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recting Jacket in a cool, authoritative
voice, to shoot low. When he had emp
| tied the magazine he led two of the
horses forward. Then, grasping his
own machete. he Joined In clearing a
pathway.
1t seemed an interminable time ere
they had extricated themselves from
the trap, but finally they succeeded
and gained the welcome shelter Of the
woods, pausing inside It's shelter to
cut the muffles from their horses feet.
By this time the defenders of the tro-
cha were pouring volley after volley
at random into the night.
Now that the skirmish was over.
Jacket began to boast of his part In 1t.
Hal Perhaps they'll know better
than to show themselves the next time
/ come this way" said he. you saw
me, didn't your Well. l made few
Spanish widows tonight"
When no one disputed his assertion,
Jacket proceeded further in praise Of
himself only to break off with word
less cry of dismay.
whats the matter?" Johnnie In
CURED
"Look Behold mep' walled the
hero. 81 have left the half of my beau
tiful trousers on that barbed wire"
Antonio swung leg over his saddle,
saying: Come along, amigos; we have
fifty leagues ahead Of us. The war
| will be over while we stand here gos-
siping."
O'Reilly's adventures on his swift
ride through Las Villas have no part In
this story 1t is only necessary to
say that they were numerous and va
ried, that O'Reilly experienced excite
ment a-plenty, and that upon more than
one occasion he was forced to think
and to act quickly in order to avoid
clash with some rowing guerrilla band.
Food became problem immediate
ly after the travellers had crossed the
trocha. Such apprehensive families as
still lurked in the woods were liberal
enough-Antonio, by the way, knew all
of them-but they had little to give,
and, in consequence, O'Reilly's party
| l6dTueu TIE IdSLS VI VIII IIullS, DCI-
ries and palmetto hearts. Once they
managed to kill small pig, the sole
survivor of some obscure country trag
edy, but the rest of the time their
meat, when there was any, consisted
of iguanas- those big, repulsive liz
ards-and jutias, the Cuban field rats.
Fortunately there was no shortage
of food for the horses, and so, despite
the necessity of numerous detours, the
party made good time. They crossed
into Matanzas, pushed on over rolling
hills, through sweeping savannas, past
empty clearings and deserted villages,
to their journeys end. A fortunate
encounter with a rebel partida from
General Betancourt's army enaL led
them to reach headquarters without
loss of time, and one afternoon, worn,
haggard and hungry, they dismounted
in front of that gallant officers hut.
General Betancourt read the letter
which O'Reilly handed him, then
looked up with a smile.
$50! You are one of Gomez Ameri-
cans, Ell? Well, 1 would never have
known it, to look at you; the sun and
the wind have made you into very
good Cuban. And your clothes One
might almost mistake you for a Cuban
! cabinet officer
CTO BE CONTINJJEDl
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CHAPTER XVI.
The Trocha.

OF all the military measures en-
ployed by the Spaniards in their wars
against Cuban independence, perhaps
the most unique was the trocha-
trench or traverse. Martinez Campos
during the Ten Years war built the
first trocha just west of the Cubitas
mountains where the waist of the
island is narrowest. Not until Wev-
ler's time were the two methods of
pacification, the trocha and the concen-
tration camp, developed to their fullest
extent. Although his trochas hindered
the free movement of Cuban troops
and his prison camps decimated the
peaceful population of several prov
inces, the Spanish cause gained little.
Roth trenches and prison camps be-
came Spanish graveyards.
At the time Johnnie O'Rellly set out
for Matanzas the war-a war without
battle. without victory, without defeat
had settled into grim contest of en-
durance. In the east, where the insur-
rectos were practically supreme, there
was food of sort. but beyond the Ju-
caro-Moron trocha-the old one Of
Campos' building-the country was
sick. Immediately west of 1t, in that
district which the Cubans called Las
Villas, the land lay dying, while the
entire provinces of Matanzas, Habana
and Pinar del Rio were practically
dead. These three were skeletons
picked bare of flesh by Weyler's beak.
The Jucaro- Moron trocha had been
greatly strengthened since Campos'
day. 1t followed the line of the trans
insular railway Dotted at every quar-
ter of mile along the grade were lit
tie forts connected by telephone and
telegraph lines. Between these forti-
mas were sentry stations of logs or rail-
road ties. Eyes were keen, rifles were
ready, challenges were sharp, and coun-
tersigns were quickly given on the Ju-
caro-Moron trocha.
In 0'Reilly's party there were three
men besides himself-the ever-faithful
jacket, wrinkled old Camagueyan
who knew the bride trails OF his prov
inee as fox knows the tracks to its
lair, and a silent guajiro from farther
west, detailed TO accompany the expe-
dition because of his wide Acquaintance
with the devastated districts. Both
guides, having crossed the trocha more
than once. affected TO scorn its ter
rors, and their easy, confidence -reas-
sured o'Reilly in spite OF Esteban's
parting admonition.
The American had not dreamed of
taking Jacket along. but when he came
TO announce his departure the boy had
fatty refused to be left behind.
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DADDS[Y[NINQ'
FAIRY TALE
POND LILIES.
81 NAQY GQAUAN BONNER

