The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-07-26
CHAPTER XfV-Continucd.

CHAPTER %iV-Continucd.
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"Wc've been talking about food,
J1esiis Branch advised his commanding
office. Miss Evans isn't burning
patrk.t like the rest Of US, and so OF
-,our~c she can't share our ravcnous ap
petite for beef cooked and eaten on the
ElOOf"
"S0T' Lopez's handsome face cloud
sgd, "Tou are hungry, then"
NGrine confessed that she was "Tm
starving" {" said she. Il haven't had a
s3ecent meal for week"
God be praised / know where there
- goat not two leagues aw0g" said
Trte colonel.
''But I don't want a goat" Norine
complained. II want-we,i, pickles,
and jam, and sardincs, and-candy,
and--tooth- powder! Repl boarding
alouse Iuxuries. Id iUst like to rob II
general store"
Lopez furrowed tls brows and lost
himself In though Later, while the
Others were TALKING, he drew Ramos
aside and for while they kept their
heads tcgeta2r; then they invited Jud-
son 90 jain lhclr council.
WhCn 0'Reilly Joined Judson for
-suppG9 Tea latter met him with broad
grin Hn hls face. "WeIl," said he "You
-caa get ready TO saddle up when the
SEoon riseg'
"What do you meanW
THE COlnneI took Miss Evans at her
aNrd. Wc'r0 going TO raid San Antonio
lie los Banos-twO hundred OF us--to
Ueg her soine pickles, and jam, and
candy, and ,ooth-powdcr.'
Ccrtain histories Of the Cuban War
fpr Independence speak OF "The Bat
stc OF San Antonio de los Bnnos." II
as quite a stirring story to read and 1t
has but one fault. fault, by the way,
fs,e Uncommon In histcrles-it is main
sy untrue.
In the first place, the engagement
vrps In no sense battle, but merely a
wr}d. The number Of troops engaged
wss, perhaps, One-fifth of the generous
Tutei ascrlbed by the historians, and
Ts& "A military mapeuver It served no
ip1TsT,o@c whatsoever. Nevertheless,
ssi7ce ihe affair had direct bearing
. SNon She fortunes OF several people
'sgnaeccd with this story, 1t is, per-
I. hspS, worth relating.
s.opeG and his troop approached the
tctn in the early morning. As they
tseployed for the attack the colonel is
Ssk.d private instructions to certain
members OF his command.
'Q'Rcllly. yon and Senor Branch will
-suter one grocery store after another.
Yaa will purchase that jam, those sar-
'Sfsnes, and whatever else you think
AIss Evans would like. Captain Jud-
aora, you and Major Ramos will go to
She apothecary shop--I understand
there Is a very good 0ne-and look for
4noth- powder and candy and the like.
shall see that the streets are cleared,
then Y shall endeavor to discover some
pickles; but as God Is my judge.
doubt IL there is such n thing this side
OF Habana."
Asesiie Branch, whose temper had not
Improved with the long night ride, in
aQutrcd. caustically: "Do you expect us
20 buy the groceries? Wen, I'm broke,
sl,d SO Is 0'Reilly. If you don't give us
some change, colonel, We'll have to
S,pen charge account In your name"
"Caramba /" muttered Lopez. "I in
Headed to borrow from you gentlemen.
Well. never mind--we'll commander
what we wish in the name Of the re-
cubic"
Lopez attack proved a complete
vrrprise, both to the citizens and TO the
garrison of the town. The rebel bugle
gave the first warning OF what was
afoot, and befo-e the Castilian troops
wAo were iolterl,g off duty could re-
gain their quarters, before the citizens
could take cover or the shopkeepers
close and bar their heavy wooden shut
ters, two hundred ragged horsemen
were yelling down the streets.
There followed typical Cuban en-,
Eagement-ten shouts TO one shot.
There was a mad charge op the heels
OF the scurrying populace, u scattering
pop-pop OF rifles, cheers. cries. shrieks
OF defiance and far-flung insults direct
cd at the fortinas
O'8eilly, with Branch and Jacket
close at his heels, whlrfsi his horse
into the first bodega he came to. The
Gtore was stocked with general mer-
--handise. but its owner, evidently a
Spaziard, did not tarry TO set a price
upon any of 1t. AS the three horsemen
came Gathering In at the front he went
living out Mt the rear and although
O'BellIy called reassurlngly after him.
MS only answer was the slamming of a
back door. followed by swiftly dimln-
fishing cries of fright.
There was no time to waste. John
ME dismounted and, walking TO the
shelves where some imported canned
goods were displayed, he began to Sc
icct those delicacies for which he had
been sent. The devoted jacket was at
his side. The little Cuban exercised no
ses.raint he seized whatever was most