Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
with two shirts Is wealthy. Some OF
them haven't any"
"Isn't 1t likely to rain on us3"

then she I0ugne0. III must 1eet rum
n.y." she said.
There were three other members Of
the travelling party. men who knew
something Of the country round about |;
they were good fighters, doubtless, but
In spite Of their shiny new weapons
they resembled soldiers even less than
did their major. All were dressed as
they had been when they left New
York one even wore derby hat and
pointed patent-leather shoes. Never
theless Norine Evans thought the little
cavalcade presented quite q martial
appearance az 1t i1led away into the
jungle.
The FIRST few miles were trying, for
the coast was swampy and thickly
grown up to underbrush; but in time
the Jungle gave place to higher timber
and to open savannas deep in guinea
grass Soon after noon the travellers
came to q farm, the owner Of which
was known to one Of the guides, and
here q stop was made In order to &C.
cure horses and food.
Johnnie, who was badly tagged from
the previous nights work, found a
shady spot and stretched himself out
for nap.
The shade was grateful O'Reilly
enjoyed his sleep.
The party had penetrated TO the foot.
hills Of the Sierra de Cubitas, and as
they ascended, the 6cenery changed.
Rarely 10 the Cuban landscape any
thing but pleasing. It is smiling
island. It has been said, too, that ev-
erything In 1t 10 friendly to man: the
people are amiable. warm.hearted; the
very animals and insects are harmless.
But here'in the Cubitas range all was
different. The land was stern and for
bidding: canyons deep and damp
raised dripping walls to the sky; bride
paths Akirted lodges that were bold
and fearsome. or lost themselves In
gloomy jungles as noisolne as Spanish
dungeons. Hidden away in these fast
nesses, the rebel government had e.
tablished its capital. Here. safe from
surprise, the soldiers of Gomez and
Maceo and Garcia rested between at-
acks, hurting their wounded and II.
cruiting their strength for further sal.
lies.
It was . strange seat Of govern
ment-no' nation ever had q stranger
for the state buildings were huts Of
bark and leaves, the army was uni!
formed In rags. Cook nres smoldered
In the open glades; cavalry horses
graxed In the grassy streets, and wood
smoke drifted over them.
The second evening brought O,Reilly
and Miss Evans safely through, and At
news Of the expeditions success
pack train was made ready to go to-
its assistance. Norine's letter from the
New York junta was read, and the
young woman was warmly welcomed.
One Of the better huts was vacated for
her use, and the officers of the pro.
visional government called to pay their
respects.
+ There were other Americans in Gu
bitas, as O'Reilly soon discovered. Dur
Ing his first inspection Of the village
he heard himself hailed in his own Ian.
guage, and young man in dirty
white trousers and Jacket strobe
toward him.
welcome to our ethyl" the stranger
cried. "I'm Judson, captain of artil-
lery, DEPARTMENT. del Oriente; and
you're the fellow who came with the
quinine Indy, aren't you?"
O'Reilly acknowledged his identity,
and Judson grinned. 'sHave you met
the old man." he inQuired-"G General
Gomezr'
e eNo; I'd like to meet him."
"Come along, then; I'll introduce
you.'
Gen. Maxine Gomez, father of pa
triots, bulwark Of the Cuban cause,
was seated in hammock, reading
some letters; O'Reilly recognized him
instantly from the many pictures he
had seen. He looked up at JudsoA's
salute and then turned a pair of bril-
liant eyes, as hard as glass, upon
O'Reilly. His was an irascible, brood
Ing face; 1t had in it something of the
sternness, the exalted detachment, Of
the eagle, and O'Reilly gained hint Of
the personality behind 1t. Maxine
Gomez was counted one Of the worlds
ablest guerrilla leaders; and indeed
It had required the Quenchless enthu-
siasm Of a real military genius to fuse
into homogeneous fighting force the
ill-assorted rabble Of nondescripts
whom Gomez led, to school them to
privation and to render them sufficient
~ mobile to defy successfully ten
times their number Of trained troops.
This. however. was precisely what the
old Porto Rican had done, and in doing
1t he had won the admiration Of mill
tary students.
With a bluntness not unkind he
asked O'Reilly what had brought him
to Cuba.
When O'Reilly explained the reason
for his presence the old fighter nod
ded.
$50? You wish to go west, eh7"
Eyes. sir. want to find Colonel
Lopez"
Lopez? Miguel lopez" the gen.
eral inquired quickly "WellS you won't
have to look fur for him" general