Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-19

Esteban and Rosa are forced to flee when
Cueto denounces them as rebels.
CHAPTER v-Rosa writes to o'Reilly
of their plight and urges him to come
and save her.
CHAPTER vI-O'Reilly soon lands in
Cuba. but finds he will have hard work
to reach Rosa, as communication with
The Insurrectos IL difficult and danger
Gus.
CHAPTER vII-o'Reiily meets Leslie
Branch, newspaper man. who is q victim
Of tuberculosis. and they plan way to
Join the Insurrectcs together.
CHAPTER v1II-In the meantime Cueto
plans to lead Cobo. a Spanish colonel OF
volunteers execrated for his cruelty. to
the hiding place OF Esteban and Rosa.
CHAPTER Ix-Cobo and his men cap
sus E Rs nss snt she and cspo IS ne
the fight. O'Reily plans to reach the In
surrectos by the aid of Doctor Alvarado'
Z friend Of the Cuban cause.
CHAPTER x-o'Reiliy is about to
reach the Tnsurrectos. but his plans mis-
carry. He and Leslie Branch are ar
ban tells Rosa of the coming OF General
Weyler to 'pacify' the island.
home a'is l'ls him. but Spanish troops
come ", snfl Esteban escapes badly
wounded lie does not reach homer Witt
Estehan missing. Rosa, Evangelina and
has heen,istaving. give up hope and &C
into a Spanish concentration camp.
f CHAPTER KILN New York o'Reill,
and is offered assistance by .Nortns
Evans, a wealthy girl. who insists or
financing the venture nd.going along az
= nurse. Boon the expedition starts foi
Cuba In a small trarnn steamer
CHAPTER 5sTII-The filibusters land If
Rosa Norire begins her duties as nurse
Rose, in Matanzas, visits her old homo
which is in ruins
CHAPTER XIv--ln raid, Esteban,
dangerously ill., is rescued from Spanish
prison by O'Reilly and~the cubans
CHAPTER xv-Esteban tells o'Reilly
he believes the treasure Is hidden IN the
we'll on the plantation. O'Reilly learns
the town In which Rosa is held prisoner
and determines to go to her.
CHAPTER xvI-with Jacket. Cuban
boy. O'Reiliy starts out determ ahas 10 20
save Rosa Amer he c msn sf Death. '
rt;AprER XyII-After a long search
f..reillv finds Eosa, i'll and but shadow
,s her former self. He tells her Estenam
. not dead. and she partially recovet,s
her health. oReilly determines 70 ne bear III
plantation. .s
CHAPTER xvIII-O'Reilly finds in the
we'll indications that he is on the right
track, but is handicapped by weakness
due to lack Of food. Colonel Cobo learns
someone Is looking for the treasure, ana
resolves to investigate
ave heard about those pearls" Rosa
cried, shrilly. 'Pearls from the Carib-
bean. as large as plums. Isabel used
to babble about them in her Sleep"
81 found those deeds the first thing
The plantations are yours now, beyond
any question"
Rosa drew back from her precarious
position, for she had grown limp from
weakness and her head was whirling
AS she rose to her feet she brushed
something, somebody, some fiesh-and
over her. Inyoluntarily 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 fare she had
grown to know in her Nightmares, 8
face the mere memory of which was
enough to freeze her blood 1t was d
hideous visage, thick-iipped. fiat-fea
tured. black; it was distigured by q
scar from lip to temple and out OF II
cleaned pair of eyes distended and
ringed with white, like the eyes of 9
man insane. n
For an instant Rosa made no sounl
and no effort to escape. The appari
ton 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 before and after hel
first frozen moment of amazeInent she
realized that she was in her fullest
senses. A shrek sprang to her lips
she tried to fight the man off. but hel
weak struggle was like the fiutterins
of a bird. Cobo crushed her down
sirangling the half-uttered cry.
Terror may be so intense, so appal
ling as to be uncomfortable. In Rosa''
case a merciful oblivion overlook her
She felt the world grow black, fal
away; felt herself swing dizzli.
through space.
! O'Reilly looked upward, inquiring
sharply, whats the nlatter?" Ill
heard a scufiling Of feet above him, bu
received no answer. Rosa! VIVA
frightened you? Rosa Y There was ;
moment OF sickening suspense, then h
put his shoulder to the timbers he ha,
displaced and, with violent shove