Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-02
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I-Don Esteban varona. a
CUBAN planter, possesses a great treasure
| hoard. This wealth has been hidden liz
we'll on the estate by Sebastian. slave
and only he and his master know the Sc
cret cache. Don Esteban's wife dies al
the birth Of twins. tEsteban and Rosa
Don Esteban marries the avarictous Donna
Isabel. who knows there Is hidden treas
ure and tries to wiring the secret from Sc
Dastian- When the slave refuses she tries
TO hurt him by having Evangelina, his
daughter. whom he loves dearly and who
IS the special servant of the twins, sold
CHAPTER II-Through Donna Isabel.s
scheming Don Esteban risks Evangelina
at cards and loses. Crazed by the loss OF
mis- daughter, Sebastian kills Don Este,
ban and himself.
CHAPTER III-Many years Donna Isa
bel searched for the hidden wealth of the
man she had married. A few years later
sne seeks to marry Rosa to the rich Don
Mario, but Rosa is promised to O'Reily,
the American. and awaits his return from
| New York. whence he has gone to break
on his engagement to his employers
daughter. Esteban Is secretly aiding the
Tnsuuectos.
/ CHAPTER Iv-Donna Isabel is at the
mercy Of Pancho Cueto, herr upscrupu-
| to the plantation are lost with the treas
! ure. One night she walks in her sleep
and meets her death In the treasure well.
1 Esteban and Rosa are forced to fee 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-OReilly soon lands in
Cuba. but finds he will have hard work
to reach Rosa as communication with
| The lnsurrectos Is difficult and danger
Gus, t-f
| CHAPTER vII-oReilly meets Leslie
| Branch, newspaper man, who Is q victim
| Of tuberculosis. and they plan q way to
Join the 1nsurrectos together
| CHAPTER vIII-In the meantime Cueto
| plans to lead Cobo. a Spanish colonel OF
| volunteers, execrated for his cruelty. to
CHAPTER Ix-cobo and his men cap
by se ep she and is cnbo IS
surrectos by the aid of Doctor Alvarado,
a friend of the Cuban cause.
| CHAPTER x-o'Reilly is about to
reach the Insurrectos, but his plans mis-.
rested and sent back to America. Este.
weyisr to "pacify'' the island.
| CHAPTER xE s5.-4han raids Cueto's
| home and kills ',af out Spanish troops
come up and Est lian escapes badly
Esteban missing. Rosa, Evangelna and
| her husband. Ase3sio, with. whom Rosa
has been STAYING give up hope and &C
into a Spanish eon6 er.ration camp.
| CHAPTER yT9-sIn New York o'Reilly
| plans a filihustrring expedition to Cuba
Evans is Mesy sr %ho 0 insists on
financing the venture and going along az
nurse. SEQ the expedition starts fol
Cuba in small tramp steamer.
eyes, ! purposely drew attention to
us in Charleston, while our ship was
loading. She's ready and waiting for
us now; and by daylight we ought to
be safely out to sea. Meanwhile the
Dauntless has weighed anchor and is
! steaming north, followed, l hope, by
| all the revenue cutters hereabouts."
| IT was TIE darkest time of the night
| when the special train came to a stop
at a bridge spanning one of the deep
Southern rivers. In the stream below,
| dimly outlined in the gloom, lay the
Fair Play. 4 small tramp steamer; her
crew were ~ and awake. The new ar
rivals were hurried aboard, and within
| n half-hous she was feeling her way
| seward
With daylight, caution gave way to
haste, and the rusty little tramp be-
| gan to drive forw ard for all she WAS
worth. She cleared the three-milc
limit safely and then turned south. Not
a craft was in sight; not smudge Of
smoke dlscolored the skyline.
1t had been trying night for the
filibusters, and when the low coastline
was dropped astern they began to
think of sleep. Breakfast of sort
I was served on deck, after which those
favored ones who had berths sought
them. while their less fortunate com
panions stretched out wherever they
could find place.
Johnnie ORellly was elatesl. Al
ready he could see tho hills OF Cuba
doing behind their purple wells; in
fancy he felt the fierce white heat from
close-walled streets, and scented the
odors of "mangly" swamps. He heard
the ceaseless signing of the royal
palms. How he had hungered for il
all how he had ragged at his delays /.
1t had seemed so small matter to
return; it had seemed so easy to seek
: out Rosa and to save her! Yet the
days had grown into weeks; the weeks
had aged into months. Well, he had
done his BEST he had never rested
from the moment Of Rosa's first APP
neal, Her enemies had foiled him
once, but there would be no turning
back this time-rather firing squad
or dungeon in Cabanas than that.
! NhAarEo YIN