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In Memoriam.

5hOOkS. In loving remembrance Of Mrs EVA
BROOKS. who. after a life Of extended use
fuiness and loving service in the home and the
church. entered into rest 1--WE years ago today.
BY THE FAMILY
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Third aoor. 3 street,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-17
THE STORY THUS FAR
lie O'REILLY, more commonly known a

JOHNNIE ORELLY, known THE OREILY hes
in ROSA vARONA the orphans DON
planter Cube
Don Eteban had boarded old Spanish
@ & m The ss% % Of ,, Well ELL
only other share the secret
When Don Eteban wife died became the match
eeedd becoming the wife and Immediately set about intriguing
to learn the fortune cpng 70 &C. Information fro from Sebastian ss
before Thus
the only who know the whereabouts Of the fortune
Isabel vainly information from PANCHO CUETO the
Instead he threatens claim the
his because Don Eseban left deeds to the That night Isabel
on finds letter with information which Eban had
dropped the authorities Rosa and Esban then
the the hut of Eyangena, their old ~
Oeiy back New York the Office Of the firm which he
sentd awaits information from his sweetheart H:
him that befaen left Cuba ORely
bis beloved and for that calls Mr.
to island ORy with other Americans
he cool his hckeper by stating that he
where
Leslie Branch American consumpve trying get cured killed
Spanish
that extermnang Eban and
gueras the colonel have Rosa GobG and they attack the
in drive the Spanard The ashes
and the party sets of for safer refuge . .
Plansto the
vaie5no Wyr known "wyr the Butcher arrives and take.
the situation orders all Cubans concentrated the cities
Estban
y view of Cobos designs the girl They decide risk death by
certain death voluntarily, While raiders
badly which
dark When he fails home after finally
Asenso The three are on the point & death BY starvation
dinner which actively
the rebels cause
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By REX BEACH
Author Of The Spoilers. THE
Barrier" Heart Of the Sunset"

Miss Evans interrupted breeziiy: 1T
wasn't any sacrifice at all. That's the
worst of It. The salve bought was
really for my conscience, IL you must
know. I squander altogether too much
on myself" Then. turning TO o'Reilly.
81 love extravaganza. don't your"
Norine Makes a Hit
Dearly! It's my one unconquerable
vice" he told her. He thought grimly
of the four dollars In his pocket which
represented his and Leslie Branch's total
wealth, but 1t seemed to him that he
was called upon to agree with anything
Miss Evans might choose to say.
OReilly liked this girl. lie had liked
her the instant she favored him with
her friendly smile, and so, trusting fatu.
ously to his masculine powers of obser.
vation. he tried to analyze her. lie could
not guess her age, for an expensive
ladies' tailor can battle the most discrim.
mating eye. Certainly, however, she was
not too od--he had an idea that she
would tell him her exact age " he asked
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that he was momentarily at n loss. John
ME found himself looking into pair of
frank gray eyes, and felt his hand seized
by firm. almost masculine grasp. Miss
Evans according t. his first dazzling i'm
preston, was about the most fetching
creature he had ever seen and about the
last person by whom any young man
could be bored. II she kept cats they
must be pedigreed Persian cats and we'll
worth keeping. Johnnie decided. The
girl-and she was a girl--had brought
into the room an electric vitality,
breeziness hard TO describe. Her eyes
were humorous and intelligent; her teeth,
which she seemed always ready to show
in a friendly, generous smile were strong
and white and sparkling. Altogether she
was such n vision of healthy, unaffected
and smartly gotten.up you womanhood
that O'Reilly could only stammcr his
acknowledgment of the Introduction, in.
wardly berating himself for his awk-
wardness. lie was aware OF Alrarados
amusement. and this addel to his EN-.
barrassment.
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The Junta

