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CHAPTER XIV Continued. j
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"We've been talking nbout food,"
Leslie Branch advised his commundlng
officer. "Miss Evnns Isn't a burning
patriot like the rest of us, and so of
course she can't share our rnvenouH ap
petite for beef cooked and entcn on the
hoof."
'So J" Lopez's handsome face cloud
aid. "You aro hungry, then?"
Norlno confessed that she was. "I'm
atarvingl" said she. "I haven't had a
Accent meal for a week."
"God bo praised 1 1 know where there
la a gonr, not two leagues away I" snld
the colonel.
"But I don't want a goat," Norlno
complained. "I wantWell, pickles,
and Jam, and sardines, and candy,
nd tooth-powder I Real boarding
house luxuries. I'd just like to rob a'
jrencrnl store."
Lopez furrowed his browB and lost
himself In thought. Later, while tho
others were talking, ho drew Ramos
HBlde and for a while they kept their
heads together then thoy invited Jud
son to Join their council. '
When O'Reilly Joined Judson for
sapper tho tatter met him with n broad
grin on his face. "Well," eald be, "You
can get ready to saddle up when the
moon rises."
"What do you mean?"
"Tho colonel took MIob Evans at her
wor"d. We're going to raid Sad Antonio
xle los Banon--two hundred of us to
get her nome pickles, and jam, and
candy, and tooth-powder."
Certain histories of tho Cuban War
jfor Independence speak of "The Ent
itle of San Antonio de los Banos." It
Ms quite 'a stirring story to read and It
ihas but onJ fault, a fault, by the way,
mot uncommon in histories it Is main
lly untrue.
In the flrsi place, the engagement
iwas (n no sense a battle, but merely a
jrald. The. number of troops engaged
Iwas, perhaps, one-fifth of the generous
total ascribed by ,the .historians, and
a military maneuver it served np
purpose whatsoever. Nevertheless,
Wince the affair had a direct bearing
upon the fortunes of eeveral people
connected with this story, it Is, per
haps, worth relating. v
Lopez and his troop approached the
(town !a tho early morning. As thoy
deployed for the attack the colonel is
Isued private instructions to certain
members of his command.
"O'Reilly, you and Senor Branch will
(enter one grocery store after another.
You will purchase that jam, those Bar-
nines, anu wnatcver cieo .you tninic
Miss Evans would like. Captain Jud
son, you and Major Ramos will go to
the apothecary shop X understand
I there is a very good one and look for
'tooth-powder and candy and the like. I
wall see that the streets are cleared,
uien l snail endeavor to mscover eomoi
pickles; but as God is my judge, I
doubt if there is such a thing this side
c Habaaa."
' Leslie Branch, whose temper had not
iimproved with the long night ride, In
rauired, caustically 5 "Do you expect us
'to buy the groceries? Well, I'm broke,
land so la O'Reilly. If you don't give us
mm change, colonel, we'll have to
wpen a charge account in your name."
"Cararaba I" muttered Lope. "I ln
ade6 t rs ftun you gentlemen.
IWeU, never mind we'll commandeer
'whit we wish In tho name of the ro-
tpubllc."
r Lopez' attack proved a comnloto
surprise, both to the citizens and to tho
rrlsoa of the town. The rebel busrlo
ve the first warning of what was
foot, and beforo the Cnstllinn troops
Who wero loitering off duty could ro
am their quarters, beforo tho citizens
:oeld take cover or tho shopkeepers
OMR nnrt bar their henvv wooden shut.
