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made address tracing its
Development which printed The ns
tuition been marvellous instance of steady progress in
accomplishment. When became member, John
Wallace the president broad culture who early
home Europe by his book
THE of He had been the Supreme
of United lie aractively presided
meetings gracefully descendant of Badfois, the
early printers he that during his regime the books
printed seduouy collected When he died Brntom
preors jersey coming family which had made
He had written books value and in his gifts He
for him appear public and he fumbd through
Charles Ste old Swedish family who had been Provost
the University Pennsylvania had the benefit of wide lit
rary experience cultivation His life Wayne written old
and huIriedy Disappointing but his Life of William
Smith" and his pamphlet "Ilow Free People Conduct Great
War" both admirable studies He left bequest the
society But its did a depend of its
presidents Whenever human institutions thrive whether they be
POLITICAL literary theological because there connected
with the organization of intelligence who has its in
erests at heart who willing work with head and hands, who
is ready sacrifice himself need be- and generally he has
who aside the osensibe heads with the
welfare Of the The verman the Church becomes
bishop and the boss of the party reaches the Presidency
An insignificant looking little named John Jordan
retired from business with dark weighing about hundred
and twenty pounds with low voice. wearing
ing WILL who could make speech and book
guided the fortunes Of the society," What he said If
needed he it. II he description of
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of very slight incident
often only the beginning of habit but the turning point OF
character often fixed by the most trivial Of
any how comparatively unimpoant it seemed
could be omitted from the the whole history of the world would
changed If 300 had not summer
evening out to the garden gate George washington would
perhaps would have remained
dependencies If Dutchman had lost instead of making profit
negro slave 200 years ago there would have been no battle
Gettysburg.
John told that when he young
anxiosy seeking opportunity life clerkship
small salary Chicago and had made all of his arrangements
there gladly At the last moment unexpected event
CURED and he remained Philadelphia to become
tuay the head of the Baldwin Locomotive Works.
the tendency which started when father
enabled me understand the significance piece quartz
picked up my boyhood young manhood,
upon OCCASION hunted through the fields which had been poed
for corn for the implements lost or thrown away by the Indians and
my somewhat collection is preserved at Pennypackers
Mills the high ground the opposite side of the Shuy
kill from PhoenXvie found cache of fftyx stone blades sx
and and half inches width made Of arge
blue Within eXdized and without At Green H romantic
spot Phoenixvle overlooking the being
pieces and ruined by brckard the site of Indian VII
age implements found there
occasion hammer neatly fashioned of quartz which evidence
that their work the Indians not without the artistic sense
When the city live where there such
une naturally enough turned the gathering of books with
the result that when went to Harrisburg in 1908 left locked
house, 5iO North Fifteenth street. in Philadelphia over
In the main they books relating to Penny
early mprn of the Province and the State 1t the
collection of material of that kind which ndi
vua had and in respects unequaled by
any public library The Boston Public Library has made policy
printed by Franklin and had succeeded in
curing eight while had about 25o There also the
complete collections of the publications of Ephata Of the
and of Robert Bell Philadelphia to whom
be accorded the credit of introducing literature into America
printed the Testament in German times at Germans
before it appeared anywhere in America in English and
still the only complete of these teaments My library
representation of the mprn of the inland towns
Pennsy copy of the Nurepburg Chronicle of 493,
Sessions Laws of nnsyan, the early magazines
newspapers the finest known of The Portfolio the fullest
collection Norschten representing the art of the Germans of
the collection of the literature of the Mennonites
Schwenkfeers, Aen Bible the first American Bible
English, original Of the battles Of the Revo
the
original study of the death of Wofe autograph portrait Of
West portrait of Franklin by West These sufficient to
indicate its Importance.
