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CHAPTER VI (Continued)
llrnti-rilny llie flMl i.f k niimhfr of poems written
""'"""" WB" named in the autobiography. The
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MY MOTHER
rpac Spartan mothers in the dujs of old.
- .So runs tho story, were entire content
To see their tons who forth to battle went
iieturn witn malms and wounds, were they but
ur slam, if that no mark of shame they boro
To show they faltered when they met tho foe;
Kuril gifts these Grecian mothers could bestow
Such sacrifices us u crown they wore.
Sly mother wears n crown of greener bay,
And offers better Rifts by far thtin they,
Kor that herself is her wholo bacriflce.
In all her llfo of ono and bcventy jears
No act of hers has caused another fears,
No word of hers has dimmed another's eyes
l-'rom off tho crest I peer ndown tho valo
Toward which her feebler footsteps now descend,
Toward which my own path must henceforward trend,
And try through shadows to foiecast tho tale;
Or, looking backward to that further tlmo
When I was but a child and she In prime,
Ilccall her tender touch and soft caress.
And all her gentle ways and kindliness.
In that long journey (may It lengthen yet)
Sho o'er has kept within tho narrow way.
Xo thought of self has tempted her to stray,
There's nothing she would havo her sons forget.
Oh. mother! If 1. too, should reach thy age,
Llko unto thine may my then wiltten p.mo
lie clean and pure may virtue he instilled.
And every duty bo us thine fulfilled.
March 23, 138C.
LLOYD MIFFLIN
The sceptre once witli dread to man was fraught;
That day has gono the kings have lost their sway
Tho pi lest no longer lilies, but kneels to pray,
And o'er tho caith the mightiest power is thought.
A sylvan poet bends u touch his lie
Where Susquehanna's waters woo the Isles,
Wheic tlelds of dawn grow gicen with nature's smiles.
Ho sweeps the htrlngs that glow with moio than li to.
In busy maits tho tiader stays his gain.
The shepherd drops his ciook In Ainu's vales,
Miletus waits to hear forgotten talcs.
While listening Sorrow hides her inmost pain:
Tho harp long mute by ScioV haunted leas
Is swept again by classic melodies.
HYMN
A beautiful spiritual hjmn concerning Hasllbachcr how he was
Hd from llfo to death.
In tone, "Warum betruebst du dlch meln Hertz."
Vrom the archaic Herman In tho .lsMu,rf. a Mennonlto hymn book
pubdshed In Switzerland about IC20 and In Pp-,i,1.i,..i .....
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And there In pilson he was cast,
in pain a,nd tortuio was held fast,
Ilecatlso of Ills belief.
Hut pain and toiturc did not scathe
And steadfast kept ho to his faith.
On Friday, ns I understand,
Tho learned priests who ruled tho land
Went to his pilson cell,
Regan to nrguo that ho ought
To yield the faith ho had been taught,
The Hasllbachcr listened long
Whllo they disputed hard and strong,
Then made this nulck responso;
"1 will not my belief lestgn.
While llfo is in this body mine."
L'pon a Saturday again
Appeared anew these learned men
And angrily they spoko;
"If now this f iif til you do not doff
You soon will have your head cut off,"
The answer came both short nnd quick:
"To my belief I mean to stick,
I hold It steadfastly,
If Cod approves, naught can alaim
And He will savo mo from all harm."
And that satno Saturday at night
An Angel of tho Lord with might
To Hasllbachcr came.
And said: "Tho Lord me here did tend
To strengthen you to meet jour end.
"To gle you help that will avail
If in your faith you do not fall,
Kilt stand both fast and firm.
That faith Is pleasing to tho Lord.
Ho holds your soul lu good accord.
"Although jou will bo dilven hard
And then must perish by tho sword,
lie not thereat alarmed,
Thero I shall bo light at your side
And all tho pain jou may abide."
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Translated into English erse by Samuel W
8, 1904.
Pennypacker, March
Wo sing In such way as wo can
Tho fate which happened an old man.
He came- from Haslibach.
Hasllbacher was lie called.
Out of Kilchorl Summlswald.
Tho dear Lord suffered it to bo
That he was punished grievously
Uecauso of his belief.
