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HISTORY In THE MAKING

1t is difficult for us to realize that the articles that
read in our home newspapers today the things
that will stand out in the history of the future.
We know that we are going through period that
is remaking the world and reclassifyng the nations,
making new ones, destroying old ones
We know that nations that have been almost natural
enemies today offering their manhood to fight side
by side with each other for the sake Of the future of the
world.
Yet little will grandchildren realize when in their
school books they read Of the Battle of the Mae the
drive of April 1913 the failure of the Austrian drive
ofJune, 1918 and the complete surrender of Germany
Austria Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria to the United
States and the Allies March, 1919, that joking
about these things while they were in progress.
The optimism of ne American people is the most
wonderful thing in the world.
Millions of us, today, are much more worried about
where vacation money is coming from the fact that
the Potomac is likely to be too muddy to fish n next
week. than in the gains and losses of soldiers
on the other side OF the ocean.
& Nero fddled while Rome burned and by so doing,
made a lasting name for himself.
Today millions of us are fddlng while nearly the
whole world in which we live is burning.
Can it be possible that the greatest conflict in the
history OF man, costing millions of men and millions OF
dollars, running millions Of homes and devastating mil
lions OF acres actually in progress today and that each
day sit in comfortable homes pick up the
Journal and read of all this terrible action?
Yet that is exactly what is happening every day.
When grandchildren sit knees and ask us
about what going in july 1918, there will be mil
is in Italy Austria Russia who will not be able to
tell why the fighting in France is called the west front
when they dead sure it is east Of and who will not
know whether they could learn these things from geo.
graphes because they interested enough the
history that being made to take the trouble to look it
up.
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his wrists encased< in steel, and this
time It was as If Don Pablo's head had
been caught between a hammer and an
anvil. The negros strength, exceptional
at all times, was multiplied tenfold; he
had run amuck. When he arose the
machete was in his grasp and Den
Pabl0's brains were on his knuckles.
1t all happened in far less time than
it takes to tell The onlookers had not
yet recovered from their first conster-
nation; in fact they were still fumbling
and Juggling at whatever weapons they
carried, when Sebastian came toward
them. brandlshing the blade on high.
Pedro Mron, the advocate, was the
third to fall. He tried to scramble out
| Of the negro's path, but, being an old
man, his limbs were too stiff,to serve
him and he went down shrieking.
BY now the horses had caught the
scent of hot blood and were plunging
furiously, the clatterN OF their hoofs
mingling with the blasphemies Of the
i riders, while Sebastian's bestial roar
ing made the commotion even more
hideous.
Esteban's guests fought as much for
their lives as for vengeance upon the
slayer. for Sebastian was like gorilla;
he seemed intent upon killing them ALL
He vented his fury upon whatever
came within his reach; he struck at
, men and animals alike, and the shrieks
Of wounded horses added to the din.
1t was frightful combat. 1t seemed
incredible that one man could work
such dreadful havoc in so short time.
Varoha and two of his friends were
dead; two more were badly. wounded,
and Peruvian stallion lay kicking on
the tagging when Col. Mendoza y lin
ares finally managed to get bullet
home in the black. mans brain.
Those who came running to learn
the cause of the sIIbbub turned away
sick and pallid. for the paved yard was
SHAMELESS. Pancho CuetC called upon
the slaves to help him, but they SUNK
back to their quarters, dumb with ter
| ror and dismay. !.
All that night people from the town
below came and went and the quinta
resounded to sobs and lamentations,
but of all the relativesof the dead and
wounded, Donna Isabel took her be-
| reavement hardest. Strange to say,
she could not be comforted. Now, when
| it was too late, she realized that she
had overreached herself, having caused
the death of the only two who knew
the secret Of the treasure. She remem-
bered, also, Sebastian's statement that
even the deeds of patent for the land
were hidden with the rest, where ten
thousand men in ten thousand years
could never find them.
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CHAPTER III.
"rhe o,ReilIy."