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Johnnie had wormed his way into the
damp chamber and a slim reCtangle OF light
was projected against the opposite side OF
the Well Rosa could hear MIN talking and
moving about
Don Esteban Varona's subterranean hid
ing-pIace Va large enough TO store ihd,i iIeas.
ten feet In length, with roof high enough
to accommodate a tall man, At the farther
end were ranged several small wooden
chests bound with iron and fitted with hasps'
and staples, along one side was II row OF
diminutiVe casks, the sort used 10 contain
choice wines or liquors; over al was "A
thick covering Of slime and mold. The iron
was deeply rusted and the place itself
smelled abomlnably stale
OReilly surveyed this Aladdns cave in
daze He set his candle down. for his
fingers were numb and unsteady. Cautious
ly, as IL fearful OF breaking some spell,
casks, but found that it resisted him as If
cemented to the rock. He noted that It's
: head was bulged upward. as II by the
II sharp blow at the chine. A hoop gave
way: another blow enabled him 70 pry out
the head o. the eask He stood ,'.,, blinking NIX
was full OF coins--yefow coins, large and
small. O'Reilly seized handful and held
them close to the candle flame among the
number he noted a Spanish doubloon, such
as young Esteban had found
He tested the weight Of the other casks
little about gold, he did not attempt 10
estimate the value of their contents, but he
Judged they must represent fortune, With
throbbing pulses. he next lifted the lid OF
the nearest chest Within he discovered
several compartments. each stored with
neatly wrapped and labeled packages OF
varying shapes and sizes The writing upon
the tags was almost illegible but the first
article which OReilly unwrapped proved TO
he a goblet OF most beautiful Workmanship.
Time had long since blackened II TO the
appearance of pewter or some base metal
but he saw that it of solid silver. Evil
IDENTIFY he had uncovered store OF old
Spanish plate.
IA one corner Of the chest he saw a
metal box of the sort In which valuable
papers are kept. and after some effort he
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bought He belonged to the Moravan
happens that shelves smile with the rich
of collections of the literature of the followers of John
and Ludwig Inzendorf At every dinner of the
society his memory toasted After him Frederick ID.
ruddy He had failed business but he
had capacity nevertheless He had pecunary but
he had specially we'll informed with regard
opportunities aid the institution. He selected the members of
the council and who loud in their de-
nuncaons of Quay and Hanna submitted quietly the domination
of Stone.
A striking figure than either Charles r. ldeburn
lie of drug store and substantially without education
lie thin and had stomach which could digest He
the wire overthrow He did chew tobacco
He could and
Violent domineeng he quarreel with everybody He worked
until o'clock in the morning slept with difficulty But he had
unbOundd appreciation of mpnt Typography and the
which amounted
genius He did much enhance the value the collections and
his tissues of the Press of Pennsy in the production Of which
aided him materially he produced book which is marvel of
search One day he consult with We differed about the
date imprint such trife. He called liar and
ordered him out of the Office He could help yielding impulse
He died young manhood and likewise gratefully remembered,
the Sd of April Colonel Oliver Bosbyhel who
the first defenders reach Washington April 49, 1861 DIR.
Herman Burgn Horace Buin, Major j. Edward Carpenter who
took keenan charge Chancelorsve Robert r. Deeher
William C. Houston Charles Marshall John W. Jordan j. Granville
Leach, William Brooke Rawe Richard NJ Cadwalader William
Wayne and myself in the dngy little Office of Herman Burgn
organized the Pennsy Society Sons Of the Revolution
posed the descendants of those who participated in the War of the
Revolution 1t has since membership of thousand
and every reception the 22d February
Christ Church anniversary beginning
encampment Valley Forge makes pilgrimage
utonay field the of the of that
camp
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Copyrlght. 1917 Harper & Bros.
CHAPTER XXVI
HOW COBO STOOD ON HIS HEAD

A LII that day, or during most of 1t, at
"A least, Rosa and O'Rely sat hand in
hand, obvious of hlhlger and fatigue, im-
patient for the coming Of night, Keyed to
the highest tension. Now they would re-
joice hysterically. assuring each ether of
their good fortune, again they would grow
sick with the fear OF disappointment. Time
stared apprehensively up the slopes of La
Cumbre to assure themselves that this was
not all part of s,nt sGGme fantastin dn Illusion;
described what he had seen at the bottom
of the well. He tried more than once dur
ing the afternoon to. sleep. but he could
not for the moment he closed his eyes he
found himself back there in that pit upon
the ridges crest, straining az those stub
action was maddening, his fatigue rendered
him feyerish and irritable.
several fruitless attempts TO sleep he rose
aud went out into the sunshine, where he
fell to whetting his knife. lie nntshed put
ting "A double edge upon the blade. fitted
handle to 1t, and then cord with which to
suspend II round his neck. lie showed II
TO OReily, and after receiving IA word OF
praise he crept out doors again and tried 10
forget how sick he was. Black spots were
dancing before Jackets eyes; he exper-
fenced spells OF dizziness and nausea dur
ing which he dared not attempt TO walk.
