Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-02

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sprung to his lips, inquired, curiously,
What do you mean by that2"
Brother and sister Joined in explain
ing that Donna Isabel was given to pc
culiar actions, especially after periods
OF excitement or anger, and that one of
her ecceqtricities had taken the form
of somnambulistic wanderings. "Oh,
she's crazy enough" Esteban con-
Guided. 81 believe it's her evil con-
| science"
O'Reilly scanned the speaker silent
ly for moment; then he said, with a
gravity unusual in him. 81 wonder If
you know that you're suspected Of
working for the insurrecto cause"
Indeed? didn't know"
swell. it's a fact" ORellly heard
Rosa gasp family. "Is 1t true?" he
asked.
81 am a Cuban"
"Cubanl Your people were Span
lsh."
True. But no Spaniard ever raised
a Spanish child In Cuba. We are Gu
bans, Rosa and 1. go everywhere, and
the Spanish officers talk plainly be-
fore me. Somebody must be the eyes
and the ears for Colonel Lopez
Colonel lopez - exclaimed O'Reilly.
Esteban nodded.
Rosa's face, as she looked at the two
men, was white ana worried. For a
time the three of them sat silent; then
the American said, slowly, You'll be
shot if you're caught"
Some one must run chances" Este
ban averred. Were fighting Tyranny;
| all Cuba is ablaze. must do my part"
'But sooner or later you'll be dis
covered-then what?" persisted O'Reil-
ly.
Esteban shrugged. "Who knows7
Theren be time enough when"
'What of Rosa?"
| At this question the brother stirred
uneasily and dropped his eyes. O'Reil-
! ly laid a hand upon his arm. you
have no right to jeopardize her safety.
Without you, to whom could she turn 2"
The girl flashed her admlrer a grateful
glance.
"Senor, you for one would see tina,
She"
"But-rm going away" O'Reilly
! felt rather than saw Rosa start, for
his face was averted. 81 came here to
toll you both good-by. / may Re gone
for some time. I'll don't know when
l can get back"
'Pm sorry" Esteban told him, with
genuine regret. "We have grown very
fond of you. But yoS win come back
before long, eh7 You're one of us. In
the meantime I'll remember what you
say, and at least I'll be careful" BY
no. means wanting in tact. Esteban rose
brisllly and, after shaking hands with
! O'Reilly, left the two lovers to say fare
| well as best suited them.
But for once O'Reilly's ready tongue
was silent. The laughter was gone
from his blue eyes when he turned to
| the girl at his side.
you say you are going away?" Rosa
inquired, breathlessly. "But why?"
"Tm going partly because of this
war and partly because of-something
else. tried to tell you yesterday, but
l couldn't. When the revolution start
ed everybody thought 1t was merely
local uprising, and wrote my COM
pany to that effect; but, bless you, 1t
has spread like fire, and now the whole
eastern end of the island is ablaze.
Business has stopped, and my employ
ers have ordered me home to find out
what's happened to their profits"
"YOu said there was something
else"
0'Reilly's hesitation became an EN-
barrassed silence. He tried to laugh
it off.
There Is; otherwise I'd stay right
here and tell my penurious friends to
whistle for their profits. 1t seems I'm
cursed with fatal beauty. You may
have noticed It? No? Well, perhaps
it's magnificent business ability that
/ have. Anyhow. the president Of my
company has notion that I'd make
him a good son-in-law.
a. OH" cried Rosa.
And at her tone O'Reilly buried on :
'These rich men have tb@ most abb
surd ideas. ! suppose I'll have to"
Then you are In love, senor?"
The young man nodded vigorously.
Indeed / am-with the sweetest girl
In Cuba That's the whole trouble.
That's why I'm hurrying home to re-
sign before I'm fired" Not daring to
look too long or too deeply into Rosa
varona's eyes until she had taken 10
the whole truth. he waited, staring at
his feet. "T'm sort Of glad It has come
to a showdown and / can speak out.
I'm hoping she'll miss me-" After
moment he ventured, "Win sheer
will you, RosaT'
81? Miss your Rosa lifted her
brows in pretended amazement. You
are amusing, of course, butt won't
have much time to think about you.
for l am so soon to be married"
MARRIED. What7 Nonsense :"
Indeed Do you think I'm so ugly
nobody woul5 have ns7 The richest
mon in Afafauzas has asked for my