They caught him at his home. I learn,
And took him to tho town of Ucrne.
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While Monday's hours weie passing o'er
The learned men enmo still once more
To Haxllbachcr's coll,
And what they wanted was In bilef
Ho should sui lender his belief.
"If not," said they with the same breath,
"Tomorrow you will suffer death."
Then Hasllbacher said:
"Hefofe my own belief I scoff
You may indeed cut my head off,"
That Monday night in daikuess deep
The Hasllbacher lay asleep.
About the midnight hour
Ho di pained It was all light, and they
Had como to tako ills head away.
The Hasllbacher then nioe,
A brilliant light did all disclose,
A book before him laj ,
An Angel of tho Lord then spoke!
"Head what jou llnd In this dicad book."
He found ns then he turned to lok
This marvel wilt within tho book,
"When they cut off jour head
Three signs will Clod dlscloo to view,
To bhow the wrong dono unto jou."
And after he had read It nil,
Again tho night did 'lound htm fa.ll.
Again ho fell asleep.
Ami iiecr did he wako once moro
Until they oped hU prison door.
They bado to him a pleasant morn.
I In thanked them with nn touch of i-corit.
And then to him they Mild:
"oti Hist tho (Sudly wind shall hear
Then cat a meal, the last while licic.''
"From my belief 1 do not part,
Tlfo Godly woid is in my heait,
My uau-o I glio to (Sod.
My soul Is tl.tiKcncd by no lio
And Innocent I wIMi to die."
Then to an inn they took their way.
tSnod meat nnd dilnk bifoio him lay.
The headsman by his side;
That he should be In surest dread
Aiul from his faith bo thus inlslul.
Tho Meunist to the heaiKinan spoke:
"Your meat and dilnk my touiago woke.
You will upon this day
l'our out an Innocent man's blood,
Hut that is for my bout's gicat good,"
Ho further said: "(tod will you bhow
Three signs that jou may easily know
And uveij man can sec,
My head cut off will lie nwhllo
Then leap Into my hat and smile.
Tho second sign will bo us clear
And on tho sun Itself appear.
Xow to tho third gle heed.
The sun will bo as red as blood,
Tho Stadel Hrun bo a led Hood."
Tho Judge turned (o tho lords, indeed:
"Do j mi to tbeso thrco signs glvo heed
And see If they occur.
If all of this should happen so
Your souls may jet encounter woe."
Tho meal had now nn end at last.
They wished to bind his two hands fast.
Tho Hasllbacher spoke:
"I pi ay yuu Master Loteutz so
You mo permit unbound to go,
"Prepared and leady I can be,
My death In tiuth icjoices me.
And I am full content.
And God will mercy still bestow
On those themselics who mercy show.1'
As ho was to the scaffold led,
Ho took Ills hat from off his head,
Hlglit thero befote tho ciowd.
"1 pray you, Muster Loreittz, that
You let mo heio put down my hat."
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backer, the immigrant. '
Then down lie fell upon his kneo
And offered prayers up two or tluee
And longer yet he prajed.
"What cause is mine tho good God sec.i.
Ho with mo now wh.itc'cr you pleuse."
Tho headsman then cut orf his head,
It leaped Into his hat und bled.
' he signs could ull men sec. ,
The sun became as led as blood,
Tho Stadel llrun ran a red Hood.
Then said an aged man thereat:
"Tho Mcnnlst's mouth laughs in his hat."
Then said an old gray man:
"If jou had let tho Mcnnlst live '
It would you lasting welfaro give."
The loids together whispered then
"Xo lennlst will we Judgo again."
An old man spoko aloud:
"If as I wished it had been done,
Tho Mcnnlst had been left alone."
Tho headsman said In saddest mood,
"Today havo I shed guiltless blood."
Again an old man spoke:
"Tho Mcnnlst's mouth laughed in the hat,
God's punUhmcnt will follow tlu."
Ho who this llt'tlo hymn has made
Is for his life in prison laid.
To sinners sends he loe,
A man brought pen and Ink to write.
Ho sends to you a last good night.