lie knew this must be the result of starNa-
tion, and yet, strangely enough, the thought
voutiy wished 1t were not necessary t.
climb that hill again, for he feared he
would not have the strength to descend IT,
Lckily for the sake of the secret Evan
gelina spent most of the day searching for
food while Asensio lay babbling upon his
bed. too i'll to notice the peculiar actions
II was with a strange. nightmare feeling
OF unreality that the trio dragged them
dsrkness finally came They nc longer
{ talked. for conversation was a drain upon
( their powers. and the reaction from the
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ocONTINCEp MONDAY

O'Reilly. stupefed by the sudden appears
ance or THIS monStrOus creature, stunned py
awolie TO the fact that this man intended
10 brain him where he stood In a panic
he cast his eyes about him. thinking 70
take shelter in the treasure cave. but that
retreat was closed 10 him, for he had
Wedged the wooden timbers together at the
first alarm. lie was like at rat In a pit,
utterly at the mercy Of this maniac. Ana
toho was maniac at the moment; he had
30 far lost control of himself as 10 allow
the stone 10 slip out of his grasp. 1t fell
with IA thud at O'Reilly's feet, causing the
assassin to laugh once more.
"Ho ho." he hiceoushed. MY fingers
are clumsy. eh?" But there is no need for
haste, lie stretched out his arm again.
laid hold of another missile, and strained
the size of plums. And a poor man !
can't believe 1t yet" lie could not dstach
the stone, so he fumbled farther along the
curbingP Pearls indeed would send
a dozen men to hell for one"
ORelly had been standing petrified, .hix
body forced tightly against the rough SUR
fascination the deliberate movements of ~
man above him now he saw Cobo, withoU1
the seast apparent reason. twist and ehC<
der saw him stiffen rigidly as III seised WI8
a sudden cramp saw his eyes dilato on1
heard him heave deep, whistiinG sigh. r
OReily could not imagine what aile4 ~
fellow For at eternity, 30 II seemeqs 49,
fixed In that same attitude Of paraiyqle--
looked almost as II he had been stArtie1 G.
some sound close by But manifestiy
was not the cause OF his hesitation. ~ II.
face became convulsed and an expreDotdn Il
blank and utter astonishment was stanlD1E
upon IT, The men stared hxediy ~ ~
other, O'Reilly With his head thrown NJ
Cobo with his body propped rigidly y1y@
wooden arms and that peculiar shoclo4 t
quiry in his glaring eyes. But slowly c
expression changed: the colonel bent ~
beneath a great weight. his head rose @@
turned back upon his neck, he dllq6
lungs with another whessinE sigh. "Chr
q Christ--- he whispered. W f'*/
(cONTISuuD NONDAY}
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days excitement had set in. O'Reilly
lcrched as he walked, his limbs were heavy.
at the hard work In store for him. The
forcing If that door assumed the propor-
But once he was at tho bottom of the
well and beheld the handlworll of Sebastian
the slave, just as he had left II. his sense
of reality returned and with it "A certain
measure of determination. lnasmuch as he
had made no visible impression upon the
his tactics now and undertook to loosen
enc of the jaJnbs where II was wedged in.o
the rock at top and bottom After des-
the entire structure SO that he could pry it
out far enough to squeeze his body through.
Victory!
Il have it," he cried to Rosa. Selling
the candle. he thrust II into the opening
He beheld what he had expected TO find,
iy been pierced during the digging Of the
well. lie could appreciate now how simple
had been the task 81 sealing i up so as &c to
scarcely breathed until he Strengthened hlm-i
self and turned his face upward once more.
lie tried to speak, but voiced nothing
more than hoarse croak the candle in
his hand described erratic figures
What do You see?" the girl cried in an
u. It's here! B-boxes. chests. casks
everything"
last -
Rosa forgot her surroundings: she beat
her hands together. calling upon o'Reilly to
make haste and determine beyond all dues-
tlon that the missing hoard was indeed
theirs. She drew perously close to the
we'll and knelt over II like some priestess
at her devotions: her eyes were brimming
with tears and there was roaring i'm her
ears. II was not strange that she failed TO
see or hear the approach of great blurred
figure which materialized out of the night
and took station scarcely an arms-length
behind her.
