Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-03
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ban and himself
CHAPTER 1I1---Many years Donna 1sa-
bel searched for the hidden wealth of the
man she had married A few years latter
she seeks to marry Rosa TO the rich Don
Mario, but Rosa Is promised to O'Peilly,
New York. whence he has gone to break
on his enlightenment to his employer's
| daughter. Esteban is secretly aiding the
lnsurrectoa. go ~
CHAPTER IV--Donna Isabel IL at tho
mercy Of Porcho Cueto. her uhscrupu-
Ions administrator. who knows the deeds
to the plantation are lost with the treas
ure. One night she walks In her sleeT
and meets her death in the treasure we'll
Esteban and Rosa are forced to flee when
Cueto denounees them as rebels.
CHAPTER v--Rosa writes to OReilly
of their plight and urges him to come
and save her.
CHAPTER vI-O'Reil,y soon lands in
Cuba. but finds he will have hard work
to reach Rosa, as co,nmunication with
Gus.
CHAPTER y1I-o'Reilly meets Leslie
of tuberculosis and they plan q way to
join the lnsurrectos together.
CHAPTER with 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
ture Rosa, but she Is Immediately ayes-
c,Ied by Esteban. and Cobo is Injured In
the light. O'Reilly plans, to reach the In
surrectos by the aid Of Doctor Alyarado,
friend Of the Cuban cause.
r. CHAPTER Pr, x-o'Reilly Is about te
carry. He and Leslie Branch are ar
rested and sent back to America. Este
ban tells Rosa OF the coming OF General
'Weyier to "paeify" the island.
CHAPTER Nf r..s.cban raids cueto..
nome and kills Win but. Spanish troops
wonnde He does rea esea ho1se WIZ WIZ
Esteban missing. Rosa, Evangelina and
ner husband Asens'n with whom Rosa
fas been stayiiig rive up hope and *
into Spanish concentration camp.
CHAPTER <IT--rn New York O'Reilly
plans flihrstering expedition to Cuba
Evans u wealthy girl. who insists or
financing the venture and going along az
a nurse Sou the expedition starts fol-
Cuba In a small tramp steamer
to live. They had hoped to lose them
selves among the other prisoners, and
in this they We're successful, for none
Of their miserable neighbors were in
any condition to notice them, and
there was nothing sufficiently con-
spicuous about two tattered blacks
and their hunchbacked daughter to
draw attention from the soldiers.
Asensio foraged zealously, and at
first he managed somehow to secure
enough food for his little family. One
day the soldiers seized him and put
with gang of other men who APP
peared strong enough to stand hard
labor Ascnsio was not paid for this,
but he was allowed one meal dizzy,
and he succeeded in bringing home
each night share of his allotment.
+ 1t is surprising how little nourish.
ment will sustain life. Rosa and her
two friends had long felt the pinch
of hunger, but now they plumbed new
depths Of priyation, for there were
days when Asensio and his fellow con.
scripts received nothing at all. After
| time Evangelina began making has
kets and weaving palmleaf hats, which
| she sold at six cents each. She taught
Rosa the craft, and they worked from
dawn until dark, striving with nimble
tireless fingers to supplement Asensio'.
i rations and postpone starvation. But
it was a. hopeless task. Other nimblt
| fingers worked as tirelcssly as theirs
and the demand for hats was limited
| Their hut overlooked the road t.
San Severino, that Via Dolorosa OF
which condemned prisoners were
marched out to execution, and In TIM
the women learned to recognize tn,
peculiar blaring notes Of certain cor
net. which signified that another "Cu
ban cock was about to crow" Whei
in the damp Of dewy mornings the.
heard that bugle they ceased thei
weaving long enough to cross them
selves and whisper a prayer for tn
souls of those who were on their wa,
to de- But this was the only respit
they allowed themselves. r
Rosa n1edftated much upon the con
trast between her present and her fol-
mer condition. Matanzas was the cit
Of her birth, and time was when sh
had trod its streets In arrogance an
pride, when she had possessed friend
by the score among its residents. Blu
OF. all these there was not one to whor
she dared appeal in this, her honr Q
need. But even had she felt assure
of meeting sympathy. her pride wa
pure Castilian, and 1t would neve