The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-09-06

out of the jewels and trinketS and faS-
tened it securely inside her coat. After
few experiments she adjusted it to
her liking, then called O'Reilly once
more. This time he was better salts
fed. An application of Evangelina's
stain to darken her face, few tatters
and a liberal application of dirt to the
suit. and he declared that Rosa would
pass anywhere as boy.
There came a night when the three
Of them bade good-by to their black
| companions and slipped away across
the city to that section known as Pueb-
10 Nuevo, then followed the road along
the water front until they found shell
fer within the shadows of a rickety
structure which had once served as
| bath house.
The refugees waited long time !;
they were beginning to fear that old
| MOrin's nerve had weakened at the
eleventh hour, when they beheld sllif
approaching the shore. 1t glided closer,
| entered the shade Of the bath house,
then a voice cried:
"Pset! You are there?" 1t was Mo-
rim himself.
Hastily the three piled aboard. NORM
| bent to his oars and the slliff shot out.
"You were not observed?" he inquired.
mo"
NORM rowed in silence for time.
"When do you sail?" O'Reilly asked.
"At dawn, God permitting. You will
have to remain hidden ant you mustn't
even breathe"
He brought the skiff alongside a bat
tered old schooner, and his passengers
clambered aboard. There was a tiny
cabin aft and on It, sheltered from the
night dew by loose fold Of the main
sail, We're two sleeping men. The new
comers followed NORM down into the
evil little cabin, where he warned them
in a hoarse whisper:
mot a sound, mind you. If anyone
comes aboard, you must shift for your
selves. Creep into the hold and hide
OF course, if we are searched" He
muttered something, then groped his
way out on deck, and closed the hatch
behind him.
Now that they had actually EN-
barked upon this enterprise and the
girl had given herself entirely into his
hands, now that an imminent peril en-
compassed them both, Johnnie felt tha
Rosa belonged to him more absolutely
more completely, than ut any tim'
heretofore, so he held her close Ross
lay relaxed against her lovers shoul
der and in halting murmurs, interrupt
ed many times by caresses, she TOLD
O'Reilly of her need for him, and hel
utter happiness. 1t was the fullest houl
Of their lives.
With daylight, NORM routed out nj!
men. There was a sleepy muttering
the patter of bare feet upon the decl
above, then the creak of blocks as th'
sails were raised. A few moments, thel
there came hail which brought thei
hearts into their throats. NORM him
self answered the call.
"Good morning, countryman! Hav
you caught any of those accursed fill
busters since 1 saw you last? so? Cay
| Romano, eh? What have | aboard?
NORM laughed loudly. "You know yer.
well-cannOn and shot for the rebels
of course. win you look? No
Then cup of coffee perhaps?"
O'Rellly peeped through a dirt
stained cabin window and saw that tn
volandra was slipping past the stern o
the ironclad, so he withdrew his hea
quickly.
OF course this was but one DANCE
past and there were many more ahe5s
for Morin's schooner was liable to b
stopped by any of the numerous patrc
boats on duty to the eastward. Never
theless, when an anxious hour had gon
by and she was we'll ont toward tn
harbor mouth, the refugees told on
another they were safe.
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