Hers, two hundred ragged horsemen
'WW yelling down tho streets,
! Tfrm followed a typical Cuban en
Sgemcdt ten shouts to ono shot,
jero was mad charge on tho heels
of tho scurrying populnco, a scattering,
itop-pop of rifles, cheers, cries, shrieks
of defiance and far-flung Insults direct-
d at the fortinns,
' O'Rollly, with Branch and Jackot
close at hla heels, whirled his horao
dnto the first bodega ho catno to. Tho
store was stocked with general mer
chandise, but Its owner, ovldontly a
'Spaniard, did not tarry to set a prlco
upon any of it As tho three horsemen
came clattering in at tho front ho went
flying out at the rear, and, although
O'Reilly called reassuringly after him,
'Ms oaly answer was tho slamming of n
Iwck door, followed by swiftly dimin
ishing cries of fright. t
There was no tlmo to waste. John
ale dismounted and, walking to tho
helves whore somo imported canned
goods were displayed, he began to so-
lct thoso delicacies for which he had
tKsen sent Tho devoted Jacket was nt
his side. Tho little Cuban exercised no
restraint he seized whatever was most
turilty' for loot Jncket's soul flamed
snvagely nnd ho swept the shelves bare
as he went.
"Hey, Leslie ! Get something to carry
this stuff in" O'Reilly directed over
his shoulder.
Spurred by O'Reilly's tone nnd by a
lively rnttlo of rifle-shots outside, Les
lie disappeared Into tho llvlng-qunrters
at the back of tho store. A moment
later ho emerged with a huge armful
of bedclothes, evidently snatched nt
random, Trailing behind htm, like a
brldnl veil, wns a mosqulto.net, which
in his hnsto'ho had torn from Its fas
tenings. 1
"I ciiftis this is ooorl" ho exulted.
"Beddlngv Pillows I Mosquito-net I I'll
sleep comfttnblo after this."
Dumping els burden of sheets, blank
its, and brilliantly colored cotton quilts
upon tho floor. Branch selected two of
tho stoutest anc began to knot tho cor
ners together.
Ho had scarcely finished when Jud
son reined in at tho door nnd called to
O'Reilly : "We've cluihed out thq drug
store. Better get a r.ovo on you, for
wo may havo to run auy mlnuto. I'vo
Just heard about soma Oabnn prisoners
in tho calaboose. Glmmo a hand and
we'll let 'em out"
Sharing in the, general consterna
tion at tho attnek, the jail guards had
disappeared, leaving Lopez' men free
to break into tho prison, whqn O'Rell
Jy joined them tho work wns well un
dor way. Seizing whatever implements
they could find, Judson nnd O'Reilly
Vent from coll to cell, battering, pry
ing, smashing, leaving their comrades
to rescue the inmates. Whllq tho
Americans smasnca iock alter iock,
their comrades dragged tho astonished
inmates from their kennels, hustled
them Into the street, and took them up
behind their saddles. .
The raid was over, "retreat'' wns
sounding, when Judson nnd O'Reilly
ran out of the prison, remounted, and
Joined their comrades, who wero
streaming back toward the plaza.
Colonel Lopez galloped up to Inquire;
anxiously, "Did you find those eatables
eh?"
"Yes, sir, and a lot more."
"Goodl But I failed. Pickles?
Caramba I Nobody here over heard of
one!"
"Did we lose anyi men?" Judson
askod. 1
"Not
cut.",
"So? Then ho got to closo quarters
with soma Spaniard?"
"Oh no I" Tho. colonel grinned. "Ho
was in too great a hurry and broko
open a show-case with hid fist"
Tho retreating Cubans still main'
tntned their uproar, discharging their
rifles into tho air, shrieking deflanca at
their invisible foes, and voicing Insult
ono. But Ramps was badly
V
O'Reilly Whirled His Horse Into tho
Flrtt Bodega.
1
log Invitations to combat. This ferocity,
however, served only to terrify further
tho civil population nnd to elbso tho
shutters of San Antonio the tighter.
Meanwhile, tho loyal-troops remained
safely in their blockhouses, pouring a
steady flro Into tho town. Aud despite
this admirable display of courage tho
visitors showed u deep respect for their
enemies' marksmanship, taking ndvatv
tago of whatever shelter thoro was.
Tho raiders had approached San 'An
tonlo do lo-j Bnr.os across tho fields at
tho tear, 'out Colonel Lopez, led their
rotrent by way of tho camlno real
which follow ed tho river bank. This
handy, meanwhile cursing ferociously, road fdr,p short dlstanco was oxposod
as befitted a bloodthirsty bandit Boys to tho flro from orio port: then It was
rb natural ropuers, ana at una oppor- j snouercu uy a pit 01 ruling gruuuu.