I'VE do the best we can, with our
equipment"
well, I'll supply better equipment,
and I'll handle It myself. I'm in earnest.
You sha'n't stop me-"
OReilly was uncomfortably aware OF
the speakers determination; protests had
no effect upon her her clear cheeks had
flushed her eyes were dancing. Evi-
IDENTIFY here was Il girl who did very much
as she chose.
"Yon don't realize what YOU are say.
ing" he told her, gravely. You'd have
to go AS IA iiibuster. on some decrepit. un.
seaworthy fIeighter loaded to the guards
and crowded with men of all sorts. It's
dangerous business running the Spanish
blockade II captured you would be
treated just like the rest of U.s."
Lovely We'd land In small boats
some dark night. Maybe we'd have
fight"
And if you got through, what then?
Life in IA bark hut. with nothing to cat.
Bugs! Snakes! Hardships!'
That decides me. I eat too much
Doctor Alvarado tells me do. I adore
huts, and ! don't seriously object to in
sects.'
The physician stirred uneasiy. IT'S
.;terly absurd" he eXpostulated. Some
women might do II. but you're not the
sort. You are--pardon me--a most at
tractivc young person. You'd be thrown
arlug rough men"
MIR. O'Reily will look out for me.
But for that matter can take care Of
myself. Oh, it's of no use trying TO dis
courage me. ! always have my own way;
I'm completely spoiled
Your family will never consent"
laughed.
81 haven't such thing. I'm alone and
unencumbered No girl was ever SO for.
tunatc. But wait-Ill settle this whole
thing In minute" She quilted the
table, ran to Alvarado's telephone. and
called a number
shes after Enrique2." groaned the
her anything"
II don't want Il woman on my hands"
O'Rei.ly whispered hercely. suppose
she got sick? Good Lord I'd have to
nurse her" He wiped a sudden moisture
from his brow.
"Oh. she won't get sick. She'll prob
ably nurse you-and-and all the other
men. You'll like II, too, and you will
all fall in love with her-everybody does
and start fighting among yourselves.
There! She has Enriquez. Listen"
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Laying Plans

You men must go right ahead and talk
as If | weren't here. l won't interrupt,
except with a few vivas or carambas or
What are some other lady-like Spanish
eXclamations?'
There aren't very many" Johnnie
acknowledged. Il always try to swear in
English"
Alvarado placed an affectionatc hand
upon Miss Evans's shoulder. "O'Reilly,
this girl has done more for Cuba than
any of us. She has spent small for
tune for medical supplies" said he.
"Those poor men must live on quinine,"
the girl exclaimed ANY one who can
bear to take the stuff ought to have all
he wants. I've a perfect passion for CIV
ing pills."
"Oh, you may Joke about it. All the
same, IL others would make the same
sacrifice"
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RAINBOW;S END -

!" i'osas name he told me. truthfully
enough ] dare say, that there are thou.
sands OF Cuban women as badly in need
or succor as She lie says this is no time
Tor private considerations"
quite So" the doctor agreed. we
near frightful stories about this new
concentration policy. cant believe
them"
"Oh, I guess they are true; II is the
more reason why must get back at
once" O'Reilly said earnestly.
This lady who is coming here tonight
has influence with Enriquez You re.
member ] told you that she has con.
tributed literally. She might hclp Won"
I'll implore her to put in wore for
me. What is she?"
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CHAPTER XIV
FILIBUSTERS

T ESLIE BRANCH was asleep when
- OReilly returned to their room. but
he awoke sufficiently to listen to the lat.
ter's breathless account of the dinner.
party.
I'm ratified" Johnnie confessed. "Why.
that girl just bounced right into the mid.
die Of everything. and-and I can't
bounce her out again."
You say she's young. and pretty, and
--rich?' Leslie was incredulous.
Yves! All of that"
"Um.m. Doctor Alvarado must mix
Il good cocktail
"Why?"
Because you're drunk anu delirious.
They don't come that way, my boy, When
they're rich they're old and ugly"
II tell you this girl is young and
stunning"
"Of course she is" Branch agreed.
soothingly. "Now, go to sleep and don't
think any more about her. there's a
good boy. Everything will be all right
in the morning. Perhaps it never hap.
pened; perhaps YOU didn't meet any
woman at all" The speaker yawned and
turned over.
Don't be an ass Johnnie cried, i'm
patiently. What are we going to do
with woman on our hands?"
I'VE? Don't divide her with me. What
are you going to do? The truth Is plain,
this Miss Evans Is in love with you and
you don't know 1t. She sees in you her
soul mate. Well. If you don't want her,
] want her. I'll eat her medicine. I'll
even--marry the poor old soul, II she's
rich"
CONTINUED MONDAY
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her. While he could not call her beauti.
full, she was something immensely better
she was alive, human. interesting, and
Interested The fact that she did not
take her mission" overseriously proved
that she was also sensible beyond most
women. Yes, that was IT. Norine Evans
was II perfectly sensible. unspoiled young
person, who showed the admirable effects
Of clean living and clean thinking coupled
with n normal, sturdy constitution.
O'Reily told himself that here was n
girl who could pour tea. nurse a sick
man or throw a baseball.
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The Decision