: Age and easy living had caused Don
Mario de Castano, the sugar merchant,
to take on weight. He had, In truth,
become. SO fat that he waddled like a
penguin when he walked; and when he
rode. the springs of his French VIC
toria gave up in despair. :,
In disposition Den Mario was sprac-
teal and unromantic: he boosted that
he had never had an Illusion, never an
interest outside Of his business. And
yet, on the day this story opens. this
prosaic parsonage. in spite of his bulg-
ing waistband and his taut neckband.
in spite sof his short breath and shis
prickly heat, was In a very whfrl OF
pleasurable excitement. Don Mario, In
fact, suffered the greatest of all iIlu-
sions: he was in love, and he believed
himself beloved. The object of his
alteration was little Rosa Yarona. the
daughter Of his one-time friend Este
ban. To be sure, he had met Rosa only
twice since her return from her Yankee
school, but twice had been enough !;
with prompt decision he had resolved
to do her the honor of making her his
wife. Is 80 .e.
Notwithstanding the rivulets, Of per-
spiration that were coursing down
every fold Of his flesh, and regardless
OF the fact that the body of his victoria
was tipped at drunken angle, as If
struggling to escape the burdens of his
great weight, Don Mario feit d jaunti-
ness Of body and ofaxpfrIi almost like
that OF youth. He saw himself as a
splendid prince riding toward the
humble home Of some obscure maiden
whom he had sraciously chosen t. b.
his mate.
I His arrival threw Donna Isabel into
flutter; the woman could scarcely
contain her curiosity when she came t.
meet him, for he was not the sort Of
man to Inconvenience himself by mere
social visits. Their first formal greet
irgs over, Don Mario surveyed the bart
living room and remarked. lugubri
0usly:
II see many changes here"
mo doubt" the widow agreed
"Times have been hard since poor Els
| feban's DEATH"
! "What terrible calamity that was
I I shudder when think Of IT," said he
j "A shocking affaIr. truly and one
y ~
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II AIQY Tale "
SPRING IN BARNARD. gsY