I never had any instruction in German. After I bnd hem nAL'jfr
mitted to tho bar Dr. Oswald Seidenstieker, of the University elf
Pennsylvania, one day told me that George M. Wagner, a hardwr?2
mercnunt on uuiowJiill street, near Fifth street, had the manuscript' A
account book of Francis Daniel Pastorius kept in 1702 and in It '
was un account, wun iicnuncK I'annebccker. Eager to know -whit.y&i
it contained, I went to examine the book, but being written In Ger-Tp
man script I was unable to read it. At Mrs. Foster's boardfarxi'i
house I had an old German friend named C. Louis Scherer. 1 frl&M
him up to the hardware store, but the script was two centurfi. nlM
script was two centiirfn aM.'J
he was matter of fact unci absolutely devoid of imagination and Jr
couiu not read it I, determined not to be baffled in that way, bought M
r German grammar and dictionary and went to work, and at thuk
end of about n year I went to the store and made a copy of tiJfcSS
entry. With like material I began the study of Dutch and I hv2?3
carried ootn languages with me through my later life. When' in'
Holland, in 1897, I spent a day with a citizen of Utrecht who 'ae-'eSS
companied me to Gorcum. He did not know a word of English fiS
anu i naa tne batisiaction of hearing a Dutchman say of myself oa F,
the train, "If he were here for three months he could talk Dutch."' Jh
men ABiiuiiiuuer luiui'iieu irom an auoao ot sixteen months in VI
dunvanuil. whprn hn hnp.nmi cnirAtnn. n !, TTM:AJ c?i n i 'Vh
had the yellow fever, smutrcrled coeon. nnd swnrr.,1 fr.nnii.a ..,:ti. . i
profit of $1500, u knife cut across the chin nnd a bulle't wound inH
the leg, l began to study Spanish and to use it in conversation wlthr'r'j
him. I proceeded so far as to read Don Quixote and other Spanish M
literature, and it caused me very little difficulty. ' ' YM
RAINBOW'S END .
(CONTINUEU TOSIOIHIOW)
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Coryrlslit. 1317. Harper & Brot
CHAPTER XXIV (Continued)
JACKET nodded listlessly ; Ids optimlsir
too, was gone. "They must all bo dead
or wo would have found them before tills."
said he. When O'llellly nude no answer ha
continued. "It Is time we thought of getting
away from here, eh?"
, Johnnie was sitting with his face "in his
hands. Without lilting Ills head ha In
quired: "How are wo going to get away?
It is easy enough to get into Matanzas,
out He shrugged hopelessly.
From where the two sat they could see
on tho opposite hillside a section of the
ditch nnrt tho high barbed-wire feni'e which
girdled the clt. and made of It a huge
corral. Spaced nt regular Intervals along
the Intrencliments were 8loivsmovlnK, di
minutive liguies, sentries on their well-worn
paths.
To the Quinta
Jacket brightened at the thought of
escape. "Ho! I'll bet we can llnd a hole
somewhere," ho said. "We're not like these
others. They haven't the spirit lo try "
Thero win a moment of silence, and then,
, "Caramoa! You remember those Jutlas
we ato? They were htrong, but I would
enjoy tho smell of one now. i:r? Another
week of this and we shall be living on gar
bage like tho rest of these poor people."
Leaving Jacket to take his time. Johnnie
completed tho climb alone, meditating upon
the boy'a words. "The spirit to try I" Where
had his spirit gone, ho wondered. Perhaps
It had been crushed beneath the weight of
misery he had behili; siiiely he had seen
enough. Hourly contact with sickness and
misfortune on sui'li a gigantic scale was
enough to chill any one's hopes, and
although his sensibilities had bvoti dulled,
bis apprehensions had been quickened hour
by hour. Now that ho looked tho matter
squarely In the face, It seemed absurd to
believe that a tender girl like Ilosa Varona
could long hale withstood, the hurdshlps of
this hideous place; stronger people than
he had succumbed, by the hundreds, liven
now lhe hospitals were full, the wick lay
untended In their hovels. ,'o one, so far
as O'Reilly knew, had undertaken to esti
mate how fast they were dying or tne nuin
per of dead which had already ridden out
8t Matanzas In those rumbling wagons, but
Here were many. What chance was thero
Siat Iiosa had not been among; the latter?
etter by far had she remained among the
Smpty fields and the barren -slopes of the
an de Matanzas, for there at least the soil
eld roots' and the trees bore fruits or
berries, while here wm nothing but gaunt
temlne and gnawing disease.
