fev . -f . - tyv THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY o A '5 mm Ml PBWSYL?M ,1 By Samuel W. Penny packer Pennsylvania Most Zealous and Energetic Governor I M'opjrlclit. 1117. b the l'ublii l-erikicr Compati h f . CHAPTER VI (Continued) AMONG tlio ttustees those in my time who have taken the most . active interest in the ork linvc been Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Samuel Dickson, chancellor of the Law Association, Joseph S. Harris, presi dent of the l-hiludelpliiu nnd KcndiiiK Hailroad; Joseph G. Koscn Kartell, Samuel 1'. Houston and J. Level iiirj Jones. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell hns won succesi in medicine in the treat ment of nervous diseases, and in literature in the production of novels. Among American historical novels, "llup-h Wynne" is proba bly unexcelled. A tall, count und homely man, with a thin beaid and mustache, ho is autocratic, assertive unit full of egotism, but, nevertheless, companionable and entortaiiiinp. Ho wiote to mc u long autograph letter, which I still have, in a scrawling hand about the construction of "Hugh Wynne" in which he snys the old narrow-minded Quaker father was an attempt to delineate the traits of a Presbyterian ho had known. Once when he had completed an address at the Academy of Music he brought and gac to mc the proof with his manuscript notes. It has been said that we look some what alike. Physically he i- extremely nervous, having little control of his hnnds, so that the query arises, us it did about the fiog, why ho docs not cure himself; but such queries lead to the deeper mys teries and nio unanswciabk. Xo man has been moie impoitant in the literary, piofessional and sociirt life of the city than Mitchell. The letter to which I .uivc lefcrrod, giving the nuthoi's explanation and estimate of "Hugh W.uine," his most successful book, follows: "November I, 189". "Dear Judge 1 take my hugu paper because of having moie to say than I can with comfoit get into note paper. "I wish, first, to say how much pleasure your letter gave me; It is dispatched fiom a ciitlcul .standpoint, so remote fiom that of the newspaper critics that, for me, it is u quite piecious and thoitght tompelling document. To take it in detail, 1 shall like, sometime, to see your treasures and talk over these forduys. Next, yes, Mt. Hope is a pen-slip, to be ilmcndcd, as in the second edition have been many minor crrqtM of name, place or date. No, Mr. Wolfe, Mr. Webb, Mr. Howe arc in the Viiginians, and Esmond for Gen'l W., etc. It was usual unless the men were on duty. Even now it is our aimy usage to address, in social life, all men under a major in rank as Mr. "Ardmore, Uryn Mawr aic iccent names, and as to this I hesi tated long. To use them brought the matter in hand within the leul izing capacitics'of the dullest, and I was trying to make a great story leap into life again an intended error in name or time did not afTcct me as u novel writer. In Qucntin Dm ward the wild Hoar of Ardennes is killed fifteen years before the true time of his demUe and of quite other fashion. As to Conshohocken nnd Norristown people who criticize and many they be that forget that II. W. presumably wiote these authentic memoirs circa in the eighteen twenties when Norristown and Con shocken had nominal existence. "II. W. is an autobiography with the limitations of tfiat rarely used form. With the ego one can get a sense of personal product. Without it we lose this chuim In Ksmond, Thaekeiay shiiked it and made Ids hcio tell his tale in thu thiid pcison neatly through out. Hence theie is in J't-mund no sense of its being a man's tale of himself. It was a mistake with the third person. Th'y ties himself to the limitations of the fust. I mention Esmond because II. W. is fiequcntly computed to it or to Th'y's solemn failuie, The Virginians,.' All this is to point out' to my kindly ciitic why in an autobiography I could not bioadly paint those wonderful Quaker people. Mj.or the old father John W., is the only pictuic from the life in my book. It is not as a Quaker that he is diawn. The original was a I'lesbytcrian. "I cut out some of my Quaker mat ter as