StND @t@i@0s
81 can't understand it." said Mrs.
Pond Lily.
What can't you understands" asked
Miss Green Leaf.
1T never seems to be night any
more" answered Mrs. Pond Lily.
That's so. Perhaps Mr.. Night is
taking a holiday" suggested Miss
Green Leaf
''That might be So" said Mrs. Pond
Lily, ''but 1 have never known it to
happen before, and 1t seems to me that
/ have heard that the night takes his
rest every day-but that he never
takes longer one, and that there are
never two days without night in be-
tween"
'''Then it's very. very queer" said
Miss Green Leaf. For there certainly
must have been a good many days
since there has been a night"
There must have been-and yet
there haven't been," said Mrs. Pond
Lily. .It's very confusing and most
extremely puzzling."
ut Is, indeed" said all the pond Ill
les and green leaves as they moved a
little in the big bowl on dining-room
table. They had been gathered and
put there quite few days before.
''They had been used as decorations
for very fine luncheon party and
then as some visitors were expected
for supper the beautiful young girl
who had gathered them had said,
"How lovely the pond lilies would look
on the supper table,"
But they will close as they always
do at night" said another member Of
the family.
Eyes, and then they won't be pref
ty," said a third.
"But I think have a scheme so as
to keep them awake" said the beauti-
full young girl whose name was Nellie.
"What?" everyone asked.
wen fool them" she said.
"How?" they asked
"We'H keep on white tableeloth
and make them think it's still bright
day. Usually we change and put them
on another table where there is dark
cloth and then they go to bed for the
night"
So they tried keeping the bowl Of
pond lilies on the white cloth and sure
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Hard Riding Brought the Party to
the Trocha.

twisting and turnings, it was impos-
sible to avoid an occasional loop of
barbed wire, therefore flesh and cloth
ing suffered grievously. But at length
the party brought up under the railroad
.emhankment and paused. As carefully
as might be the four men assembled the
slope, crossed the rails and descended
into the ditch on the other side. An
other moment and they encountered
taut strand of barbed wire The metal
lie snip of Hilario's shears sounded
like pistol shot TO O'Reilly. Into the
maze of strands they penetrated. yard
by yard. clipping and carefully laying
back the wire as they went. Progress
was slow; they had to feel their way
the sharp barbs brought blood and
muttered profanity at every step.
None OF the four ever knew what
gave the alarm. Their first intimation
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CHAPTER xv-continued.