And she was az good as her promise
She did not interrupt when, during din
ner, Alvarado led Johnnie to talk about
his latest experience in Cuba, but, on the
contrary, her unfiagging interest induceu
O'Reilly to address his talk more often
to her than to the doctor He soon dis
covered that she understood the Cuban
situation as well as or better than he,
and that her sympathies were keen.
When she did speak 1t. was to ask intel
ligcnt questions, some of which. by the
way, it taxed O'Reilly's wits to answer
satisfactorily. Heretofore. Johnnie had
looked upon the war primarily as an un.
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novel Of love- hidden and rebellion beautiful ys
Cuba during exciting days the revolt against

fortunate condition Of affairs which had
sonal fortunes; he had not allowed him.
self to be very deeply affected by the
rights or the wrongs Of either party. But
Norine Evans took n much deeper and
broader view Of the matter. She was
genuinely moved by the gallant struggle
of the Cuban people, and when the din.
ner was over she exploded a surprise
which left both men speechless.
This settles it with me-" she an.
nounced I'm going down there"
Avarado stared at her for moment.
MY dear" he began.
But she warned him: Don't argue
with me. You know detest arguments.
I've been thinking about 1t for some time,
and"
1T is quite impossible" the doctor de.
c'ared. firmly: and O'Reilly agreed.
'Of course. you could go TO Havana"
said the latter, but you wouldn't be al.
lowed to see anything
I'm going right 10 the Insurrectos
with you"
with me-! O'Reilly could not conceal
his lack of enthusiasm. II don't know
that the Iunta will take me-"
They will IL ask them"
Alvarado inquired. What ever put
such ridiculous idea into your head?"
The girl laughed. ITS the only kind
of ideas have. But there are ten thou.
sand reasons why I want to go. In the
first place. fairly itch to give pills.
You say the rebels havo no hospitals no
nurses"
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Johnnie shivered apprehensively at the
directness with which Miss Evans put
her request. you understand. l want to
go and see for myself" she was saying.
III you need medicines. I'll give them
bushels of the nastiest stuff | can buy.
I'll orga nize field hospital. Oh
very well, call it bribe, il you like.
Anyhow. I've fully determined to go. and
Mr.. O'Reily has volunteered TO take care
of me. He's charmed with the idea"
Miss Evans giggled. That means you'll
have to take him along, too"
There followed a pause during which
the two men exchanged dismayed
glances.
She Persists
"She doesn't seem to care what she
says" O'Reilly murmured. "But--I'n put
a flea in Enriquez's ear"
'Put in it writing, please" There was
ANOTHER wait. "Now read 1t to me,
Goodr' Miss Evans fairly purred over
the telephone Send II to me by mes.
senger right away. that's a dear. I'm at
Doctor Alvarado's house. and he's beside
himself with Joy. Thanks, awfully.
You're so nice" A moment. and she waA
back in the diningroom facing her two
friends-a picture of triumph. you
have nothing more to say about it," she
gloated. 1.-THE Provisional Government
of Cuba, through it's New York repre-
sentative, extends to Miss Norine Evans
an invitation to visit Its temporary head
quarters in the Sierra de-somethingo
other and deems it an honor TO have her
as its guest so long as she wishes to
remain there. 1t requests that all mil
itary and civil officers afford her every
safety and convenience within her
power That's virtually what Mr.. En-.
riquez read to me. In fifteen minutes it
will be here in black and white. Now
then, let's celebrate"
She executed a dance step, prouetted
around the room. then pumped herself
down into her chair. She ratified her cup
and saucer nosiy, crying, "F'ill them up.
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THE doctor has told me all about you"
Miss Evans addressed Johnnie over her
shoulder as she laid off her furs and a
stylish little turban hat I'm dying to
hear what happened on your trip
$50 am t. confessed Alvarddo. you
know Mr.. OReilly has seen my broth
ers."
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Doctor Gloom. Let's drink to Cuba
Libre."
Johnnie managed to smile as he raised
his demitasse Here's to my success
as a chaperon," said he. I'm disliked by
the Spanards, and now the Cubans will
hate me- | can see happy days ahead"
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The Dinner

"Oh, she has mission" Johnnie's
interest in Doctor Alvarados other guest
fell away, and his tone indicated as
the ringing of the doorbell summoned
him away.
O'Reilly had met women with ideals,
with purposes, with avocatons, and his
opinion of them was low Women who
had missions" were always tiresome, he
had discovered. This one, it appeared,
was unusual only In that she had
adopted a particularly exacting form Of
charitable work. Nursing. even as a
rich woman's diversion, must be anything
but agreeable. O'Reilly pictured this
Evans person in his mind-a large, plain,
elderly creature, obsessed with impracti-
cal ideas of uplifting the masses! She
would undoubtedly bore him stiff with
stories of her work; she would reproach
him with neglect of his duties to the
suffering. Johnnie was too poor to be
charitable and too deeply engrossed at
anything whatever about the masses"
And she was a miss" That meant that
she wore thick glasses and probably
kept cats.
a ringing laugh from the cramped hall
way interrupted these reflections; then
a moment later Doctor Alvarado was In.
PRODUCING O'Reilly to young woman so
completely out Of the picture, so utterly
the opposite of his preconceived notions,
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well, she's my pet nurse"
"A nurse" OReiiys eyes opened
wide. "a nurse, with money! 1 didn't
know there was such hing"
Neither did l. They're rarer even
than rich DOCTORS" Alvarado acknowl-
edged. But. you see, nursing is merely
Miss Evanss avocation. She's one Of the
few wealthy women l know who have
real ideals, and live up to them"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-13
ASKED HER NAME
AFTER SINKING
Survivors From Torpedoed saxonlan,
Tell Of Attack by Submarine
Last Week.

|, UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
LONDON, Feb. l3.-Survivors OF
the steamer Saxonian landed today,
and reported when that vessel was
sunk February by submarine. she
did not attempt to escape nor to use
her wireless.
Two boat loads Of survivors were
afloat on the open sea for fifteen and
sixty-eight hours respectively before
they were picked up.
There were three Americans IN the
Saxonfan's crew but until the remain
der OF the survivors land tomorrow.
1t is not known whether any OF them
lost their lives. The American con-
sui at the port where the survivors
landed today. telegraphed the Ameri-
can embassy that he learned thirty
two shots fired by the submarine
failed to sink the nip and the U boat
thereupon launched torpedo, which
shattered the hull and sank the
steamer.
After the Saxonian's crew had TAX
en- to the boats, the submarine COM
mander approached close to them
and asked the nationality OF the Sax
oman.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-13
A Dinner IN Berlin.

Worlds Work: Dinner at the Es-
planade tonight was really too awful.
We had neither meat nor bread
cards, so were reduced to dish
called lost eggs" and asparagus.
The eggs were lost in some dread
full vegetable and the asparagus was
that fat, white, and tasteless stuff
they grow here. Billy remarked that
the sauce hollandaise must have been
difficult to make without either but
ter. eggs, or olive oil, and his tea,
he said, reminded him OF when his
nurse used to stick her finger IN a
CUP of hot water and tell him to
drink his tea, Dearie." / had april
cots for dessert and ate a great
number; that they had begun to fer
ment was no longer a drawback-at
least they tasted OF something.
They are going to oblige one to
have cards for clothes now. Billy
saws he wants to know how the city
authorities are going to know the
next time he needs new undershirt-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-13
TOSTOP BAD COUGH
sooth Dry, Irritated Throat With
Parmint Syrup. Says This Old
Fashioned Cough Medicine
is the Best

We are told that the old time ren,-
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person. who has q stubborn cough
hard cold or cata-rh in any form
should give this prescription tria.
Wilkinson & Co. can supply yon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-13

e,-,le Honae-3fade Remedy
That Gets 1t the Cause.

- - 80 !,
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il " f snn any, any druggist a21s ounces Of
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~ It tastes pleasant and keeps
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-13
TOO BUSY FOR
GOLF PLAYING
President Wilson Spent Morning in
His Study, Working over
Something Important.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Belief
that this government may be about
to take another step bearing on the
international situation grew today
when. after working tn his study
until after midnight, President VIII
son gave up his usual morning golf
game and spent his entire time in
seclusion in his study.
No word was forthcoming from the
white house as to what the president
was working on. He excluded him
self from all callers. The cabinet
met this afternoon and it was held
possible he might be preparing some
thing for presentation to his advisers
at that time. q
Among the "guesses a. to what
may be in the air. were:
A communication to Austria with
whom negotiations have been going
on for ten days, following OFF,
cial report Of the German U boat
DEGREES.
A possible communication to neu-
trails.
Or possible address to congress
regarding the arming Of American
merchant ships resulting from Ger
many's declaration that she still
holds to her original intention Of
sinking all ships in stipulated danger
zones and that henceforth all neu-
trails traverse those zones at their
own risk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-13
First Guns Arrive.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servtce]
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-The frst
consignment OF guns, said to be for
American merchant ships. Is being re-
ceived at the Brooklyn navy yard to-
day.
Rifles Of all sizes and descriptions
are being hoisted to the docks from
lighters OF the Pennsylvania railway
In plain view Of persons passing up
and down the East river. The docks
are now small sized fortresses and
the number Of guns is increasing
hourly. 1t is estimated three hun
bred all told will be received.
What will be done with the guns
no one at the navy yard would say.
From an authoritative source 1t was
learned this afternoon that several
officers of the navy. including some
from the navy yard have examined all
the American merchantmen in this
port.