making the book too long, but in l'emberton, Howell and ' Wetherill I think I hae within my space done dignified justice to Friends; so say at least somu who have lead il. One in Getman town told Mr. S. lie could not lead fiction, but that pcihapn II. W. was in a manner an allegory. I .read last night the to-bc-tcad paits of your book. What a strange and inteicsting story "iOOO from the lives of two. In ITS'! came hither Jn. Cadwalader. Up to twenty-eight years ago theie had been seventy-seven males of his name. "With my salutation of lcpeated thanks, 1 am "Yours truly, "Hon. Sam. W. Pennypackcr." "S. WE I II MITCHELL." A Member of the Historical Society In Maich, 1872, I was elected a member of the Historical Society of-Pennsylvania, which then occupied us its hall the build ing at 020 Spruce street owned by Hie Pennsylvania Hospital, which had been erected for the accommodation of West's painting of "Chi 1st Healing the Sick." Erelong I became a member of the council and vice president and in 1900 was elected to the presidency. This event miukcd an innovation in the conduct of the society. Up to my time the president had always been selected from among families long identified with the life of the city and had always dwelt south of Market street. Soon after my election and thtough my intervention the society tcceived from the State $150,000, which enabled it to erect a-egmmodious fire-proof hall at 1300 Locust street. Xq moie useful cxpendituie of the moneys of the State could have been mude, since here are preserved the tecords of its achievements which wcie scattered and lost from Harrisbuig and havo been laboriously 'gathered together by the society. Its collections of books and manu scripts aic in muny lcspects the richest in the country. At the tt: u I ry E. B-sVi. cx tSkmr. V V I L.- r .. I 'J "t. kU ' ft lffi-4 i 1 :m-ii ers ; '. , v x -- "! yy-iifchii I.IUJP'X r-i LAj Mh mm - U"A V J , s VrBTi TWXJ JTr-Vfi rri m vlLM J&. ' jC " & ??3S When Governor Pcnnv packer delivered an address before the I'ciiiisvhiiiii.i Society Sons of the Itrvnltilion at Valley Force June 18, 1898, he State. The Governor is sitting a little to lite center. Nct to hint is the Itcv. t.vrns Tnwiwnd llradv. Governor Hru dedication of the new hall in 1!1U I made an addic . tiacing its origin and development, which has since been piinted. The insti tution has been a marvellous instance of steady progiess in ic sources and accompli-hment. When I became a member, John William Wallace was the president, a man of luoad culture who eaily in life attracted attention at homo and in Kuiope by his book upon "The Iteporters" of law cases. He had been lepoiter for the Supieme Couit of the United States. He wrote atti actively nnd pi elided at the meetings gracefully. A descendant of the Uiadfords, the eaily printers!, he saw to it that during his icgimu the books printed by them weic 'uduluu-ly collected. When lie died, Htintou Coe succeeded, a descendant of Dr. Daniel Cose, one of the pio piictois of West Jersey, and, coming fiom a family which had made a fortune fiom coal lands, he' was much a gentleman of leisuie. He had written books of value and was geueiou- in his gifts. He had dark eyes, Side whiskeis and a kindly manner, but it was nervous tortiue for him to appear in public, and he fumbled through to the end of what little he had to say. lie was succeeded by Di. Charles J. Stille, of an old Swedish famil.v, who had been Piovost of the Univeisity of Pennsjlvania and had the benefit of wide lit riary experience and cultivation. Min life of Wayne, written in old age, and too luuiiedly, is disappointing, but his "Life of William Smith" and his pamphlet upon "How a Pice People Conduct a Gieat Wat" are both admiiablc studies, lie left a large bequest to the society. Hut its success did not at all depend upon the etlotts of its presidents. Whenever human institutions tlilive, whether they be politicul, literary or theological, it is because theie is connected with the organisation some peisou of intelligence who has its in terests at heatt, who is willing to woik with head and hands, who is ready to sacrifice himself, if need be, and generally