As he breasted the summit of LaCumbre,
O'llellly beheld at some distance a bent Az
ure of want. It was a negro woman, grub'
blng In the earth with a sharpened stick.
After a suspicious Bcrutllly of him she re
sumed her digging.
Nothing but a heap of stones and plaster
remained of the Varona home. The grounds,
once beautiful even when neglected as In
. Dona Isabel's time, were now a scene of
"total desolation. , A few, prance tree, to be
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no fruit and the odor of their blooms was
a tilal mockery to the hungry v1sltor. Th
eyldences of Cueto's andulltm affected
u lvellly deeply ; they brought him memories
mora painful than he had anticipated. AI.
tnpush tho place was weil-nlgh unrecogniz
able, neerthe!eHs It cried aloud of Itosa,
and the unhappy lover could barely control
the emotions it awakened. It was Indeed
'i motbld Impulse which had brought him
thither, but now that he was here he could
not leave. Unconsciously his feet turned
toward the anclfiit quarry which had
formed the sunken garden his and Rosa's
trystlng.place.
O'neilly desired above all things to be
alone at this moment, and so he -was an
noyed to dlscoicr that another person was
before him a woman, evidently some mis
erable pacllico like himself, .Shu, too, ap
peared to ho looking for roots, and ho al
moin xiumoica oicr ner as no brushed
through the guaabushes tilnging tho de.
presslon.
His sudden appearance nlainied the crea
ture and she struggled, panic-stricken, out
or his path. Her rags could not conceal the
fact that she was defomu-d. that her back
was crooked, so he muttered a reassuring
word to her.
This place was morn as ho bad left It
there was the stone bench where ho had
tald good-by to Itosa; yonder was the well
.Sfnor'" Johnnie heard himself ii
dretfikl by tho hunfti-backcd woman. Her
lolce as thin, tremulous, eager, but h's
thous tts were busy and ho paid no heed.
"Seiu-! Do )ou look for something some
one"
"N-nn Yes " bo answered, abstracted
ly "Ves. I am looking for something
some one "
"Something you havo lost?"
".Something I have lost!" The question
came to blin faintly; but It was so In tune
with his unhappy mood that It affected him
strangely. He found that his cies were
blurring and that an aching lump had risen
Into his throat. This was the breaking
point.
. "OTtail-ye!"
O'lteilly's hearing, too, was going wrong,
for he Imagined that soma one whispered
his name. (Jod 1 This place was not dead
It was allve terribly alle with memories.
oli-es. a presence unseen yet real, Ke Uld
hold of the neart bush to steadv himself,
he closed his eyes, only to hear his name
spoken louder
"O'ltall-ve!"
Johnnie brushed the tears from his lashes.
He turned, he listened, but there was no
one to be teen, no one, that Is. except tho
dusky cripple who had straightened herself
nnd was facing him. noised uncertainly. He
looked at her a'serond fine, then the world
began to spin dizzily and he groped his way
toward her. He peered again, closer, for
everything before his eyeH was swimming.
The woman was thin little more than a
skeleton and so frail that the wind ap
peared to sway her. but her race, uplifted
to the sun. was glorified. O'llellly stood
rooted, staring at her until she opened her
eyes, then he voiced a great cry:
"Rosa t" What more he said he never
knew,
He took the misshapen flrure Into hl
,. arms, he rained, kiuef ucn the Dlnched. dis.
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strength had flown and she lay inert In
his embrace, seaicely breathing. Te.us
stole down her cheeks and very f.ilutlv her
lingers llutten-d oer his beatded cheeks
Dazed, doubting, astounded, it was some
time befoio Johnnie would com luce himself
of the realltv of this moment, anil even
then words did not come, to him. for his
mind was In turmoil Joy, thanksgiving,
compassion a thousand emotions mingled
In a sort of delirium, too wild for coherent
thought or tpcech.
