Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-01
cAAPTER xvlII--contlnued.

" have been close to death so long
that 1t means little to me-" she con-
tossed. II have you. and--well, with
Won at my side I can face the worst. "
sOh we won't give up until we have
IN" he assured her. 'If,I had money
4 would be simple proposition to
brlbe some guard TO pass us through
the lines but have spent all that Gen.
eral Betancourt gave me- He
smoothed back Rosa's dark hair and
smiled reassuringly at her. "Well, I'll
manage somehow; so don't worry your
nretty head. I'll find the price, if /
have to waylay old Don Mario and rob
him. Don't you think look like a
bandit? The very sight of me would
terrify that fat rascal"
''To me you are beautiful" breathed
the girl. Then she lowered her eyes.
Ta. lal How I spoil youi I have
ante forgotten how to be ladylike. Isa-
bel was right when she called me a
hold and forward hussy. Now, then,
please turn your face aside, for I wish
IA think, and so long as you look at
me cannot-I make love to you bra
xenly. Seel Now, then, that is much
better. l shall hold your hand, so.
When kiss it you may look at me
spain, for a moment" Drawing her.
self closer TO O'Reilly, Rosa began
fhoughtfully: Before you came 1 more
than once was on the point of appeal
ing to some of my former friends, but
they are all Spaniards and we are no
longer-simpatico you understands
Rosa paused for his answer.
Perfectly; I'm in the same fix. OF
all the people / used to know there
isn't one but would denounce me If
made myself known. Now that I've
been fighting with the insurrectos,
daren't even go to the American consul
for help-if there is an American con-
ul."
Rosa nodded, then continued, hest
ntingly: 81 had a vivid dream last
night. Perhaps it was portent. Who
knows7 1t was about that stepmother
Of mine. You remember how she met
her death? i wrote you
Eyes, and Esteban also told me-"
'Tt was he who recovered her body
from the well. One day, while we
we're in hiding, away up yonder in the
Yumuri, he showed me an old coin"
II know" 0'Reilly said quickly. 'He
told me the whole story. He thinks
that doubloon is a clue to your fathers
fortune butt can't put much faith in
It In fact, didn't believe until this
moment that there was doubloon at
all"
"0h, indeed there vast I saw IT."
There was moment of silence dur
ing which the lovers were oblivious TO
all but each other, then Rosa MUIR
INJURED: "How stranger Sometimes
your eyes are blue and sometimes gray.
Does that mean that your love, too,
can changer"
Certainly not. But come, what
about Esteban and that doubloonp
With an effort the girl brought her
self back to earth. 'fWell, it occurred
to me. In the light of that dream last
night that Esteban may have been
right OF course nobody outside Of
our family credits the old story, and
yet my father was considered very
men man at one time. Pancho Cueto
believed In the existence of the treas
%e and he was in position to know"
Truel Perhaps, after all"
VKetlly frowned meditatively.
hosa lifted herself upon her elbow,
uer eyes sparkling. "Wouldn't it be
wonderful if it were true2 Just think,
oheiily, cases of Spanish gold, silver
,olns In casks, packages Of gems. Oh,
I'VE heard Isabel talk about 1t often
enough"
Don't forget those pearls from the
caribbean, as large as piums." Johnny
.Iled. Il could never quite swallow
NAT a pearl the size Of a currant
'oulo Duy our freedom right now"
a1'ef moment he went on, more seri-
vusiy; I've a notion to look into that
~ Wen this very afternoon. II
a. say I'm foolish, but-somehow
Ae story doesn't sound so improbable
81 II Old. Perhaps 1t is worth inves-
Ssallhg- He made up hia mind
nsiy' I-Pm off this very instant"
"uen OReilly emerged from the hut
= found Jacket industriously at work
Ssr fragment of grindstone which
i nao somewhere unearthed. The boy
S l"Ssed up at his friends approach and
~ W. OUT for inspection long, thin file.
Sa.. ~ ne was slowly shaping into
any,, What do you think of that?" he
ba,eu proudly. cit may come in
a -, when we are ready to clear out
VI this pesthole."
a"here did you get TIP
N stole it. steal everything I
e. ,ay my hands on nowadays. One
a. never ten when he may have a
b ga, 70 cut, and a file has good steel
sp. Slnes you are such an accom-
s Sue thief. do you think you could
epl,.s something for me? O'Reilly in
"A piece of rona9o