he has to, and who selects and sets aside the ostensible heads with a view to the welfare of the cause. The vestryman of the Chinch never becomes a bishop and the boss of the puity never reaches the Piesidency. An insignificant looking little man named John Jordan, Jr., letircd fiom business, with dark eyes, weighing about one hundred and twenty pounds, with a low voice, wearing a wig, and possess ing a will, who could not muko n speech and never wrote a book, guided the fortunes of the society. What he raid was done. If money was needed he gave it. If he saw a description of a rniu 1 nrf MiwniTMi mmiwiimiiiiii Mimrjmiiwniaiiiiiininnjwrji iniiwiMiMMimijmimmi Indian arrowheads, speudheads and knives collected in the vicinity of Pcnnj pucker's .Mills and Valley Porgc. book in a catalogue it was bought. He belonged to the Moiaviaa Church and hence it happen. that our shelves smile with the rich ness of the collections of the liteiatuie of the followers of John llus, and Ludwig, Count iiuendoiir. At every dinner of the society his memory is toasted. After him came Frederick I). Stone, ruddy, stout and sandy. He had failed in business but he had capacity, nevertheless. He had no pecuniaiy lc-miices, but he had n keen scent, was specially well infotmed with regatd to events of the Involutional y war and was ever alett in watching for oppoitunitit's to aid the institution, lie selected the members of the (.ouncil and the otlicials, and men who were loud in their de nunciations of Quay and Ilanna submitted quietly to the domination of Stone. A moie stuking iigilte than eithei was Cbailej It. llildebuin. He cninu out of a diug stoic and was substantially without education. He was young, thin and had no stomach which could digest. He wus ever on the wire edge of neivous ovci throw. He did not ihew tobacco, but he ate it. He could not bear stimulants and tt-cd them to execs-. Violent and domineering, he quaireled with evciybody. He worked until 1 o'clock in the morning and slept with diilicultv. Hut ho had unbounded energy and appreciation of impiints, typoginphy and, thu impoitauce of a book seen for the first time, which amounted ulmot to genius. He did much to enhance the value of the collections, and in his "Issues of the Press of Pennsylvania," in the pioduction of which 1 aided him materially, he produced a book which is a marvel of te seaich. One day he came to consult willi me. We dilTeicd about the date of an imprint or some such trille. He called me a liar, and 1 ordeied him out of the office. He could not help yielding to impulse. He died m young manhood and is likewise guilefully lentembcrcd. On the d of April. lStiS, Colonel Oliver C. Hosby.shell, who was one of the (list defenders to icacli Washington on Apiil IS, lSiil; 1)1. Hainan Hurgin, Hoiace Hui;;in, Major J. Edward Cut punter, who look patt in Keenan's chat go at Chancclloi sville; Itobett P. Dechuit, William C. Houston, Chailes Marshall, John W. .Ionian, J. Granville Leach, William Hrooko Havvle, Jtichaid M. Cadwalader, William Wajnc and myself met in the dingy little office of Merman Hurgin and oignnizcd the Pennsylvania Society Sons of the devolution, com posed of the descendants of those who patticiputed in the War of the devolution. It has since giovvn to a membership of over a thousand and evcty year gives a reception on the 22d of Kebruaiy, attends a set vice at Christ Church on the anmvcisaiy of the beginning of the encampniPiit at Valley Forge, and makes a pilgi image to some l evo lutional' field in June, on the anniversaiy of the evacuation of that camp. The "ColUcli;iij Instinct" I have made addiesses befote the members once in the State House, twice at Valley Foige, once at Pennypacker's Mills and once at Ncshaminy, and, as chaiiman of a committee, inised most of the moneys they now have with which to elect a statue to Anthony Wayne. In the Decennial Register of the society, published in 1808, ate copies of an oiiginal map of Valley Forge which I seemed in Amsterdam, and of the music of one of the dances of the Meschiatua, also discovcied by me, both of them of gieat interest because of the light they throw upon that stiugglc. I still remember the day when, being then a child sevui jeais of age, pci haps, 1 picked up in the gat dun a piece of white Hint of cutious shape and took it to my father to make inquiiics. 