"IIe intended il for his children" she
sobbsd. "and Providence saved II from our
wicked enemies. IL was the hand of God
that led us here, o'Reilly. Tell me. what
do you see nowy
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lip. 10 templc and out Of it CLEANED Il
pair Of eyes distcnded and ringed with
white, like the eyes OF Il man Insane.
For an instant Rosa made no sound ana
no effort TO escape The app&rtion robbed
her of breath. it paralyzed her in both
mind and body. Her first thought was
that she had gone stark mad, but she
had felt cObo's hands upon her once befors
and after her first frozen moment OF
her fullest senses. \ shrek sprang 70 her
lips she tried To fight the man off. but
n bird, Cobo crushed her down. stranglnS
the half-uttered cry.
10 be unendurable. In Rosa's case q merci-
ful oblivion overlook her. She felt the
world grow, black, fan away; felt herself
swing diZzlly through space.
OIieilly looked upward, .inquiring. sharp
ly, Whats the natter" lie heard
scutiing of feet above him, hut received no
Rosa" There was n moment of sickening
suspense. then he put his shoulder TO the
shove, succeeded In swinging them back into
place. Laying hold OF the rope, he began
to h9ist himself UPWARD lie had gone sa 2HI
ing, his support gave way and he fell back
ward; the rope came pouring down npon
thick from fright. Followed an instant OF
silence; then he nattened himself against
the, side of the well and the breath stuck
Into the dim circle OF radiance above a
head was thrust-a head, a pair OF wide
bent closer, and O'Relly recognized the
swarthy features OF that man he had seen
at the Matanzas railroad station; There
could be no doubt OF tit was Cobo
The men stared at each other silently, and
of the two Cobo appeared TO be the more
Intensely agitated. After moment his
gaze fixed itself upon the opening into the
treasure chamber and remained there.
As II to make entirely sure of what he
had overheard. he stretched his body far
ther. supporting 1t by his outflung arms,
then moved his head from side to side for a
better view. He seemd 10 rock over tho
mouth of the well like huge, fat black
spider. He was the first to speak.
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Am I dreaming? Or-haNc YOU really
discovered that treasurer" he uueried.
OReillys upturned face was ghastly lie
wet his lips. lie managed TO whisper lsosas
name.
THE riches Of the Yaronas' What a
find :" tobOs teeth Shouc white IN the
grin of avarice. Yes. | see nova cavern
IN the rock We'll. Well And you are
the spirit of sebastian, chained in the
bowels Of La tumhre. lla , These are the
ghosts" lie began to chuckla, hut The
sound Of his maleVOlent meTiment was like
the hiccoughing of II drunken man,
Rosa. What have you donG-'
CObo ran on unheedng: at must be
great treasure, indeed, from all accounts
the ransom of dozen kings. That's what
Cueto said. "rhe ransom of Il dozen kings :,
Those We're his very words
The fellow continue TO sway himself back
and forth, peering as IL his eyes We're
about 20 leave his head. For .ong mo-
ment or two he utterly disregarded OReilly,
but finally as ne gained more sef-control
his gaze shifted and his expression altered
He changed his weight to his left arm and
with his right hand he drew his revolver.
what are YOU doing?' o'Reilly cried
hoarsely.
Tho colonel seemed vaguely surprised at
this question ''Fool DO you expect me
10 share IL with you?' he inquired
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The "COiiectng Instinct"

have made addresses before the members in the
House. Valley Forge PennypackeS Mills and
Neshamny and chairman Of committee raised of the
moneys they have with which Anthony
Wayne In the Denna Register of the society published in 1898
copies of original of Valley Forge which secured in
the the
also discovered by both of them of interest because of the
light they throw upon that struggle.