O'Reilly, among the last to cross tho
zono of Are, wns Just congratulating
himself upon the fortunate outcome of
tho skirmish when he saw Colonel Lo
pez ride to tho crest of n knoll, rlso In
his stirrups and, lifting Ids cupped
hands to his lips, direct n loud shout
back toward tho town. Lopez was fol
lowed by several of his men, who llko
wlso began to yell nnd to wnvo their
nrms excitedly.
Johnnlo turned to discover that Les
lie Branch hnd lagged far behind, nnd
now, as If to cap his fantastic perform
ances, had dismounted -nnd was de-
ccndlng tho river bnnk to a, plnco
where a large washing had been .spread
upon tho stones to dry. lie was qulto
exposed, and n spiteful crackle from tho
nearest blockhouse showed that the
Spaniards wero determined to bring
him down. Mauser bullets, ricocheted
among the rocks cvcn from this dls-
tnnco'thclr sharp explosions were audi
bleothers broke the surface of tho
stream into little geysers, as if n school
of flsh wero leaping..
When Johnnlo looked on in breath
less apprehension Branch appropriated
several suits that promised to At him:
then ho climbed up the bank, remount
ed his horse,, and ambled slowly out of
range.
Now this was precisely tho sort of
harebrained exploit which delights n
Cuban audience, when Leslie re
joiced his comrades, therefore, he was
greeted with shouts and cheers.
"Caramba! He would risk his life
for a clean shirt. ,. . . There's" a fel
low for you! Ho enjoys tho hum of
theso Spanish bees! . . . Bravo 1.
Tell UJ what tho bullets snld to you,"
they crlod, crowding around him In an
ndmtrlng circle.
O'Reilly, unnblo to contain himself,
burst forth In a rage: "Lopez ought to,
court-martini you."
Infuriated, he rodoover to where
Captain Judson was engaged in mnk-
ing n. litter upon which to carry tho
sick . prisoner they had rescued from
tho Jail, "This clrap here Is all in,"
snld Judson. "I'm afraid we aren't go
ine to get him through."
Following .Tudson's glance,. O'Reilly
beheld an emaciated flgnre lying In the
ehndo of a ncnrby'gunva bush. The
man wns clad in filthy rags, his faco
was dirty and overgrown with a
month's beard; a pair of restless eyes
stared unblinklngly ht the1 brazen sky.
His lips wero moving; frbin them is
sued n Btendy patter of words, but oth
erwise ho showed np sign of life:
''You snld ho was starvlne." Johnnie
dismounted ' and lent Judson a hand
with hla task.
"That's what I thought at first, but
he's sick. I suppose It's that infernal
dungeon fever. Wo can swing him be
tween, our horses, and " , ,
Judson looked un to discover that
Johnnlo was poised rigidly, his mouth
open, his hands halted in midair. Tho
sick, man's voice had risen, and O'Reil
ly, with a peculiar expression of
amazement upon his face, was strain
ing his eurs toh'enr what he-said.
"Eh? What's the matter?" Judson
inquired. '
Por a moment O'Reilly remained
frozen in his attitude, then without n
Svbrd ho strode to tho'sufferen Ho bent
forwnrd, staring into the vacant, up
turned face. A cry burst from his
throat, a cry that wns Rke a sob, nnd,
kneeling, ho gathered tho frail, filthy
flguro Into his arms.
"Estebnnl" ho cried.. "Estebnnl This
Is d'Rcllly. OJRnll-ye 1 Don't you know
me? O'Reilly, your friend,, your broth
er I For God's sake, tell me what
they've dono to you! Look nt'ruc, Es
tcban ! Look nt me I Look at me 1 Oh,
Estebnnl"
Such eagerness, such thankfulness,
such passionate pity, were in 'his
friend's hoarse volcd that Judson drew
closer. Ho noticed thnt the fastest
flamo of reason flickered ior an instant
in tho sick man's hollow eyes; then
they began to rovo again, nndtho snmo
rustling whisper recommenced. O'Reil
ly held tho boy tendorly in his arms;
tears rolled down his cheeks as ha Im
plored EBtdban to hear and to heed
him.