1 tecall with complete distinctness, after so many impressions made since have disappeared, its shape, the corner of the garden in which it lay, and even the time of the day. He-explained to mo that I had found an ai row bead made by the Indians and he pointed out to me the dc- snoke to niniiv of the most prominent men in Philadelphia and' the itibnugh can be seen standing near the left end. tails of nianufuctuio and the method of use. A veiy slight incident nftiMi is tint, nnlv tin. lii.irinnimr nf bnbit. but the tllllllllL' tiomt of f, ...... ""-"-- ------ -,.;,-, ., ".' ,. 'A, cuaiacter. t caieer is oiisu iixeci uy xne must iriviai oi occurrences. .? If any fact, no matter how comparatively unimportant it seemed,! could be omitted fiom the pust. the whole history of the world would , be dianged. If 300 years ago a young man had not, upnn a summer evening, gone out to the garden gate, Geoige Waashington would never have been bom, and the colonics pel hups would have remained dependencies. If a Dutchman had lost, instead of making a profit, on a ntgio slave ."00 vears ago there would have been no battle at Gutt.vsbutg. John 11. Convulse once told me that when he was a young man anxiously seeking an oppoitunity in life he was offcied a clerkship at a small salary in Chicago and hud made all of his arrangements to go theie gladly. At the last moment ?ome unexpected event oc luucd to prevent, and he lemained in Philadelphia to become, even tually, the head of the Haldwin Locomotive Works. I never oveicanie the tendency which started when my father ti'm enalileil me to understand tne Mgnlllcunce ol tne piece or quartz, i a. had picked up, and all tluough my boyhood and oung manhood, upon occasion, 1 hunted tluough the fields, which had been plowed for coin, for the implements lost or thrown away by the Indians, und, my somewhat extensive collection is picserved at Pennypacker's Mills. Once on the high ground on the opposite side of the Schuylj kill from I'hoenixvillc, I fgund a cache of lifty-six stone blades ix inches long and two and a hnlf inches: in width, made of urpUUte, blue within, e.xidued and green without. At Gieen Hill, a lomantlc jitiot. a mile below Phoenixvillc ovcrlookiiur the river, now beintr torn, to pieces and mined by a brickard,"was the site of nn Indian vUvtSI lace, wheic the imidcments wcie numerous. I found there on one .......,.!.... .. 1w..ii..,i. u.iflt, -fi.-1itrwi.tjl if niin-l . wl.iMi nMiva avMnM ,V2 .. .... ..... .. .... , -, , T 7 that in their woik the Indians were not without the artistic sense. When I went to the city to live whete theie were no such oppor- tunities, I naturally enough tinned to the gathering of books, Vith the icsult that when I went to Mnrrisburg in 190:1 I left locked up in my Jiouse, low .xoiui rnceemu sirect, in i-nuuueipniu, over 10,000 volumes. In the main they were books relating to Pennsyl vania and early imprints of the Province nnd the Stale. It was the most complete collection of niatciial of Hint kind which any indi vidual had ever possessed, and in some respects was unequaleM by any public libraiy. The Hoston Public Library has mnde it a policy to collect the. books piinted by Franklin and. had succeeded in se-. cluing about eight.., while 1 had about 2.0. Theie wexe also the most complete collections of the publications of Ephrata, of the Sovveis in GeimanteAvn, and of Kobert Hell in Philadelphia, to whom nu.st be accoided the credit of introducing literature into America Sower piinted thu Testament in Get man seven times, at German town, bcfoie it appeared anvwhete in America in English and I still possess the only complete set of these testaments. My library ,VJf1 . . i i , .. . ..!