cts getting warm" said Mrs. Duck,
II think we'd all better have an early
summer bath"
"Speak for yourself, Mrs. Duck
said Mrs. White Hen.
"Yes, speak for yourself" said Miss
Ham.
!, Mrs. Duck waddled about the barn.
yard looking at all the other animals.
you're queer lot" she said, mot
to like the water"
1--WE like muddy water. Mrs. Duck"
said Sammy Sausage.
"The child spoke the TRUTH" fsaid
Grandfather Porky Fig. 1--WE like
muddy water. But even better than
that, we like regular mud" 80
Mud won't make you clean," said
Mrs. Duck. "And you can't swim in
mud" n
"Who spoke about being clean I"
squealed Brother Bacon.
"And who cares whether he swims
or not?" asked Pinky Pig. :
"Well, usually one likes to be clean
after bath or nice SWIM" said Mrs.
Duck.
Maybe one does" said Sammy
Sausage, "but one is yourself, or. you
are one-we're number and we don't
like to be Clean"
"Of course not" said Miss Ham.
''Have you never heard the famous
saying about being as dirty as a. pig?
Well think of that, and then see what
you have to say" >.
II should think you would like to
act In such way that they could no
longer say such thing about pigs"
said Mrs. Duck.
"Oh perhaps you would" said
Perky Pig.
N"Don't you care to swim?. asked
Mrs. Duck.
1--WE can wallow, wallow in the mud
us fine a thing as swimming any
day." said Miss Ham.
"Well," said Mrs. Duck, "of course
am superior and clean. And have
some interesting relations. My cousin,
creature. She is halfway between a
duck and a goose"
Where are the duck and the
goose?' asked Brother Bacon.
why does she not 60 to one or the
other?" inquired Pinky Pig.
did l ever hear Of such stupidity
In my life" said Mrs. Duck. quacking
as hard as she could. II didn't mean
she was half way between certain
duck and goose in distance, I meant
she herself was half like duck and
half like Il <, Sc
''They say /, nothing fine,at all to
be goose" said Plnky Pig.
"Ah, hut she's only half a goose"
said Mrs. Duck
'Then,' said pinky. squealing pleas
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''You May Name Your Own kaward."
reward Cor helping mo and I will pay
1t. the, dry Rosa marrles me. Now kind
" advise her of my intentions and tell
her shall come to 'ses her soon.".'
-
It Was quite true that Johnnie
O'Reilly--or "The O'Reilly," as his
friends called shim-had httlssin the
way Of worldly advantage to SAer any
girl, and 1t was precisely becfuse OF
this fact that he had accepted posi-
tion here in Cuba. where, fenn thAsysrs
nature OF things promotion was'likels
to be more rapid than lnthe New York
ONCE Of his firm.
A dancing eye speaks every Ian
guage singing heart sathefs its ovn
audience. Before the young Irisb'
American had more than : bowling &C
quaintance with the commonest Span
ish verbs he had = calling acQuainf-
ance with some Of tho most exclusive
people Of Matanxas., He had adjusted
himself serenely to his surrounding
when Rose varona returned from
school, but with her coming away.
went all his complacency., His content.
ment vanished; he experienced tota
change in his opinions, his hopes, ana
his ambitions. ,------- :. =
ITO be- continued tomorrow j..
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antly. "she's only half stupid. That
makes 1t trifle better presume"
All the pigs thought this was a
great joke, but Mrs. Duck paid no at
tention to this remark. Instead she
said:
"And she Is far more handsome
than her husband, Mr.. Paradise Shell
drake" +
"Wen," said Miss Ham. "as am
for females second. myself first and
other pigs third am glad to hear that
she is more handsome than her hus-
band"
Handsome is as handsome does"
said Brother Bacon.
"What does that mean, young pigY"
asked Miss Ham.
ut means that 1t doesn't matter
what you look like as long as your
actions are handsome or beautiful or
noble. That is what am, handsome
in my actions"
Flow do you come to that way of
thinking?" quacked Mrs. Duck.
II eat so well that I am hand
some, perfect eater" said Brother
Bacon.
Shows you don't know the mean
ing Of that saying" quacked Mrs.
Duck. "You would be handsome in
your actions II you gave food to
Others"
Nonsense" said Brother Bacon, II
would be an idiot II did that"
AN idiot according to a pigs point
Of view. perhaps" quacked Mrs.
Duck.
THE point Of view most sensible
for me to have" said Brother Bacon,
granting.
"oh, well, it's not a barnyard Of
creatures longing for nice spring
summer bath, or for any kind for that
matter" said Mrs. Duck, $50 I'll be
Off by myself"
And alone she walked to the pond,
while the Pigs said, Lets HE us to
the mud, the delicious, glorious mud
For we are pigs, not ducks, sensible
mud-loving. food-loving pigsi" 4.
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shall never get ont Of 10y mind"
Shocking. YES. But whaf "a ynn
think Of a rich man, like Esteban VIII
would leave his family destitute? Win
would die without revealing the piaca
where he had stored his treasura,-
Donna Isabel. it was plain f,.li her
wrongs keenly; she spoke with ~ rnnch
spirit as IL her husband had permitted
himself to be killed. purely out of spl,s
toward her. tf tas
"As If it were not enough 10 lose
That treasure" the widow continued
stormily. "the government mus frpa
all our slaves. Tsel Use! And nov