"Try to hear mot TryV There was
fierce agony In tlio cry. "Where is
Rosa? . . . Rosa? . . . You're
safo now; you can tell me. .
You're safe with O'Reilly. . .
canto back ... I came.bnck for you
and Rosa. . . . Where is she? .
Iatrtio dead?"
Other men were assembling now.
Tho column wns readyto move, but
JudsOn signaled to Colo'aef Lopez nnd
made known tho Identity of tho sick
stranger. Tho colonel enmo forwnrd
swiftly nnd laid a hand- upon O'Reil
ly's shoulder, saying:
"Sol You wero right, after all. Es
tebnn Vnrona didn't die. God must
have sent us to San Antonio to deliver
him,"
"IIo's sick, slckl" O'Reilly snldf
huskily. "Those Spnnlnrdsl Look
what they'vo dono to him." His volco
changed, no cried, fiercely : "Well,
I'm late again. I'm always Just a little
hit too late. He'll die beforo he can
tell mo "
"Walt I Take hold of yourself. "We'll
do till that can be dono to save him
Now come, wo must bo going, or all
San Antonlb will bo upon us."
O'Reilly roused, "rut 'hlra in my
nrms," he ordered. 'Til carry him to
cumn myself."
But Lopez shook his head, saying,
gently: "It's a long murch, and tho
litter would bo better for lilm." Thank
heaven wo hnve an nngel of mercy
nwnltlng us, and sho will know how to
make him well."
"When tho troop resumed Its retreat
Esteban Varona lay suspended upon a
swinging bed botweon O'Reilly and
Judson's horses. Although they car
rlod him ub carefully as they could
throughout that longhot Journoy, ho
never censed his babbling and" never
nwoko to his surroundiugs.
CHAPTER XV.
Nortne Takes Charge.
'Duilng the next few days O'Reilly
hnd reason to bless tho happy chance
which hnd brought Norlno Evans to
'Cuba, Durlng'the return journey from
San Antonio de los Bnnos ho hnd dis
covered how renlly ill Esteban Vnrona
was, hor 'weak his hold upon life.
After listening to his ravings, O'Reilly
began to fe&f thnt the poor fellow's
mind wns permanently, affected. It was
an nt pniiag possibility, one to which
he could hof reconcile- himself. To
think that somewhere In that fevered
brain was perhaps locked the truth;
abouf Rosti's'fate, if not the secret or
her whereniouts, and yet to bo unable
to wring an Intelligent answer to a
single quostlon, wnSj intolerable. The
hours of thnt tide were among tho
longest O'Reilly had ever passed.
Rut Norlne Evnns gave him new
heart. She took completo charge of
the sick mun upon his arrival In camp;
then In her brisk, matter-of-fact way
she directed O'Reilly to go and get
some much-needed rest Esteban wns
ill, very 111, she admitted ; there was no
competent doctor near, and her ow
facilities ior nursing wero primitive
indeed; nevertheless, sho expressed.
confidence that she could euro him,
nnd reminded O'Reilly that nature hns
a blessed way of building up a resist
ance to environment. As a result qf
her good cheer O'Reilly managed to
enjoy a night's .sleep.
He wns up at daylight to offer his
services In caring' for Esteban Varpna,
but Norlno" declined them.
"Ills fever is down a llttlo nnd he
hns tnken some nourishment," she re-
. "Esteban; This lo O'Relllyl" .
ported. "That ftfod you boys risked
your silly lives for may como in handy,
after nil." ' -
"I dare say ho won't be able to talk
to me today?"-O'Reilly ventured.
"Not today, nor for many days, I'm
afraid."
"If you don't mind. then. I'll hang
nround and listen to what ho says," ho
told her, wistfully. "He might drop tx
word about Rosa."
"To no4 sur6. So far he's scarcely
mentioned her. I can't understand
much that ho says,- of course, but Mrs.
Ruiz tells me It's all jumbled and qulto
unintelligible."
