Evening star., 1918-01-27
Y-yesi All of that"

Yves! All of that"
''Um-ml Dr. Alvarado must mix q
good cocktail"
.Why?"
Because you're drunk and delidous
They don't come that way. my boy
When they're rich they're old and
ugly"
stunning"
20 course she is" Branch agreed
soothingly. Now go to sleep and don't
think any more about her, there's q
good boy! Everything will be all right
in the morning. Perhaps 1t never hap
pened; perhaps you didn't meet any
woman at all" The speaker yawned
and turned over
Don't be an ass" Johnnie cried. i'm
patiently. what are we going to do
with a woman on our hands?"
I'VE? Don't divide her with me. What
are you going to do? The truth is
plain, this Miss Evans Is in love with
you and you don't know 1T She sees
In you her soul mate. Well, if you
her medicine. I'll even-marry the poor
old soul. If she's rich"
O'Reilly arose early the next morning
and hurried down to the office OF the
junta. hoping that he could convince MI.
Enriquez of the folly OF allowing Norine
Evans to have her way. By the light OF
day Miss Evans project seemed more
hare-brained than ever, and he suspect
ed that Enriquez had acquiesced in 1t
only because of a natural inability to
refuse anything to a pretty woman-that
was typically Cuban. But his respect for
Miss Evans energy and initiative deep
ened when. on arriving at 46 New street.
he discovered that she had forestalled
him and was even then closeted with the
man he had come to see. Johnnie waited
uneasily: he was dismayed when the girl
finally appeared, with Enriquez in tow,
for the mans face was radiant.
announced.
sight of o'Reilly. i've speeded them
You're an early riser" the latter re-
marked. Il hardly expected
Enriquez broke in. Such enthusiasm!
Such ardor! She whirls a person Off his
feet
'It seems that the junta lacks money
for another expedition. SO I've made up
the deficit. Well be off IN a week"
Really? Then you're actually-going?"
"Of course"
"It was like gift from heaven" Enri-
removed, and"
But Johnnie interrupted him. You're
crazy, both OF you,' he declared .frritably.
Cuba Is no place for an American girl.
I'm not thinking so much about the dan
ger OF capture on the way down as the
hardship after she gets there and the
fact that she will be thrown among all
sorts Of men,"
The elder man lifted his head Every
Cuban will know who Miss Evans Is, and
what she has done for our cause. You do
not seem to have high regard for our
chivalry, sir"
There" Norine was triumphant
There is bound to be some danger. OF
course" Enriquez continued, "for the
coast is we'll patrolled: but once the ex-
among friends. She will be as safe in our
camps as II she were in her own home"
Don't be hateful. and argumentative.
or I'll begin to think you're born chap
Ti-e, u.
Make up your mind to endure me- And
now you're going to help me buy my
tropical outfit"
with a smile and a nod at Enriquez
away.
In spite Of his panic-struck protesta-
tons that he knew less than nothing
about woman's requirements. she led him
uptown. And she kept him at her side
all that morning while she made her pur-
chases; then when she had loaded him
down with parcels she invited him to
take her to lunch; The girl was SO keen
pect Of adventure that Johnnie could not
long remain displeased with her. She had
an irresistible way about her. and he
fousd gS. himself him shhns her good
when O'Reilly set out for his lodgings
after escorting her home he walked In
order to save car fare. CLANS. con-
somme. chicken salad. French pastry,
and other extravagances had reduced his
capital to zero.
The days Of idle waiting that followed
were trying. even to one Of O'Reilly's
philosophic habit Of mind. He could
learn nothing about the junta's plans,
and. owing to his complete uncertainty,
he was unable to get work. Leslie
Branch, too, failed to find steady en-
ployment. though he managed. by the
sale Of an occasional column. to keep them
both from actual suffering. His cough,
grew worse day by day. for
the spring was late ana raw. AS q re-
suit his spirits rosa, and he became