mat urn. two refugees were too Door Ui warrant they were not p)gmles or wlzenej llttlo search, they wero waved onward oy tne old folks, it was not strango that Jacket the wastacr of this normal population that these ID, 0U0 prisoners wero fenced lo live, liven this wastage was woefully In- ..ilfiiii.ilH. merely siivlng to prolong buf feting bv making starvation slower. At the time of O'ltclllv's arrival thn bight prebented by these Innocent victims of war was appalling; It roused In hhn h. dull ted rage at the power width had vvronl. tnls crime and at tho men who per mitted It to continue. Spain was a r hrls tlan nation, he reflected; bho had Bet up moie ctosses than any other, nnd )Ct be neath them bho had butchered moro people than all tho nations of tho earth combined. This monstrous coldly ca.culatlng effort to destroy tho entire I'uban people seemed to him the blackest Infamy of all, and he wondered if it ould be allowed to suc ceed. Kortunalcly for the two friends. General Ilntancourt's generosity perved to relievo them from any immediate danger of starva tion. After making a few purchases and eating with the utmost frugality, they be gan their search. Later, they stretched themselves out to sleep on tho stones be neath the portals of tho railroad station. The First Night They spent a horrid, harrowing night, for now the general distress was brought home to them moro poignantly than ever. At dawn they earned that these peop'o wero actually dving of neglect. Tho faint light betrayed the presence of new corpses lying upon tho station flagstones. From those still living, groans, sighs, sick mutterinss rose until O'ltellly finally dragged his youthful companion out of the place, "I can't stand that." he confessed. "I can't sleep when people are starving to death alongside of mc. This money burns my pocket I I " .... Jacket read his purposo and laid a de taining hand upon his arm. "It will savo our lives, too," ho said, simply. , "Bah! Wo are men. There aro women and children yonder " Hut Jacket's sensibilities were calloused. It seemed. "Of what use would your few pesetas bo among so many?" he Inquired. Cod has willed this, and lie knows what lla Is doing. Uesldcs, your 'pretty one' Is probably as hungiy as are these people. No doubt we shall find that she, too. Is starving." O'ltellly slowl withdiew his hand from his iKicket. "Yes' It's llosa's mono). But come; I can't endure this." Hn led tho way back to the Plaza of Liberty and there on an lion bench they waited for tho full day. They wero very tired, but further sleep was Impossible, for tho death-wagons rumbled by on their way to collect the bodies of those who had died during tho night Neither tho man nor tho boy ever w holly lost tho nightmare memory of the next few days, for their search took them Into every part of tho rcconcentrado districts. What they beheld aged them Day after day, fiom dawn till dark, they wandered, peer ing Into huts, staring Into faces, asking questions until they wero faint from fatlguo and Nick with disappointment. As time passed and thsy failed to find Itosa Vnrona a terrlblo apprehension began to weigh O'ltellly down; his faco grew old and drawn, his Nhou'ders sagged, his limbs began to drag. It was all that Jacket could do to keep him going. The boy, now that thero was actual need of him, proved a perfect Jewel; his optimism never failed, his faith never faltered, and O'ltellly began to feel a dumb gratitude at having tho younrster by his side. Jacket, too, became thin and gray about the lips. Hut he complained not at all and he laughed a great deal. To him the morrow was always another day of brilliant promise toward which he looked with never lulling eagerness; and not for a single mo ment did he question the ultimate success of their endeavor. Such an example did much for the older man. Together they riractlced thu strictest, harshest economy, Ivlng on a few cents a day, while they methodically searched the city from limit to limit. At first O'ltellly concerned himself more than a llttlo with the problem of escape, but as time wore on he thought less and leis about that. Nor did ha have occasion to waste further concern regarding his dis guise. That It was perfect he proved when several of his former acquaintances passed him by and when, upon one occasion, ho came face lo face with old Don Mario de Castano. Don Mario had changed; he was older, his flesh had softened, and It hung loosely upon his