-.. .. .1... ! . i ! .1... I I I A. - . contained a mil icpicscmuuou oi cue imprints oi uie uiiaiiu towns of Pennsylvania, a copy of tho Nuiemburg Cluonicle of 1193, a fair set of the Sessions Laws of Pennsylvania, thu early magazines A and newstinnei.s, the finest known set of "The Portfolio," the fullest j4 collection of Vorschiifl'ten, lepiesenting tho art of the Germans ofcjSlsH the State; the best collection of the liteiatuie of the Mennonites Mf and the Schwenkfeldcrs, an Aitkcn Hiblc, the first American BMr-jM! III I'.ligllMl, a sec oi original war maps vi uiu uuiui-a ui me ivvu-i a Tliesi' :ie sufficient ta (i V5 . U ii 'vi m i. lutioii, the autobiography in manuscript of Hcniamin AS est, hia, rjvS oiiginal study of the "Death of Wolfe," an autogiaph pt trait of 'ttM Weil and a portrait of Franklin by West indicate its inipoitaitce. ii cNTiNt i:i JlluA RAINBOW'S END t5 By REX BEAGH Author of 'Th Spoll(t. ' "Tin Harrlfr." "llrt ot tt.r Sumel et A novel of love, hidden treasure and rebellion in beautiful, mys terious Cuba during the exciting days of the revolt against Spain. CopjrlcM. 1017, Ilurprr H llron CHAPTER XXVI HOW COUO STOOD ON MIS MEAD ALT, that (la j, or ilurlntr most of It, at least, lios.i and O'ltcllly tat linud tit hand, obilous of htniser and falUuo, tin patient for tho coiulnir of nlpht, kfeil to Hie highest tension. Noiv they would ic jolce hyslerlLUlly, axiuilni; cm ! Iher of their kooU fortune, attain Ihey uonld Krun uicli with thu fear of disappointment Tim after tlnm tlioy stepped out of Urn hut und stared apprehejilvely up lliu tlopen of l,n Cumbro to nnxuro tlieninc lies that this a no( all i Jlt of M.-niH fantuKtle IIIuhIoii: over and over, lit niliiutest iletnll, Johnnie described what ho had seen at the bottom of the vv ell. Ho tried lnoro than onco diir liiK Iho uftcrnoon to sleep, but he could not, fcr tho moment he closed his te. Iiu found hlniBcIf back thero In that tilt upon the rldge'H crcm, iralnliii: at thow stub born roika and hllnpery tlmberH. Thin lu nctlon was iiiaUdenunr. IiIh fatigue rendered lilni fiverlfh and Irritable, Jacket, too, felt tlm strain, and after several fruitier utleiiiiitH to wleep he loso and went out Into the Minxhlne, uliero he tell to viluttlin; his Kulft', llfi Unfiled put--tint; u double -eduH uinin tho blade, fitted a Land! tu It. and then u roid with which to suspend It round bin neil.. lie Hhowet Jt to OMtellly, und after r'ilvl'Uf n word of prulso lie crent out doorH uKalu and tried to tercet how nick ho viiih. ilhuktSpotH viero danulns before Jaiket'H eyes; ho ojitier lenceil hpelli of dlziliievH und nausea dur ing which lio dared not atlBmpt to walk. 1 He knew this muiit bo tho reult of etarva tton, und et, titraneely enough, the thuUKnt of food wan dlstaxteful to hhn. Ho de voutly wished It SAeio not utirnrary ti climb that hilt UKalu. for ho feared ho would nbt havn'the Htrenath Id devceml It. 1 lAMly for the -ko of the uecret, Kvun Rellnu. Bpent tiiont of tlio dav nearcbltiK for frmri lHI1a AxetiFln lav babbllnir unou bin VJ Led. too 111 to notlco the peculiar oitlons W of. his companions. ... Jt was with Miraugc, lUBtuinnre leeune of unreality that the trio druicKed them- pelves upward to the ruined qulntu, when darkness finally catno. They no longer stalked, for conversation vvaa u drain Uioii Uiilr powers, and the reaction from the days excitement had set In. 0'Kelll lurched us ho walked, his limbs were henvj mid hM liveliest herniation was one of dreHd at the hard vcork In store for him Tho lorelnB cf that door nefuiued tho propoi llons of u lliiculeaii taik Hut r.nco he M.is at tho bottom of tlio vel and beheld the handiwork of Hebaetlan, tho slave just ns he had left It, Ids tense of really 1 1 turned and with It n lertalu measure of determination. Inasmuch as he had made no visible Impression upm tlu bulkhead bj lilf direct attack, he changed his tactics now and undertook to loosen one of'ttio J.unba wllflo It was viedged Into the loek lit top and bottuii After a des perate xtiuirk'le he succeeded In looseiilin; the tntlie stiucturo so that ho lould pry It out fai enoueli to squeeze his body Uiroueh. A'ictory! "I have It'" he cried to llosa Seizing the candle, he thrust It into the openlnt; Ho beheld what he had expected to Und. u small cavern or srotto which had evident ly been pierced durlne the digging of th vi ell, lie lould appreciate now now slmplo had been the tatk of stullin- It up so' us to bailie