Esteean raised himself TO his elbow.
"Yod think it's a myth. a joke. Well.
It's not. l know where it is. l found
Itp
Norine gasped; Johnnie spoke sooth-
Ingly:
Don't get excited, old man; you've
talked too much today"
"Ha y Esteban fell back upon his
pillow. Il haven't any fever. I'm as
sane as ever 1 was That treasure
exists, and that doubloon gave me the
clue to its whereabouts. Don Esteban,
my father, was cunning he could hide
things better than a magpie. 1t re-
manned for me to discover his trick"
'He is raving," O'Reilly declared,
with sharp stare at his friend.
The girl turned loyalty to her pa
tient. ''Fll believe you, Mr.. Varons.
always believe everything about buried
treasure. The bigger the treasure the
more implicitly / believe in it. l SIM
ply adore pirates and such things If
were man I'd be one. Do you know,
I've always been tempted to bury my
money and then go look for it."
There is no doubt that my father
had a great deal of money at one time, "
Esteban began; che was the richest
man in the richest city of Cuba"
O'Reilly shook his head obviously
and braced his back against a tree
trunk there was look of mild dtsap-
probation on his face as he listened to
the familiar story of Don Esteban and
the slave, Sebastian. When Esteban
had finished, Norine drew a deep
breath.
"Oh That lays over any story 1
ever heard. To think that the deeds
and the jewels and everything are In
the well at this minute Suppose some
body finds itT' Norine was aghast at
the thought.
"Not much chance of that. The
treasure has lain there for a genera
ton, and the story itself Is almost for
gotten" Esteban turned triumphantly
to O'Reilly, saying. "Now, then, do you
think I'm so crazy?'
, O'Reilly didn't have it in his heart to
say exactly what he really thought.
What he more than half suspected was
that some favored fancy had formed
lOdgment in Esteban's brain.
ITS an interesting theory" he adj
mitted. Anyhow, there is no danger
of the treasure being uncovered very
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machete, in an effort to aid Hilario's
labors. The sound of his sturdy blows
betrayed the party's whereabouts so
clearly that finally the older man could
restrain himself no longer.
"Give it to them, compadres; it is
game that we can playp'
O'Reilly had been gripping his rifle
tensely, his heart in his throat, his
pulses pounding. AS near a panic as
he had ever been, he found, oddly
enough, that the mere act of throwing
his weapon to his shoulder and firing
it Gained him. The kick of the gun
subdued his excitement and cleared
his brain. He surprised himself by d.
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OF discovery came with startling
'Quien yive" hurled at them from
somewhere at their backs
An instant and the challenge was
followed by a Mauser shot. Other re
ports rang out as the sentry emptied
his rifle in their direction.
SOL They are shooting batsw HI
lariO, grunted.
Antonio swung about and cooked bis
Remington, but the other spoke sharp
ly. Fool! If you shoot they will see
the fire and riddle us. A curse on the
spider that spun this webb"
1t was test Of courage to crouch
among the charred stumps, enmeshed
in that cruel tangle Of wire, while the
night was stabbed by daggers Of fire
and while the trocha awoke to the
wild alarm. From somewhere In the
distance came shouted command and
the sound of running feet, suddenly
putting an end to further inaction. An.
tonic began to hack viciously with his
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al Know Where It Is. Found It'll"

soon. Cueto had good look and made
himself ridiculous. You'll have ample
chance to do likewise when the war is
over"
'You must help me find it." said
ESteban. 1--WE shall all share the for
tune equally, you two, Rosa and l."
''We? Why should we share In it?"
Norine asked.
Il owe it to you. Didn't O'Reilly
rescue me from a dungeon2 Haven't
you nursed me back to health? Don't
/ owe my life to you bOth?"
'Nonsensei 1, for one, sha'n't take
a dollar of it."
"Oh, but you must. 1 insist Nurs-
Ing is poorly paid profession.
Wouldn't you like TO be rich?"
Profession Poorly paid?" Norine
sputtered, angrily. 'As If I'd take
payT
"As if would accept great service
and forget 1t, like some miserable beg
Carr Esteban replied stiff1y.
OReilly laughed out. Don't let's
quarrel over the spoil until we get it."
said he. That's the way with all
treasure-hunters. They invariably fall
out and go to fighting. To avoid blood
shed, I'll agree to sell my interest
cheap, for cash. My share of The ia
nous Varona fortune going for dol
Iarr"
There! He doesn't believe a word
of it." Esteban said.
Norine gave an impatient shrug.
"Some people wouldn't believe they
were alive unless they saw their breath
on a looking-glass. Goodness How I
ha.sya sneering skeptic, wet blanket"
0'Reilly rose with one arm shielding
his face. "In the interest of friend
ship, 1 withdraw. A curse on these
buried treasures, anyhcw. We shall
yet come. TO blows"
AS he walked away he heard Norine
say: Don't pay any attention TO him.
Well go and dig il up ourselves. and
we won't wait until the war is over"
An hour later Esteban and his nurse
still had their heads together. They
were still talking of golden ingots and
pearls FROM the Caribbean the size of
plums when they looked up to see
OReilly running toward them. He was
visibly excited; he waved and shouted
at them. He was painting. when he ar
rived.
News From Matanzas!" he cried.
$Gomez' man has arrived"
Esteban struggled TO rise, but No
rine restrained him. ROSA? What
does he say? Quicki"
Good newsl She left the Pan de
Matanzas with the two negroes. She
went into the city before Cobos raid"
Esteban collapsed Imply. He closed
his eyes, his face was very white. He
crossed himself weakly.
The letter is definite 1t seems they
were starving. They obeyed Weyler's
bando. They're in Matanzas now"
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Johnny on Bravery

With his teachers request that he
ject of Bravery" little Johnny deliv-
cred himself Of the following:
Some. boys is brave because they
always plays with little boys, and
some boys is brave because their legs
is too short to run away, but most
boys is brave because somebody's
lookin' School Board Journal.
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Wish to Exaunerate.