still remember the day when, being then child
perhaps picked the garden piece of white flint of
shape and took father make inquiries
with complete dstnctne after made
have disappeared its shape the the garden which lay
and the time the day He explained that had found
arrowhead made by the Indians he pointed the
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4 Member of the Historical Society

In March, 1872, elected member Of the Historical
Society of ylvania which then occupied hall build
920 owned by the
had been erected for the accommodation of Vests painting
Healing the Sick Erong became member of the council
vice president and 1900 elected to the presidency This
marked innovation in the conduct of the society,"
the president had always been selected among long
identified with the life of the city and had always dwt south
Market street. Soon after election through
the society received from the $15OOOO enabled it to
erect commodous eproof hall 1900 Locust
useful expenditure of the the made
since here preserved the records of its
scattered and lost from Harrisburg and have
gathered together by the society Its collections of books
scripts the richest in the country the
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managed TO break Il open. Turning back
the lid. lie found first a bundle OF docu-
ments bearing imposing scrolls and heavy
seals. Despite the dampness, they We're In
fairly good condition, and there was enough
left of the writing 10 identify them beyond
all question "a the missing deeds Of patent
to the NarOua lands-those crown grants
for which bona Isabel had searched 50
fruitlcsslS. But this was not AL that the
smaller boA contained. Beneath the papers
there were numerous leather bags.
These had rOtted they came apart easily
in OReillys fingers, displaying a miscc-
laneOus assortment of unset gems--some
OF them at first sight looked like drops of
blood. others like drops Of purest water.
They We're the rubies and the diamonds
which had brought Isabel to her death.
OReilly waited to see no more. Candle in
hand. he crep out into the well to apprise
Rosa of the truth,
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We've got IL! There's gold by the
barrel and the deed to your land; Yes,
and the jewels, tooIa quart Of them J
showed her a handful Of coins, Look at
that. Doubloons. eagles There appear
to be thousands of them Why, you're the
RICHEST girl in Cuba. Rubiea, diamoondsI
yes, and pearls, too. dare say lie
choked and began TO laugh weakly, hyE-
terically.
1--WE heard about those pearls" Rosa
cried, shrilly. Pearls from the Caribbean.
as large as plums. Isabel used TO babble
about them In her sleep"
IT found those deeds the nrst thing; The
plantations are yours now, beyond any
question
sition. for she had grown limp from weak
ness and her head was whirling, Az she
rose to her feet, she brushed something,
somebody, some hesh-snd blood form which
was standing almost over her Invol-
unfairly she recoiled topping upon the
very brink OF the pit, whereupon heavy
hand reached forth and seized her She
found herself staring upward into a face
she had grown to know in her nightmares.
a face the mere memory OF which was
enough, to freeze her blood. It was a
hideous yisage. thick tipped, iat-featured,
black; II was disfgured BY scar from
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Cobo Accepts the Compromise

OReily feebly protested then. as he heard
the click of the cooked weapon; Let me
out I'll pay you well--make you rich"
In desperation he raised his shaking hand
to dash out the candle. but even as he did
so the colonel spoke, at the same time
carefully lowering the revolver hammer.
''You are right What am ! thinking
about: There must be no noise caramba
pretty business that would be. wouldn't
il? With my men running up here TO see
what II was al. about. No, no No gum
shots, no disturbance Of any kind. You
understand what | mean, ehY'
His face twisted into grin as he tossed
the revolver aside, then undertook to de-
tach "A stone from the crumbling curb. mo
noise !" he chuckled. NO noise whatever" /"
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R RAINROW'S End By REX BEACH
A O
tenous cuba the xnng O

uthOr OF THE Spoilers" The Barrier"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-20

The discussion of the war is heard
everywhere. Even negro janitors find
time while Shoveling on the coal to
talk about it, says a New York news
letter. Two of them were discussing
the wonderful inventions brought about
by the war. '"The man Edison is some
boy" said one of the negroes. "How's
that?" inquired the other. "Why he's
done gone and invented u magnetiZed
bullet dat can't miss Il German, If it
sees his steel helmet" THAT'S what |
calls some invention" exclaimed the
other. But dat amt all what that
bullet can do" continued the first
speaker. whenever that bullet don't
hit nOthin' it comes straight back to
the American lines. Dat So?" asked
the second janitor, with some doubt.
How do they manage to keep them
there comm back bullets from hittin'
our own men?" "Well. nah frien',
didn't 'splain that" answered the first
one, "but you can betcher life that
man Edison has got dem bullets
trained. You dOan 'spect he'd let 'em
kill any Americans. do you? No, sir.
He's just got them fixed so dey will
come back and fall around our gun
nerS' feet"