dl"(oviry, Itosa, poised ubovo hhn, hc.ircelv bte'ithed until ho stralEhtvned Iilm-I self und tunnd his face upward emeu moie. Ho tried tu speak, but voiced nothtni; more tlnn a hoarse croak; the candlo In his hand described enatlo figure. "What do jou bee?" tho slrl cried In an agony of suspense. "I H'h here! 11-boxcx, chests, casks cveiythlngl" "Hod be praised I 51' father's fortuno at last!" Uota forifot her surroundings; she beat her hands together, ealllni upon O'ltellly to make haste and determine beond all ques tion that the missing hoard was Indeed theirs She drew perilously close to the vcell and knelt over It like soma priestess nt her devotions; her eyes wero brimming Willi tears and there was a roaring hi lin ear. It was not strange that she failed to neo or heur the appioach of a grWtt blurred flguie which materialized out of tho night and took station hcarcely an arjui's-lcngth behind her. "Ho Intended It for hui children, she sobbed, "und 1'iovldcnce saved It from our wicked enemies. It was the hand of Uod that led ns" here. O'ltellly. Tell me, what do you see now!" Johnnie had vwnmed his way Into tho damp chamber nnd n slim rectangle of light vwis projected ng Oust the oppoMte side of tho well, Hoki eoilld Ixur'nlm talking nnd iiiuvliiK about Don KMeban Vatunas MililiM lanfan hiding-place Vvis larjc enough to t-loi a tieus uui far giliiter than his; il vrus pel Imps ten feet jn length, with a loof high enough tu lucoiuniodatu u tall man At tho failbei i lul wero tanged seveial sinill wooden e bests bound vilth Iron and lined with huspH and staples, along emu side was a lou of ellmlnutlvn caskR. the sort Uxcd to cuiitulii rhole'u wines or liquors, our all was a thick covering of slime und mold Tho Iron was deeply rusted unit tho place Itself uinelled abominably titulc. O'ltellly surveyed tills Aluddln's cave In n daze, lie set his cundlu clown, for his lingers were numb und unsteadj. Cautious ly, as if fearful of breaking somo spell, I he stooped and tried to movo one of tho casks, but found that it resisted him as If cemented to the rock, lie noted that Ha head was bulged upward, as If by tho dampness, so he took ids lion bar und aimed 1 u sluirp hlovv at the chine. A hoop gave way; unother blow enabled him to pry out thu head of the eat It. He stood blinking ut th sight exposed, for the little barrel was full of coins jerlow' coins, large and I small. O'ltellly seised a handful and held them close to tho ranuie name; among iu number he noted u. Mpanls,) doubloon, such ux young ICsteban hail found He tested the weight of tho other casks and found them equally heavy. Knowing little about gold, be did .not attempt to estimate tho value of their contents, but he Judged they must represent a fortune. With throbbing pulses, he next lifted the lid of the nearest chest. "Within he illscovered several compartments, each stored with neutly wrapped and labeled packages of varying shapes and sizes. The writing upon the tags wuh almost Illegible, but tlm llrst article whleli O'ltellly unwrapped proved to be u goblet of most beautiful workmanship. Time had long since blackened It to the nppearuuee of pewter or somo bae metal, but he saw that It was of Mil Id silver 1'vl dently he had uncovered u store of old Spanish plate. . lit one corner of the chest he baw a me tat box of the sort tn which valuable papers aro kept, and after some effort he managed to break I open TiirnluK back the lid. ho found llrst a bundle of docu ments bearing imposing scrolls and heavy seals Despite tin dampness, they worn In fall I) good eonditlon, unit there wus enough lift of Hi" writing 10 Identify them bejond all mii'stlon as the miislng iheils of patent to tlm Vuioiiii lauds- those' eiown giants for whli h Dona li-ahM hud searehed so fruitless! Hut this was not utl that thu smaller bu eontulut-il. Iltneiith tlm papers theio weto uiinielous leather bags Tluse had lotted, they came ap.ut easily In o'llellly's lingers displuvliiK a mlHici lani'ouH iiosurtnu'iil of linnet genii some of ttum nt Mist sight looked llko eliopn of blood, others llko drops nf purest wute-r. They veero tint rubles mid the diamonds which had brought Isubcl