The girl who has to pile up superla-
tives In order to produce any impress
sion makes tacit acknowledgment Of
weakness. The "yes" or mo" Of
strength means more than all the elab-
crate phrases of weakness. If you feel
it necessary to exaggerate in order to
make an impression it is because your
ma ture lacks force.-Girls' Companion.
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Dreaming.

Dreams that inspire to doing are not
a waste of time. But the same cannot
be said for that dreaming which leaves
us restless and discontinued, but no
more ready to grapple with the nearest
hard task than we were before
Girls Companion.
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A cinch.

sInto each life some rain must fall"
said the philosopher.
"Yep. Especially if he lives in this
territory during the month of April"
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Despite the competition OF electri .ty.
the coal-gas business is steadily In
creasing In England
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Makes pnnr Servant

Of sleep or other dissipation becomes
a poor servant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-12

LfHchBtRG. VA. june ll-The
board 81 trustees of Virginia Christ,,r
college has organized for me co,,,,'s,
Year by The election or Fred " NJ
Wane' LSnchburg: W. " Holiday
richmond: Judge 9. r.. Garnet,. Rim
mond and J. B. Andrews, Chario,,os.
'i!e. aa new members and by ths CO
lection Of ]. Gibson Hobbs. chairm.,
o! the board, succeeding Rev. pi,rhia
Ware who is now located al hnnx.
VILE. Tenn
The board recommended me ,o,
uhnaiion n' the Congress Of ,he bis
ciples OF Christ as an annual ,ne.,in-
INC eoIiesc 20 provide for the en,er.
.hinmeni of tho ministers who a,,ana
future congresses.
me erection or home for the n-.st
'ci' ana building u house :, .vn,n,
s'um ".rc recommended Ia he s.cu-sd
wheh FUNDS 're available. ,lao M. CON.
p,eI'u' or Inc new athletic marx !,
me college premises as soon ~ no.
o!e' ana Tor the construction Of rl,..s
through the campus from mo 49,.
entrance BY the girls dormi,orv
me reports Ia the board inJ,n,,
,hat me faculty already secured for
me lslS-i9iS session is tho hes, -,
school has had in its history. '''e
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POWDER IN SHOES
AS WELL As GUNS
Foots Ease to Be Added to Equip
mont of Hospital Corps
at Fort Wayne.


Under the above heading the Detroit
Free Press, among other things SAYS:
1.-The theory is that soldiers whose feet
are in good condition can walk further
and faster than soldiers who have corns
and b,nons incased in rawhide."
The Plattsburg Camp Manual advises
men III training TO shake Foot-Ease in
their shoes each morning.
One war relief committee reports, of all
the things sent out in their Comfort Bags
or Kits" Aliens Foot Ease received
the most praise from the soldiers and
men of the navy. 1t is used by American.
French and British troops, because it
takes the Friction from the Shoe and
freshens the feet. There is no foot COM
forter equal to Aliens Foot. Ease, tho
antiseptic. healing powder to be shaken
into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot
bath. the standard remedy for over 25
years for hot, tired, aching, perspiring,
smarting, swollen. tender feet, corns,
bunions, blisters or cnllouses.
Why not order dozen or more Csc.
boxes to-day from your Druggist or
Dept. store to mail to your friends in
training camps and in the army aud navy.
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Lockjar Prove. Fatal n no.

DAM WILLIE. VA. June Thames
hannah. the three year-old and only
son or Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Hannah. who
died from lock Jaw last Sunday ni.,h,
was buried this afternoon Ten DAYS
ago the little boy stepped on splin-
Ter. which pierced the instep This
WAS promptly withdrawn. and little
atehttoh WAS paid 10 what was con-
s.der.d minor injury. Las, Thurs
Jay however. he suffered with his
throat, and when he was examined by
doctor for mumps his pulse was SO
Irregular that he was FASTENED TO the
hospital where !, was found that tet-
ahus hid set In. Serums were admin
istcred. but TO no avail
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War Cain Hasten. Mnrr,nr.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. June IL
surprise wedding occurred ut tho
residence Of DIR. y. t.. Driscou last
night. when Miss Annie Evelyn Jones
became the bride OF Dr. DcAIolay
Scribner. young dentist Of this city.
The cerem' y was performed by DR..
Asa Dr,scol. Tho marriaFc wa3 has-
tened by orders received by Or Scrib-
ner to report for duty in the National
Army on the 18th. he having recently
been commissioned a FIRST lieutenant,
III the medical corps. The groom liz
IL native OF this city. and u graduate
Of Richmond Medical College The
bride tx graduate of the nurses.
training school at the University OF
Virginia.
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Dedicate New tburch