1'ear finally brought him to his senses,
for he became aware that Rosa had col
lapsed and that bis endearments left her
unthrllled Quickly ho tore her to tho
bench and laid her upon It After a tlmo
sho smiled up into his o)es and her words
were scarcely moro than a murmur:
"Hod heard my prajcrs and sent you to
me.
"Ilosa! You are 111, yuu are weak "
Her eyelids fluttired "I nm djlng,
O Rall-ye l only waited to see you"
"No, no"' lu agony ho gathered her
once more into his amis
"Oh, yea!" Her bloodles-s lingers touched
his face again, then his thin, wmii rags.
"You, too, halo suffetrd How lamo you
to bo bo poor and hungry, O flall-jo?"
"I'm not poor, I'm ileb See"' He Jingled
tho coins In his pocket "That's money;
money for u, Mieethcit It will buy you
food and medicine. It will make ou well
nnd strong again Rosa, dear, I hao looked
for you so long, so long " Ills voice broko
wretchedly and ho bowed his head "I I
was afraid "
"I waited as long as I had strength to
wait." sho told him. "It Is too bad you
came so late."
Once again she lapsed Into the lethargy
of utter weakness, whereupon ho foil to
stroking her hands, calling upon her to como
back to him. He was beside himself now;
a terrible feeling of Impotemo and despair
uiercamc him.
Hearing some one speak, he raised his
eves and discovered at his side that figure
of want which ho had seen digging on the
slope below. It was Kvangellna. The ne
grcss was little more than skin and bones,
her eyes were bleared and yellow and sunk
en, her face had grqwn ape-ltkc, but he
recognized here and she him.
"You are the American," she declared.
"You are Rosa's man "
"Yes. But what Is wrong with her?
Look! She Is 111
"She Is often like that. It Is the hun
ger. We havo nothing to eat, senor. I,
too, am 111 dying; and Asenslo Oh, you
don't know how they made us suffer."
"We must get Rosa home. Where do
you live?"
Kvangellna turned her death's head to
ward the city. "Down yonder. Uut what's
the use? There Is no food In our house and
Rosa is afraid of those wagons. You know
the ones with the corpses. Sho malt me
bring her here to die " -.
The girl Was not wholly unconscious. It
seemed, for she stirred and murmured,
faintly: "Those wagons I Doh't let them
put me In there with the other dead. They
pile the bodies nigh " A weak shudder con
vulsed her.
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l'.5J-?vl"yjlIPnt',0.weVn1 '0 a elreo, de.
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to die I haic money for food. Rouse 5 "ur
self, Rosa, muse yourself"
"Klin prajed for ou every night," tho
lnjgri'ss lolunteered "Such faith! Sueh
trust! She never doubled that jou would
romo and llnd her Sometimes sho irled,
but that was because of her brother !"
ban. jou know, l. dead. Yes, dead, llko
all tho rest "
"Usteban Is not dead," O'Reilly asserted
"Ho Is aliie, Rosa, do ou bear that? Ls
teban Is alive und well I lelt him with
llomez In the Orient. I hue como to- take
j-ou lo him."
"Usteban olive? Ha! You ore fooling
us." Kvangellna wagged her head wisely.
"Wo know better than that."
"I tell jou he Is alive," O'llellly Insisted.
He heaid Jacket calling to him at that mo
ment, so he hallooed to the boy -, then when
the latter had arrled ho explained brleHj-,
without allowing Jacket time In which to
express his amazement:
' Our search Is over; wo have found them.
Rut they won't believe that Kstcban is
allie. Tell them the truth."
"Yes, ho Is alle Wo found him rotting
In a prison and we rescued him," Jacket
corroborated. Ho Blared curiously at tho
lecumbent figure on tho bench, then at
O'llclllj-. Ho puckered his lips and g.uo
C.it to-a low whistle of amazement. "So.
This is your pretty one, eh? I She
Well, I don't think much of her. Uut then,
you are not so handsome yourself, are
you?"