It was n balmy, lnncuid morning
about two weeks after O'Reilly's re
turn to tlie City Among tho Leaves. In
n hammock swung between two trees
Esteban Vnrona lay, listening to tho
ndmonitlons of his nurse.
Johnnie O'Reilly hnd Just bade them
both a hearty good morning and now
Norlno, was saying: "One hour, no
more. You had a temperature again
last night nnd it came from talking too
much. Remember, it takes me just one
hour to mnke my rounds, and if you
ore. not tnrougn with your tales or
blood and bnttlo when I get back you'll
have to finish them tomorrow." "With
a nod arid a smile sho left.
As Esteban looked - after her his
whlto teeth gleamed and hlB hollow
face lit up.
"Sho brings me new life," he told
O'Reilly: "Sho is sq strong, so healthy,
so full of life herself. Sho is wonder
ful I "When I first saw her bending over
mo I tnougnt 1 wns ureaimng. some
times, oven yet, I think she cannot be
real. But she Is, eh?"
"Sho Is quite substantial," O'RoJdly
smiled. "All the sick fellawp talk as
you dO."
Esteban looked up quickly; nis race
darkened. "She or nurses others
eh? I'm not the only ono?" '
"Well, hardly."
There was a brief pause ; then Este
bnn shifted his position and his tone
changed. "TeH me, (have you heard
any news?"
"Not yet, but wo will hear some Be
fore long I'm sure."
"Yotir faith does as much for me as
this lady's care. Hut when you go
away, when, I'm nlone, when I begin to
think!'
"Don't think too much ; don't permit
yourself to doubt" O'Reilly said, quick
ly. "Tako my word for it Rosa Is alive
and we'll find her somewhere, some
how. General Gomez will soon havo
word of her. ' That's what I'vo been
wnltlpg for that and what you might
havo to tell me."
"You know all that I know now and
everything thnt has happened to me."
"I-don't know how you camo,to be in
n cell In Snq Antonio do los Buiios, two
hundred miles from the plnco you wero
killed. That is still n, mystery."
"Jt Is rfory simple, nmlgo. Let me
see: I had finished telling you abotn
tho light at La Joya. I was telling you
how I fainted. Some good people found
me n few hours nfter I lost conscious
ness. They supposed I hnd been at
tacked by guerrillas nnd Jeft for.dend.
Finding thnt I still hud life in me, they
took mo homo with them. They were
o'd 'rjends . from Matanzns by the
none of Valdcs cultured people who
had fled the city nnu were hiding in the
mnnlgun like the rest Of us."
"Not Valdcs, tho notary?"
"Tho very fiamo.v Alberto Valdes and
his four daughters. Heaven guided;
them to me. Alberto was an old mnn ;'
he hnd hard work to provide food for
his girls. .Nevertheless, ho refused to
abandon me. Oh, they were faithful,
parent people I You Bee, I had walked
east Instead of west, nnd now I wns
miles nway from home, and the coun
try between wns swarming with Span
iards who wero burping, destroying,
killing. You wouldn't know Matanzas,
O'Reilly. It Is a desert
"I Anally became able to drag myself
around the hut. But I had no means,
of sending word to Rbsa, nnd the un
certainty nearly mado me crazy. My
clothes had rotted from me; my bones
wero just under the skin. I must have
been n shocking sight. Then one, day
there came n1 fellow traveling east with
messages for Gomez. He was ono of
Lopez' men, nnd he told me that Lo
pez had gone to the Rubi Hills with
Mnceo, nnd that there were nono of
onr men left in the province. He told
me other things, too. It wns from him
.that I learned " Estebar Vprona's
thin hands, clutched the eaes of his
hammock and he rolled his hrad weak
ly from side to side. "ItNva ho who
told mo about Rosn. Ho snld tbat Cobo
had ravaged tho Yumurl and Uiat my
sister was gone!"
"There, there I "We know better now,"
O'Reilly snld, soothingly.