to her death. O'llellly waited to tee no more Candle In hand, he. crep out Into tho well to upprue ltosa of the truth. O'ltellly Find the Deed "We've cot It! There's gold by the banel und tho deed to jour land Yes. nnd the Jewels, loo a uuait of them. I guess. I I can't lellcvo tnj cjes." lie showed her a handful of coins, 'Look at that! Doubloons, eagles! There appear to be thousands of them Why, jou'rn tho ilghest girl In Cuba, llubles, diamonds jes, and pearls, too. I darn say " He choked and begat) to laugh, weakly, lij t terlcally, "I've heard about those pearls," lloaa cried, shrilly. "1'earls from the Caribbean, us largo oa plums, Isabel used tu bubble about them In hir sleep" , , , "I found those deeds the first thine. The plantations are yours now, beyond uny question. llosa drew back fromjier piecarloua po sition, for she had grown limp from weak nean nnd her head was whirling. As she lose to her 'feet she brushed something, somebody, some nesh-and.blood form whleli was standing' almost over her. Invol unturily she recoiled, toppling upon the very brink of the pit, whereupon a heivy hand reached forth and seized her. hho found litrtelf staring upwurd into a face she had grown to know In her nlghtniaies. a face the mere memory of which wan enough, to freeze her bfbod. It was a hideous visage, thick-lipped, flat-featured, black; It was disfigured by a scar from Up to tcmplo and out of It gleamed a pair of (jes dltteiided and ringed with white. Ilk, the ojih of u man lufanc I'or an !utuui 1'os.i mad,' no sound nnd no effon to fcapi The apparition robbed Iiit of bieath. Il paialvzed her In both mind and lmil.i. Ilei llrxt thought wuh that tlio bad gnnc stalk mad, but she bad felt Cobo's hands upon her once1 befor nnd lifter her llri-t frozen moment of iimuzi incut she nallzed that sli was In her fullest hiisli V hlulrU sprang to her lips, hli- Irl. .1 to tight tin, man off, but her creak stiugglc was llko tho tlulteiliig of n bird. Cobo iiiiHlicd her doun, strangling the Ilalf-utlcied 11 Terror may lie so Intense, so appalling us to bo unendurable tn ltos.e's ease h merci ful oblivion overlook hei hho felt lh world giow black, fall uwn ; felt herself swing dlzzil) tluougli space' U'l'etlly looked upwaiel. Iiutulrlng. sharp ly. "What's the matter."' Hit heard u tcnflllin! of feet above him, but received no answer "llos.c' What frightened you'.' Itosa"" Thero was n moment of sickening suspense, then ho put tilh shoulder to tlm timbers he had displaced und with a violent shove, succeeded 111 swinging them back Into place l.alni hold of the rope, he began to hoist liluuelf upwaiel. He had gone but u little wa, however, when, without vcarn Ing, his support gavo way nnd he fell back ward; tho ropo came pouring doun upon him. "Itosi'" ho called again In 11 voice thick from fright. Followed an Instant of silence; then he flattened himself against the side of the well and the brtatli stuck In bin throat. Into the dim circle of radiance abovo a head was thrust a head, a pair of wide shoulders, nnd then two arms. The flgurn bent closer, and O'ltellly recognized tho swarthy features of that man he had seen at the Matunzas railroad station. There could be no doubt of It It was Cobo The incfn stared nt each other sllentl), and of the two Cobo appeared to be the more Intensely agitated. After u moment his gaze fixed Itself upon the opening Into the treasure chamber and lemained there. As If to make entirely sure of what he had overheard, he stretched his body far ther, supporting It liy his outflung uinis, then movi'd his head fiom side to'slde for 11 better view. Ho seemd to rock over tho mouth or tho well like a huge, fat, black spider, lie was tho first to speak. Vm I die.iiiiin'r ' Ol have vou ieall llUiOVeled that tleaMlle'?" be iUel I, d t) Itellly h upturned faew was Rhaxtl lie vet his Ups Ho managed tu wlilspir Horn's name "The rl' lies of the ainnas' AMnil 11 Und' I'oboH teeth i-nono whin In the Kiln of avarice Ves, I sec now a avein In tlm nick Well, well! And Mm ate tho spltlt of Sebuttlau chained In tin boni-ls of I..i I'umbru. Ha' These ,11 v Hie" ghosts ' ' J 1 .1 begun tn chuckle, but the sound of his