The morning times., 1896-04-19
sue him, and there would be gap in
the ring for Julio.
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sue him, and there would be a gap in
the ring for Julio.
''Aitor'
Again the warning shout; again the
rdpId turn 10 the night; and .tgain the
ring of rifle bullet. Jose threw himself
sideways IN the saddle as he had seen
Julio DO at exercise. Shouts rose pehind.
He heard the sentries calling to one an
other: TO the right to the rightl He
has gone TO the rightr'
Then Il loud, commanding voice rose over
the tumult: 1t IS he! 1 know the horse.
1t is surely be! Pursue the REBEL
To the rigbtr'
Louder grew the sound Of horse-hoOrs.
Jose S brave heart bounded, for lie kne W
that all tile OutpOsts ON the seaboard side
We're III hot chase, fOndly believing that the
black horse carried Julio D'ArrOyo.
And now the rifle and revolver shots
came faster and faster. Once the black
horse swerved and bOunded-a shot had
graZed his flank. Once something had
gone whistling through the boys white SOM
brerO. Still forward went steed and
noeF-eger 10 the ngnt, nGing IN mad
circle round the plantation OF the Sonora
d'Arroyo.
"Alto!''
This time the call came from in front.
and Jose looked up 10 see d fCot-sOldier,
rifle at shoulder barring his progress
He wrenChed the reins. pulling the horse
back almost upon bis Launches. UTp came
the soldier at the double, thinking that tie
boy meant 10 surrender. But Jose dex-
terOusly slipped off bis horses back, and
leaped into the palms.
"Bang! went the Mauser rifle: and a
great pain tingled the nerves in JOse's
shoulder. He stumbled, recovered him
self, and sped On-the Spaniard in hot
pursuit. 1t could not be a serious wound
hn
at running. few Spanish infantry men could
beat the fleetest foot for many a league
There was temporary luIl in the sounds
OF bonfs behind. They had found his horse
and were, consulting, no doubt. Soon again
he heard them, crashing through the under
growth.
Its the horse. sure enough! Remember
the reward! To the right To the right
Jose, good runner as he was, felt himself
gasping for breath. He could not i.Uld out
much longer, but an effort yet renamed
to be made for Julios safety. Straining
every nerve, he dashed onward. now
through the underground, now a,roSs a
cultivated field, now down a roadway,
where the shots ratified like castauets 10
the theater at Havana. At last, spent and
with a mist before his eyes, he fan almost
Into the arms of a man in the Spanish
officers uniform. He tried to grappIe
with the enemy, but was promptly knocked
senseless with the butt end OF a revolver.
V.
An hour later Gen. V, the Spanish Gis-
trict commander, was sitting before Ills
tent, when there approached a body of
troops in charge of a prisoner.
"Har' said the general, 1.-THE nlID sent
out TO captrue that desperate rebel, d Ar
royO- Have they caught him.
They have a prisoner on a -treJcher,"
replied one OF the aides-de-camp.
Dead, / suppose said the general
II cid not expect that he would be taken
alive. He was always a daredevil that
d'Arroyo. i remember him when ne was
boy at the military school,"
But the prisoner was not dead; and when
he had been carefully fetteFed in the guard
house his captors furnished their command
er with a gorgeously colored account OF the
days events-the officer who had knocked
poor Jose down with a revolver putting
in his claim for the reward.
Toward evening. however. n spy-the
same who had first betrayed Julio d'Ar-
royo's presence TO the SpaniarIs-oraved
an audience with the general.
Your EXCELLENCE he cried. they have
not taken Don Julio d'Arroyo after all.
I lie prisoner is a mere boy"
Nonsense" said the general, par
rOyo is quite young Nevertheless, he
went later Oh 10 investigate the matter and
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his wound clumsily bdnGaged, and cruel
cash over his brow.
You are Julio D'Arroyo, the rebel?''
he said.
Lam not, responded the prisoner.
Then, who are you?''
His younger brother, Jose" There
We're hard words in the Spanish camp when
the truth became known, as it soon did
when the Sonora d'Arroyo came over from
her plantation to identify and claim Jose.
\ nuIrlCU JouHCIl III The generals tent de
veIoped the decision that the boy could not
be eheld a prisoner. Soarms were upon him
when captured, and running mad races with
the Spanish troops-whiIe disreSpectful-
is not a crime. Accordingly the geneSaI
who, being a shrewd man, quite understood
how the land lay, released Jose, with the
cynical opinion that Spain would catch
him i'll good earnest some day, when he was
grown up.
AS Jose was carried tenderIy back to the
plantation the sonora bent over him 10 whis-
per: Julio has eSca ped. The outposts
pursued you i'll hopes of the reward, and he
got clear off by the boat at Andros.''
viva Cuba Iibrer' exclaimed Jose; and
then, utterly worn out, he sank to sleep in
the loving arms of his mother.
Wonders of Science.