form. He appeared wor ried, harassed, and O'ltellly recalled rumors that the war had ruined him. Tho man's air of dejection seemed to bear out the story. They had been enemies, nevertheless O'ltellly felt a sudden impulse to make himself known lo tho Spaniard and to ap peal directly for news of Itosa's fate. But Don Mario, ho remembered In time, had a reputation for vlndlctlveness. so he smoth ered tho desire. On other encounter O'ltellly had reason to remember Cobo Once More It so chanced that one day he and Jacket found themselves In the miserable rabble which assembled at the railroad station to Implore alms from tho Incomlpg passengers of the Habana train. I'ew people were traveling these days, and they were, for tho most part. Spanish officers to whom the sight of starving country peoplo was no novelty. Now and then, however, there did arrive visitors from whom the spectacle of so much wretchedness wrung a contribu tion, hence there was always an expectant throng at the depot. On this occasion O'ltellly was surprised to hear the piteous whines for charity in the name of God turn claimed tho boy. "Well, now, I should enjoy cutting his heart out." O'ltellly's emotions wero not ontlrely un llko those of his email companion. Ills lips became dry and white as lio tried to speak. "What a brute! That face Ugh!" Ho found himself shaking weaklly, and discovered that a new and wholly unac countable feeling of discouragement had settled upon him. He tried manfully to shako it off, but somehow failed, for tho sight of Uosa's arch-enemy and the man's overbearing personality had affected him queerly. Cobo's air of confidence and au thority seemed to emphasize O'Reilly's im potence and bring It forcibly homo to him. To think of his lustful persecution of Itosa Varona, moreover, terrified him. That afternoon found tho two friends among the miserable hovels which encircled tho foot of La Cumbre, about tho only quarter they had not explored. Below lay San Severlno, the execution place; above was the site of the old Varona home. Mora than onco on his way about tho city O'Reilly had lifted his eyes in tho direction of the inner, lectins v. srrai Hunger lo revisit the suddenly Into a subdued but vicious mutter """ .5? o1?,,,hiarI5Se."t2,no.8-aJ-."ir would have upon him ho had thus far re sisted the Impulse. Today, however ho could no longer fight the morbid desire and so. In spite of Jacket's protest at the useless expenditure of effort, he set out to climb the hill. Of course tho boy would not let him go alone. Llttlo was said during tho ascent. The . La Cumbre road seamed very long and verv steep. How different tho last time O'Relliv had swung uu It I Tho climb had never before tired him as it did now, and he. reasoned that hunger must have weakened htm even more than ha realised. Jacket felt tho exertion, too: ho was short nt h.ii and rested frequently. O'ltellly saw that ' of race. Hia-ps were Intermingled with vi tuperatlons. then the crowd fell strangely silent, parting to allow tho pa-wage, of a great, thick-set man in the uniform of a colonel of volunteers. Tho fellow was un usually swarthy and he wore a black scowl upon his face, while a long puckering scar tho full length of ono cheek lifted his mouth into a crooked sneer and left exposed a glimpse of wolfish teeth. O'Reilly was at a loss to fathom this sudden alteration or attitude, tho whistle of Indrawn breaths and tho whispered curses, until ho heard somo ono mutter tho name. "Cobo." Then Indeed he started and stiffened In his tracks. He fixed a fas cinatea stare upon tnoieiiow. th. boy's bare, brown lees had t,w v""1. colonel cobo seemec, no iiitie. pleased Bme. n, had last noticed th.m. "nnH s".",'. a sudden pang at having brought the littii linn. Itr Klmh u ntl.rl.fr u. .... MD ""1B v.w .v;" T .. . . . a ini" "vvsu, nomore, by tho reception he created. With his chest arched and his black eyes gleaming malevo lently he swaggered through tho press, clicking his heels noisily upon tho stono flags. When he had gone Jacket voiced a Vicious oath. "So thatvls the butcher of babies!" ex- he said when thav n.i...j to rest. "I'm afraid we came too late I'm afraid we're licked." ,ale ra (CONTINUED TOMOmtOW) 'b?f V --J rU y. m I $ Vl K t-1 Uk1 t K5 m II : j. u a j illHlSTyi fir-fl i J4& . - ii 'tiif-' ? (tt! !' t&tde. , . .1A V V .j k . . VN . j ';m.v,. . ..i i , t. rSSrin iMANrWE u ir'-G&fizzm S
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