malevolent nieiilment wus like tlm hiccoughing of a 1l11ml.cn man Itosa I What have Jou done' CoIhj tun on unheeding' '"It mut lm a great treasure, indeed, fiom till account -the ransom of u dozen kings. That's what Cueto said, "I he lausom of a doc 11 kings" Those were Ids veij words ' The fellow continue to swaj himself back nnd fin Ih. peering an If his njes vvtlo ubout tn leave his head. Ten u cVng- mo ment or two lin utterlj dlsregatded O'ltelllv. but finally as hu gained moie self-cuntiol his gaze shifted nnd his expression allele d He changed his weight to his lelt iirm and with his right hand lie drew his icvolvel.' "What are jou doing''" O'ltellly erled, hoarsely. The eoloncl seemed vaguely surprised ut this question, "Kool! Do ou expect mo to share It with jou?" lie Inquired Cobo Accepts the Compromise "Walt! There's enough for -ill of us," 1 O'ltellly feebly piotested; then, as he heaiel , the click of tho cocked weapon; "Let me out. I'll pa j j-ou v ell mako ou rich." In desperation ho tnlsed Ids shaking hand to dash out the caudle, but even us he did so the colonel spoke, nt the same time carefully lowering the revolver hammer. "You are right. What, um I thinking about? There must )e no noise. Caramba! A pretty business that would be. Wouldn't It? With my men tunning up hero to see what It was nil ubout. No, not No gun shots, no dlfiurbauco of uny kind. You understand what I mean, eh?" Ills fuce twisted Into a grin as he tossed . the revolver aside, then undertook to ilt. I tach u stone from the crumbling mib. "So J nolsol" ho 'chuckled. "So nose whatever." J o'ltelllv hlupellcd bj the sudden appear- fifi tiiicc cic linn iciuiiMioun cirucuir. ntuiiucu VJ v v 11m icii.uui' 01 u eaiasiiopuo 19 euu..A-) uwnke to thu faet Hint this man Intended;1'. ii brain hhn whete lm Mood, in a panto, iJm 1... . . lit., ,...u ,!.... lit,,, ,ltlnlln A M i.v ...., ,..-. V' ,11'Xltl .1..... ........... .w lake shelter In the tlLUSllre cave, but that I i.fnit cc.iu 1 l.tCA.I f.c lihi. fm' Iia liu.l.bM vc edged the wooden tlmbeis tugetiier at the, )uf5 (list ulaiiu lle vi as like ut rat In a pit,, (Wm nlftlv ..I lin, tn. ,(. .if 11. lu iitnol.,,, An '.w.fl Cobo was a maniac ut the moment; lie had '$1 Vlt l.ir ll.C (.JIlllUl (1 IIII11MPII UN CU H1IOW ' " tho stoiiu tu slip out of his grasp. It fell 1 . with a thud at O'llellly's feet, causing- the" assassin to laugh once moie, , , ...... ....... ... ,., u... .nt.. ., ;JK l,u, ,iu , lit, inccyjuKliril, l) lliais tri m chuus), eh?" Iiut there Is no need tty4)E haste." lie stretched out his arm again, 5-:l laid hold of another ltilsslls. and atralnM .M to loosen It front Its bed. "Jewels! wlj!S the size of plums! And I n poor man! IVfvS 1 a n't believe it jet." He could not dtUeh'&O eurblmf? "I'earls. Indeed ! I would lend .. - 1 n iln,.H ...so .n Lull rf .., , .k " ' : ..tl.,,1.. l.n.t 1....H u.nH.ll ..c,ln.i t,,''t , r . t-' ieii,j unu ,'m, rmiiuuift nu ,,cu, ,awe ? ihicij lurceu eisnei etjittioBe tna rouai race neuinu mm, louowing wun su fascination the deliberate movements 1 man above him; now- he saw Cobo, with t Ho .least aiiDareut reason, twist and der. saw him stiffen rlcldly as If selitd 1 a sudden cranio, saw bin eyes dilate)' heard hint heave a deep, whlstllnr -!. s, 'O'llellltf eoiild not Imaclne what alk fellow. Kor an etertiltj, so It srad,' I remalniHi leaning upon nis quisprwa 1 (lied In that same attitude of oaralri looked almost as If he had been startle some sound close bj' But manifestly nl was not the cause of Ills hesitation. ft f faee became convulsed nnd an ejcpressMh 1 niatiK ana uiier asionisumeni vu .sum uimjii It. The men stared fUedly M, other, o icciuy wnn nis neaa inrown i;odo vrun 111s nociy iiruppeu ruriair wooeteu nnn anu vital iwunicr tunc ipilry In his glaring 'eyes. Iiut slon extiressloti chanaed the extlonet bhu beneath a great weight. Ills head roe tuineu uncK upon ins necic, n nisM lungs with another w heejxtnjt sigh. "CM O Christ-' hs whispered. r rpeVTivi?n MovrAV ' ' ...'.-. , V .r . i- i J.". ', f. i r .,.,Vfi ' .V. J . ir.r , u, .i. ... 4. - x-f . ' S'aj 4TJ'. ..jcrc i.Tlt. a .ijQ,
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