that there is no longer a profit In
sugar, my Plantations
"No profit in sugar. What are yon
saying?" queried the caller. '1f your
crops do not pay. then Pancho Cueto
is cheating you. Get rid Of him. But
didn't come here to talk about Este.
bans hidden treasure, nor MS pisnts.
tions. nor Pancho Cueto. came here
to talk about your step-daughtsr.
Rosa" i'l,.
"so?" Donna Isabel looked up
quickly.
"she interests me. She is more beau.
tiful than the stars Don Mxff8fo
his eyes toward the high ceiling. which.
like the sky, was tinted wild: crFu-
lean blue. - q. VS.
"she is now eighteen she III snttes,
went on. ecstaticallx. II and slt1-,
gether charming, But LAX Waste
time in pretty spcecheH halk DC
cided to marry her." yssa ~ Z
''Rosa has will OF her Ssmrs sliari.
eddy ventured the stepmother.
Don Mario. broke out. testify: Nat.
urally; so have we all. Now let us
speak plainly. You know me. lama
person Of Importance. I sTn rich
enough to AFFORD what ! want. audi
pay we'll. You understand? We'll, then,
YOU are Rosa's guardian and you can
bend her to your desires"
IF that were only SO r exclaimed
The woman. "She. and Estebar--what
children! What tempers--just Ike
their fathers! They were TO be their
'fdtilers heirs, you know and they
blame me forahis death, for our pos-
erty, and for all the other n1isfortunes
that have. overtaken us. We live like
cats and dogs. Z. =, Il @.,...S,, (, $,
Don Mario had been drumming his
fat fingers impatiently upon the arm Of
his chair. Now he exclaimed; ~,
"Your pardon, sonora, but I am just
now very little. interested In your DO
nestle relations. What you say about
Rosa only makes me more eager, for j
loathe sleepy woman. Now, tell me,
! is She Has she ,any--affairs OF tbs
hearth" ,...ss 4 Az
emo, unless perhaps a irritation
with that young American, Jtsn
lO.Reiliy."s Donna fsabefsa6sk the name
it's Spanish pronunciation OF "O'Rah'
ye." @as S5 -
'Juan O'Reilly? O'Rellly? Oh, w!
But what has he to offer 4 wouaant He
! is little more than a clerk" ~
"That is what l tell herr oh, =.
hasn't gone far as yef.e ss;-i'.f
,"Good!' Don Mario rose to- leave
for the ,exertion, of his ride had made
him thirsty. "You may name your own
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Don Esteban Varona q
! cuban planter, possesses a great treasure
hoard. This wealth has been hidden ID
a well on the estate by Sebastian, a slave;
and only he and his master know the SCI
cret cache. Don Esteban's wife dies al
the birth OF twins. Esteban and Rosa.
Don Esteban marries the avaricious Donna
Isabel. who knows there Is hidden treas
ure and tries to wiring the secret from Sc
bastian. When the slave refuses she. tries
70 hurt him by having Evangelna, his
daughter. whom he loves dearly and who
Is the special servant of the twins, sold.
CHAPTER II--Through Donna Isabers
scheming Don Esteban risks Eyangeljna
at cards and loses. Crazed by the loss OF
his daughter, Sebastian kills Don Este
bar and himself.
Eyes! Go on"
'"There are ornaments, too. God
knows they must have come from
heaven, they are so beautiful; and
pearls from the Caribbean as large as
plums."
"Are you speaking the truth?'
''Did l not make the hiding-place all
alone? Sonora, everything Is there just
as j tell you-and more. The grants of
title from the crown for this quinta
and the sugar plantations, they are
there, too. Don Estebnn used TO fear
the government officials, so he hid his
papers securely. Without them the
lands belong to no one. You under
stand?
"Of course! Yes, yes! But the jew
els Where are they hidden?"
"You would never guess" Sebas-
tian's voice gathered strength. .ren
thousand men in ten thousand wears
would never find the place. and nobody
knows the secret but Don Esteban and
me-"
-
i believe you. | knew all the
time 1t was here. Well? Where Is it?''
SEBASTIAN hesitated ana said, plte-
ously,s'i am dying"
Isabel could scarcely contain herself:
I'll give you water, but first tell me
where-where! God In heaven! Can't
you see that l, too, am perlshlng"
Il must have a drink"
TELL me nrst.
Sebastian lifted his head and, meet
ing the speakers eyes, laughed hoarse-
~. 49, ',---,
AT the SOUND OF his unnatural merri-
ment Isabel recoffed as II stIng. She
stared at the slaves face In amazement
ana then in fury. She stammered, In
-eoherently "You-'-you have been
lying ~ s..,....... s..........
ION no! The treasure is there, the
greatest treasure in all Cuba, but you
shall never know where 1t is. I'll see
TO that. It was you who sold my girl ;
II was you who brought me to this; 1t
was your hand That whipped me. Well,
I'll tell Don Esteban how you tried to
bride his secret from me! What do
you think he'll do then? Eth? You'll
feel the lash on your white back"
You fool!' Donna Isabel looked
murder. I'll punish you for this; I'll
make you speak II l have to rub your
wounds with salt"
But Sebastian closed his eyes
YEARLY. You can't make me suffer
moro fnqn 7 have Cuffnrpdc no cQi6
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-30
PRESIDENT AND CABINET
WILL SETTLE ARMY SIZE
Estimates Now on Hand Call for
Total Fighting Strength of
:s,0O0,OOO Men.
BIG FORCE NEAR AMIENs
Almost as Many American Soldiers
In France Now as MIR. Wilson
Promised by July-Londun Paper
Optimistic.