Kiangellna seemed to bo stupid, a trifle
touched, perhaps, from suffering, for she
laid a skinny claw upon O'Reilly's shoulder
and warned him earnestly "Look out for
Coho. You hae heaid about him, ch?
Well, he Is the cause of all our misery. Ha
hunted us from place to place, and It was
for him that I put that hump on her back.
Understand me, she Is straight straight
pnd pretty enough for any American. Her
skin is llko milk, too, and her hair she
used to put flowers In it for you, und then
we would play games. Uut you never came.
You will make allowances for her looks,
will j-ou not?"-
"Poor Rosa ! You two poor creatures 1"
O'Reilly choked: ho hid his face unon his
sweetheart's breast.
Rosa responded: her fingers caressed him
and she sighed contentedlj-.
O'Reilly's ascent of the hill had been
slow, but his descent was Infinitely slower,
for Rosa was so feeble that she could help
herself but little and he lacked the strength
to carry her far at a time. Finally, how
ever, they reached the wretched hoe!
where Asenslo laj-, then leaving her there,
Johnnie sped on alone Into the city. He
returned soon with several small bundles
concealed about his person, and with Kvan
geltna's help he set about preparing food.
Neither Rosa nor the two negroes had
any appetite their hunger had long since
passed the point at which they were con
scious of It and O'Reilly was compelled
to force, them to eat. When he had git en
them all that ha dared he offered what
food was left to Jacket.
The boy moistened his lips and his fingers
twitched, but she shook
lips
his
bead.
"Oh I'm tint mn htiniv" im rfju.l...J (n
dlfferently. "I have a friend In the inarket-
Dlaco : I ,wlll
fm;nuc,
go Uowb there, and t
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as,
urn-ill) patten linn on the, shoulder, sa .
Ing- "You an. u good kid, and j'ou iimleV
stand, don't yuu" These sick people will
need incii,. food than wo can buy for them,
so wi will haw to draw our belts tight."
"Of i-uiirsi-. Hating Is a habit, nnjlinw,
and wo men know bow to gt alone with
out it. I will manage to llnd something for
Jou and me, for I m u prodigious tliief. I
can steal the hair from a man's head when
1 tr.v." Willi a nod ho set off to llnd his
benefactor's supper.
Jaiket whistled hciolcilly until ho was
out of o'Relllj's hearing, then his bearing
bunged. His mouth diew down, and mois
ture cunio Into his ejts. Ho rubbed a
grlmv hand over his stomach, muiinuriug,
faintly: "ftlsto' It is haul to bo a man
when you smell things cooking!"
CHAPTER XXV
THR HAUNTED GAKDEN
ROSA VARONA did not die. On tho
eoiitraij under her loier'w mro she
li. ado so amazingly swift a reeoveiy that
lmpioement wan Islblo from hour to hour;
she mined like a willed llowcr under a le
fiehlng rain It was O'Reilly's piesenco
as much as the noui lulling diet pioilded by
bis money which effecteil this marvel, al
though the cert.ilntj tli.it Hsirban was alive
and safo put ndded force Into her determina
tion to ;ie. Roisa found hope springing up
In her breast, and ono duy she caught
herself laughing The marvel of It was
unbelievable. O'Reilly was sitting beside
her bed of leaves at the time; Impulsively
she pressed his hand to her lips, repeating
a question she had asked him many times:
"Do j-ou lovo mo?"
For answer ho bent nnd kissed her. What
ho raid was of no consequence.
Roa held his hand 'against her cheek,
nt a loss for words with which to oice
her gladness.
"Such happiness as mine belongs In
heaven." she managed to tell him. ".Some
times It frightens me. With jou by my
side this prison is a paradise and I want
for, nothing. War, suffering, distress I
can't Imagine they longer exist."
"Nevertheless, they do, und Matanzas Is
anvthinir but u tini-uHlse" nuirf in. -t, i
hell, and wa must set about quickly to
get out of It."
"Kscapc. do jou mean? Rut that Is Im
possible. Asenslo can tell j-ou ull about
that. Tho Spaniards used to Issue passes
for the men to go outside the lines In search
of food. It was Just n trick. They never
came back all of them were killed. Every
one knows better than to trj now."