"It wns a hideous story, a story of
rope, murder. I wonder that I didn't
go mad. It npver occurred to me tc
doubt, dnd as a matter of fact the fel
low was honest enough t ho really be
lieved what he told me. After the
mnn liad finished I felt tho desire to
get away from all I hnd known and
loved, to leave Matanzas for new fields
nnd give what was left of, me to the
cause. I was free to enlist; since I
couldn't reach Lopez, nnd I enme to
oln our forces in the Orient
"Thnt is how you fqund mo In this
province. Lopez' mnn never delivered
these dispatches, for we wero taken
crossing tne trocna nt least I was
taken, for Pablo was killed. They'd
have mado an end of me, too, I dure
say, qnly I was so weak. It seems a
century since that night My memory
doesn't servo me very well from that
point, for they jailed me, and I grew
worse. I was out of my head a good
deal."
The two men fell silent for a while.
Esteban lny with closed eyes, exhaust
ed. O'Reilly gave himself up to frown
ing thought. His thoughts were not
pleasant; ho could not, for the life of
him, believe in Rosas safety so im
pllcltly ns he hud led Esteban to sup
pose; Ills efforts to cheer the other
hnd sapped his own supply of hope,
leaving him a prey to black misgivings.
Ho was glad when Norlne Evans' re
(urn put an end to his speculations.
"Havo you harrowed this poor man's
feelings sufficiently for once?" she In
quired of O'Reilly.
"I hnve.1 Til agree to talk about
nothing unpleasant herenfter."
Esteban turned to his nurse. "There
IS soraothlng I want to tell you both."
"Wait until tomorrow," Norlno ad
vised.
But he persisted ''No 1 I must toll
It now. First, however, did either of
you dlscoyer an old coin in nny of my
pockets an old Spanish doubloon?"
"That doubloon again 1" Norlne lift
cd her hands protestlngly, and cast n
meaning look at O'Reilly. "You talked
about nothing else for a whole week.
Let me feel your pulse."
Estcbnn surrendered his hand with
suspicious readiness.
"You were fiat broke when we got
you," 0 Rellly declared.
"Probably. I Beem to remember that
somebody stole it"
"Doubloons! Pieces of eight! Gold
en guineas 1" exclaimed Norlne. "Why
those aro pirate coins J They remind
mo of Treasure Island; of Long John
Sliver nnd his wooden leg; of Ben
Gunn nnd all the rest"
Esteban arolled uncomprehendlngly,
"Yes? Well, this has to do with treaa
uro of the Varonas. My father burled
it Ho wns very rich, you know, nnd
ho was afraid of the Spaniards. O'Rell
ly knows tho story."
Johnnie . assented with a grunt
"Sure 1 I know all about it"
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THEN HE KICKED HIMSELF
Good Story Told of Retribution That
Was the Lot of English Food
Hoarder.
Bnron Reading told in Washington
a story about a food hoarder.
"We punish our food hoarders very
severely," he said. "It's 'nothing un
usual to$arrest nnd fine an English
food hoarder $1,000 for hoarding 30
or 40 pounds of tea or rice.
"Hence tho food hoarder is a timid
and Jumpy animal. I heard the other
duy of a Liverpool banker who hnd
bought .and hidden In his office 60
pounds of cocoa, He was gloating
over this hourd when two policemen
wero announced. .
"'One minute, the food hoarder
gasped. Tell the policemen to wait
one minute.' . ,
"And then, pale and trembling v
for he thought, the policemen had come
to drag him off to Jail rushed among
his staff, distributing the cocoa in half- ,
pound and pound tins. ,
"When the distribution was finished;
he ordered the policemen to be admitted.
"And the policemen, n bowing and
scraping very humbly, asked him If ho
would bo so kind and good an to buy
a ticket for their benefit concert In
tho town hall."
. Night Driving In France.
In driving trucks along the roads
lending to tho battle front under cover
of darkness headlights cannot be used,
elso all concealment would bo destroy
ed. To cnablo the .drivers to keep in
tho road rows of posts aro sot along
the rondsldo. These are threo feet
high and painted white. They are vis
ible even on the darkest night. Now
Orleans Timos,-Plcnyune.
A' farmer's harvest lasts until tho
summer boarders depart.
Cultivate the iablt of meeting fplks
with n show of friendliness.
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