WASHINGTON, April 2a.-prcsidcnt
Wilson and .hc Cabinet arc expected u
paSs finally upon thc estimates for ARMY
"pansion Tomorrow. Secretary of War
Baker will then go before the Ious"
Military Affairs Committee and explain
what arc regarded as tho demands Of
the situation.
1t is no longer "a secret that the csti-
mates now in hand VIII raise the tot a
army strength to 100000 fighting men.
II is equally well understood tina, oven
greater expansion VIII be required be-
fore the close Of the next fiscal wear
The American army now before
Amicns in size equals more than half
tho greatest force the United States
ever assembled between the close Of
the War Between tho states and the
declaration OF war against Germany.
This main army plus the divisions
foldinG parts OF the line not included
IN tho battle fronts accounts for an
proNimatcly all Of tho American night
Ing units which had reached France by
the end Of January. 1918. The re-
nandcr. including. tho additional num-
her sent across during the last SIXTY
days. represents the total available for
reserves.
inc speed with which tho war ma
chincry is moving in the United states
! Is shown by tho fact that the Amer
ican army in France at the present time
Is almost as large as the total President
Wilson promised by July. This means
! mat since Fcbruar. 10 the transport
facilities have been more than doubled
Inc following comment from a Lon
con newspaper WAS quoted at the War
Department, today TO show that Eng
land is aware ri the supreme effort
being made in the United States to
meet the needs OF the hour:
The suggestion that America has
ialIed to fulfill her promises up to the
nit cannot fail TO arouse her She
feels now that she must do more than
justify them, and We may rest aa<urcd
that She viii not only do so. but viii
do so at much earlier date than any
has seriously expected
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Mrs. Mnllic s. GriEE.