W1NCfiESTER. VA. juno 1.-THE
new house Of worship OF the Mciho-
dist Episcopal Church. South, at Toms
Crook. Shenandoah County, was form
ally dedicated Sunday. Their being
three services. The dedicatory sermon
was preached by the Rev. +. ~ Itich
ardson. OF Winchester. who also
preached Tonight. The Rev L. l.
Biakemorc. presiding elder Of Win.
chester district. preached this affair
noon. The Rev. j. IL. Cooley is pas
sof. Large crowds attended the SER
vices. ana al! were entertained at
wartime luncheon OH the churrh
grounds.
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Death Of Mrs. Row.mnr.

HARRISOSBURG. June ll.-AIrs
barbara y. Bowman, wife of Isaac
Bowman. died yesterday morning at .
O'Clock. at the homs o. her daughter
MIS-. J. :. Flory. one mite south Of
HarrisonburG. after an illness IF two
DAYS she was Sevcrty-ci years
old Surviving the deceased besides
her husband, arc two daughters. Mrs
Joe Han, of Martiusburg. Pa. and Mrs.
j. ;. Iiory. of liarrisorburg: and two
IONS. :. -. Bowman. OF Washington.
- g, and +. y. Bowman. % Hammond.
Ind. She also leaves three sisters ard
Ave brothers,
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Find. suIdi.r,. No,.bo,L

DANVlLLE. VA. June ll.-Last
Thursday }. II. Talley was standing On
the outskirts of town Watching pass
ing troop train. when he saw man
leaning far out OF II window waving
to a young woman. AS his eyes fol-
lowed him he saw something fan from
has pocket. and running to tn. spot
he picked up memorandum book CON
taihns 3i. The book beIonged to Da-
ND III. Webster. OF York, Pa. Mr.. Tai
ley has written to the address given,
asking for instructions as 10 the dis
position OF his hni.
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lutennnt In Ca,x.,,

Lieutenant Claude Il. Cammnr
WIN mach!ne-gun company ON -.
'Fsnch battlefront. WAS rassed ra
Gently, ana has been under treaIman,
az baSc hospital, but Is recover,n,,
according 10 information receivea -
ieiatiNes. Lieutenant Cammer has 49,,
w. a o..aa'ohs declined n promotion to
4 captalncy. because it was ofIerad
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Wire Fence s,op. yoy,b

WINCHESTER. VA. June IL.
Geary NJ Sanger. of Company B. l4sth
infantry. was taken back to Camp Lee,
petersburg. Va. last evening by Sher-
III Pannett. who captured the man at
me PISTOL point when he was trying 10
escape from his home, near Clearbrook.
Yesterday He is charged with d.3cr-
ton Sanger said he wanted TO see hin
mother before going TO France, and
being refused THROUGH he took
chances He denied the descr,ian
Charge Sanger became caught in !,
barhed- wire fence az he fed from his
home place and had TO surrender TO
the sheriff
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condition that return TO the United
states as an instructor. lie was one
oL two men selected from the FIRST
training camp at Fort Myer to go to
france with the iirst division taken
over by General Pershing Ito was
formerly oomnandant at the Shcnan-
doah Valley Military Academy here.
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Decorated Ter Bravery.

WINCHESTER VA, June H.
Henry >. Ba"er. j., of the Washington
and Lee University hospital unit. now
serving on the French front, has been
decorated by the French government
with the croix d. guerra for conspicu-
Gus bravery and heroism during the
drive between March % and April S. He
drove his car into advanced positions
and carried off the allied wounded
while under constant tire.
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WORKMAN KILLED
II. VI. Goode knocked From BELT Line
bridge to Instant Death In
James River.

n. NJ Goodc carpenter. residing
N Fulton, was Instantly killed yes
terday morning. when he fcil eighty
feet to the fround fron, the new Belt
Line Bridge. now being construct ed
across the James River in the western
part Of the city. Goode was carrying
heavy piece of timber when a loco
motive struck he end Of it and knock I'd
him of the bridge. lie fell into snail
low water in the lanes River ard was
dead when fellow workmen clmo TO
him. Goode was thirty eight years
old
Witnesses Of the tragedy said that
Toode fell headlong from tho bridge
into tie stream. The timber fall with
him. The coroner of Ches.cra.ld
County investigated the accident
Goode was employed by the w. w
BoAley Construction Company the con-
cern which has the contract for the
building of the bridge