"Nevertheless, we can't stny here much
longer." In answer to the girl's puzzled In.
qulry he explained: ".My money Is gone
all but a few cents. Tills Is the last of our
food and there Is ;io chance of getting more.
Jacket has soma mysterious source of sup
ply and he manages to bring In something
every now and then, but there are five of us
i f,eJ-,and he can'tfurnbjh more than
enough for himself. No. we must make a
move at once, while we have the strength "
"I have been close to death so long that
it meuns little to mo," she confessed. "I
have you, and well, with you at ray side
J, can face the worst." ' ,
"Oh. we won't give up.untll we have to.u
he assured. her,- "If ,1 Kid money It would
be a simple jirepc-sillua to bribe some rues)
A novel of love, hidden treasure and rebellion in rvcantiAil mrr"..
terious Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against Spain.'
it
to pass us through the lines, but I have
spent all that Ueneral lletamnurt gav. me."
He smoothed buck Rosa's dark hair and
smiled reassuringly at her. "Well. I'll man
uge somehow, m don't woiij jour pietty
head. I'll llnd the price, if I have to way.
lay old Don MhiIo and rob him lion't jou
think 1 look like a bandit? The very sight
of me would terrify that fat niscul '
i",To10 5,u arc beautiful," breathed tho
girl. Then sho lowered her tves "l.u, la!
i,.w. ,fcpo." ,y?u! I. havo quite forgotten
how to b ladylike Isabel was right when
sho called me a bold and foiwurd hussv.
Now, then, plcaso turn your face .-ftldc,
for l wish to think, and so long as vou
look at me I cannot I make love to you
brazenly See" Now, then, that Is miieh
,'e!t,er' ' Blla" Ilo,d your hand, so. When
1 kiss it. jou may look at me again, for
...",,?,",t'n,t; rjrnvvlng herself ejoscr to
ORelllj-, Rosa bigan thoughtfully: "He
foro j-ou came 1 moro than once was on
tne point of appealing to some of inv former
friends, but they uro all Spaniards and
t d'" " Io,18er slmpatlcu, you under-
Rosa paused for his answer.
M'erfcetlj : I'm in the same fix of oil
the people I used to know there- Isn't uno
but would denounce mo if I made myself
known Now that I've been lighting with
the Insuircetos. 1 darcn t even go to tho
SfiS!) 5Bn,"uu.lfor "c,"-'f ,llcl ,3
Loss, nodded, then continued hesitatingly:
I had a vivid dream last night Perhaps
..ua ii jiurieni. nno i.nows.' it was
lout that stepmother of mine. You re
eniber how she met her death? I wrote
"Yes, and Esteban also told me"
th ,Luaa,he ",h0 red her body from
the well One daj-, while wo were In hiding.
nic"iinUoP1dyc"l'n'' '""t" Vu,nurl' ne "eil
,i".1 kno"" O'neilly said, qulcklj-. "He
.',ai,me S"0 wh0' Mt"' 1Ie Hdnks that
doubloon Is a duo to your father's fortune.
i"iiTI..Cian,,t put '"uch faith In It. In fact
I dldn t believe until this moment that there
was n doubloon nt all."
"Oh, Indeed there was! I faw It,"
yourbrolhe'sr ' me"Iy tt ElCl fani of
"Indeed no, It- " Hosa broke off to
exclaim. O'llclllj'. you are looking at me!"
protested'0" BVe "' lhJ lgnal t0 iooW ho
"Nothing of the sort: you placed your
fingers upon my lips." That was a moment
of silence during which tho loretH were
oblivious to all but each other, then Rosa
murmured: "How strange! Sometimes
our eyes are blue nnd sometimes gray
Hoes that mean that jour love. too. caii
change?"