PETERSBURG VA. April 2:.-Mrs.
MoIIic \. Grigg. wife OF 7. T.. Grigg. OF
r.ttrick, died saturday at the Memorial
Hospital. Richmond. Besides her hus-
band she is survived by i've sons
Eddie Floyd, Eugene aud Branch
GriGr. Of Ettrirk; and Frank Grigg. of
tho United tatcs Army. Two SISTERS
aud five brothers also survive. Mrs.
Ernest Lewis. Of Richmond: Mrs. +. J."
GALLON. of i'ctorsburr g. j. aud l.. T..
Ricgan. OF Petersburg: j. w. Riggan.
Of Richmond, y. 6. EiSEan. of Pitts-
burg. Pa: and -. :. RigEan. OF chic.
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MAKE WAR ON POOL ROOMS
Raleigh People Are Determined to
brcnk tp FaNoritr IoaTinr
Resorts.


TNUV'IdI % 7 Tic TlIlI". T'IHVuICII
l.ALElGii, y. -. Nrril "a-rhc
movement to bring ahoU; the closing
Of the pool rooms III l;plsi.h u; the
end OF the present license year is gain
ing momentum and Il looks like this
course Viii certainly hc t;,r,cu II tho
city commissioners follow the lead OF
pnblic sentiment. At AN the churches
sunday there we're petitions that we're
very generally signed JSkiug that lii.
p""i rooms he closed u order that The
i"a;'nS clement can 10" run out i'm :,
determined effort {" force these people
I" get I" work. New received here is
nat practically all tho principal towns
IA Tho state arc taltirE similar action.
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Hr'amt George Wright. Il. :. Anderson
ana ". ~. Hick"rs.
Mr Wright waS nrty-siN years old
and native "t Louis, County. Nv
had hccn in the continuous service o.
The company for thirty-siN years. hay
'ng served $uccosstully rs telegraph
operator train dispatcher chief train
dispatcher and tram master. huldut"
ia" last named position for ten Years
previous to his death IL" was Very
popular as man and IS au official.
He MAS twice hurried. his second wifc
surviving him, as also tvs" married and
on" single daughter. ana Two sons.
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Mrs. NIoIIic I,nrr.

Especial 10 The Times Dispat ch
CHARLOTTESNlLL VA. April 20.
Mrs. Mcllc Parr aged sixty. wife
of James parr, wcll-known farmer
residing near Heards. this county, died
at o'clock this morning. after AN
illness of two weeks of pneumonia
Besides her husband. Mrs. Parr leaves
nine children, four sons and five daurh
tors. sidney Parr and Mrs. Ollie Far
var. Of Alton. VA: Dorsey. Vernon
and Buck Parr. OF Greenfield. Va: Mrs
Samuel Fox and Mrs. John Graves
Of HcardS: Mrs John Cook. Of this
city, and Mrs. samuel Farrar, of Avon,
Va
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Liquor rnnG.cnted.

TWO suit cases. each containing tnir-
ty-fouT p:nts OF liquor. wcr. coniisca,ed
last night at the Main Street station
by Patrolman Lumpkin. OF The Firs,
district, and Special Agent Bcattie :,
member Of Prohibition Commissioner
Peters's staff. The liquor was sent
TO the Firs; District Station last nigh:
and Will he transferred this morlin.
10 the storeroom IN tho basement OF
the city Hall. The police made no
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mr.. Mnsstc Williamson.

Srvcial to Tile Times Dispatchl
PETERSBURG. VA, April 2H--Mrs.
Maggie 4 Williamson, aged nifty five
wears. died yesterday morning At her
home in West liigh street following Il
prutraCtcd Illness She had been resi-
don't al nctcrSburg all hr life. She is
survived by four daughters aud one
Son-NrS. Thomas Gee. Mrs. Maggie
stanley Misses Vera. Mary and III. T.
Williams, an Of Petersburg. Funeral
from the residence At II o'clock Tues
day morning.
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Especial to Tho TimeS-pispatch
III L, 1 G.I..I.I wi ~ AnrL

Especial to Tho 'rimes-pispatch f
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. April 20.
i. y. Patterson. 'accd seventy tive.
for many years a mag istratc i'll south
River District. Augusta County. and
It prominent man in tho affairs Of
Waynesboro. died Yesterday at the
University Hospital. where he had been
q patient for ten days. Mr.. Patterson
is survived by his second wife and
three children. Mrs Edward whistler.
OF Bristol Airs. Emmett Palmer. Of
Wayncsboro. and Frank Patterson. ct
Richmond Mr.. Patterson WAS an elder
i'll the Presbyterian Church.
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Clyde Ice Dcynrltc.

Special to The Times Dispatch
HAMPTON. VA. April 2e-prorcs-
Sor clyde Lee Dcvaultc. thirty-scvcu
years old, director Of the Hotel cham
berlin orchestra and a musician widely
known in Underwater Virginia. died TO-
day i'm his apartments at the Cham.
berlin. lie is survived by his wife and