"Certalnlj; not. Rut come, what about
Estebat) and that doubloon?" "l
With an effort the girl brought herself
back to earth. "Well, it occurred tome
n the light of that dream last nigh tha,'
Lstcban may have been right. Of course,
nobody outside of 'our family credits the
old Btorj-. and yet my, father was con
s dered a very rich man at ono time, I'an
cho Cueto believed In the existence of the
treasure iinri h t-aH in a .....i.i . .. v'5
lln.i ll Y.A ' h..l. "..r-S,.v",l""'' .lP no r-
S ,. i, ?.. "" !.? "eara """ .tt
"lqn t forget those pearls from tb?SKa
e-ariiibeon us large as plums." Johnny?
smiled "I could never quite swallow thatH
A pearl tho size of n ptirmnt wmii. I..... &..a
ur...fJ'.?.ei10"1 rlBht n;n'", Atter momentcj
IIV I'lllL till. IlIlMt Klr 111 V "!' B vtnIAH j V I.
to look Into that old well this very aftet.faJ
noon. I I dare say I'm foolish, but some"J?S
. ,. :, .V "-n i sounu so improbable.';,
as It did. I'erhaps It Is worth Investlgat-,?
"fTZ n-M,n'ade V" .hls ,mlna wMar,1s
I 1 off this erv fntant -.!-
Jacket's Weapon xia
tJPeri i'n.el.lly. emerged from the hut &
found Jacket Industriously at work over-a.ft?
fragment of grindstone which he had some.,-i
wnere unearthed. The boy looked un at hue-'
nends approach nnd held up for lnpoi;- 2
Ion a lorn-. ihi fli Whi.v. i.- .... "T.iZi4.-A:
bhanlnc inin n tn .'T." " "" ""'VXKV
. .Vi!,at ' fl yo" ,lll,lU "f that?" ho queried."1
proudlv "It may come In handy when w vj
ar?..Cr,a,ly t" "e"- out of this pesthole," ,??
tvnere uiu you get t?" Zvra
"fill 1 fclillft 1, 1 ...,.,, . .1.1 Jl !
I ?i mJ! 1,a'lls " nowadays. One can never
ii-ii mien no may nave a throat lo cut, Ui
a fi'e has good bteel In It." ,' k
niiie-H jou are sucn an naw
a east
MpilSel
l-frlij ?j
Ross lifted herrelf unon.hee .ik,,. v,;..
eej sparkling. "Wouldn't U be VondVsrki f
ii. ii were iruf.
thief, do VOU thlnl: nn Mtil.l
thing for me?" O'Reilly Inquired,
of rone?-
"Rope?" Jacket was puzzled
oiuy gooo ror hanging Spaniards, My friend
... ... ,i;.i-iiiutnci una u voianora. ano -.
perhaps I can roh him of a halyard." Lay
inir nslriA Vila In.l, i.,ni7. n-nnl -j 77'
off In the direction of the waterfront tHe-1 T
"as back within an hour, and under Ms ''.
in no carrieu n con ot worn, but servloe.' ,..
...... . ,.,., .. ...tuuv Mulling lO eZDMUB,
his need for this unusual article, O'ReHlP
linked arms with the hoy and set out J ,
climb I.a Cumbre. When at last they steal'
: " "i."Tu uuurry unu jonnme nuuM
known his Intention to explore the old -watt'
Jacket regarded him with undlsguLeS
amnzemen, ? V1" .-
..l-fc. j . .- . . .."i
k V .. l . ' . cf weet 10 una oown t
the latter Inquired.
To tell you the truth. I don't rei;
ii-ei io una anyming, the man con
"Sow that I'm here. I'm beginning i
siuyj nevertnriess. I'm going to :
iook tor tne hidden lrg.nr. nr w.
ronus." .t
"Hidden treasure I" Prom Jecket
iviaaijlnn 4a ma k..e t.A .
t'icsaiifti , nan j, ai mat ne res
in rim was niimiy meu. i;ven after
mu ioiu mm someining aDout
i steDans missing riches, he scorn
ftory. He peeped lnnulsltlvaiv lnm
opening of the well, then he shook hh
"Caramba! What an Ideal Waa.tl
man crazy, to throw his money mi
"lie ho had more than he knew
u ui . ivii, unu jid Yviauea io save
tho Spaniards.'' O'Reilly explained,-
iiunqm .-oooay ever naa n
than ho wanted.'1 The boy'b :
ruch rredullty wa plain. "ThU
jum.iiKt. jiy oiper, or aeeiei(
.
lust think. O J
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