Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-08-20


and meets her death in the treasure we'll
Esteban and Rosa are forced to flee when
Cueto denounces them as rebels.
CHAPTER y--Rosa writes to O'Reiily
Of their plight and urges ehim to- come
and save her.
CHAPTER evI-O'Reilly soon fands In
Cuba. but finds he will have hard work
70 reacn Rosa, as colnmunication with
o ths insurre't0s Il. s. difflcu't and danger
CHAPTER v1T-o'Reilly meets Leslie
Branch, newspaper man, who Is victim
Of tuberculosis, and they plan away Ito
JOIN the lnsurrectos together.
CHAPTER vIIf-In the meantime cueto
plans to lead Cobo, q Spanish colonel of
volunteers, execrated for his cruelty. to
the hiding place Of Esteban and Rosa
CHAPTER 1x-cobo and his men cap
cued by Esteban, and Cobo is injured In
the fight. o'Reiliy plans to reach the In
surrectos by the aid of Doctor Alvarado,
. 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.
weyler to "pacify" the island.
CHAPTER vT-Esteban raids cuetos
home and kill lin. but Spanish troops
come up assa fsteban escapes badly
wounded He does not reach home. With
Esteban missing Rosa Evangelina and
her husband. Asensio, with. whom Rosa
has been staying give up hope and &c
into a Spanish concentration camp.
CHAPTER vrY-In New York o'Reilly
plans filinustering expedition to Cuba
and is offered assistance by Norins
financing the @e venture and W going along q
a nurse. Soon the expedition starts foI
Cuba in a small tramp steamer.
cHAprue xII1-The hlibusters land ir
Cuba and O'Rcllly learns of Flsteban and
Rosa. Norine begins her duties as nurse
Rose. IN Matanzas. visits her old homo
which Is In ruins. 49,
CHAPTER XIv-ln raid Esteban,
dangerously III rescued from Spanish
prison by o'Reilly and the Cubans.
CHAPTER xv-Esteban tells o'Reilly
he believes the treasure is hidden IN the
we'll on the plantation. OReilly learns
the town in which Rosa is held prisoner
and determines to go to her.
CHAprER xvI-with Jacket. Cuban
boy. O'Rei.iy starts out determined to
save Rosa After many trials they en-
ter Matanzas. the City Of Death.
CHAPTER xvII-After q long search
o'Reiily finds Rosa. ~ ana but sn .h
her health. O,Reilly determines to search
for the treasure in the well on the oio
plantation
CHAPTER xvI1I-o'Reilly finds in the
track. but is Handicapped by weakness
due to lack of food. Colonel Cobo learns
someone Is looking for the treasure, and
resolves to investigate 100
CHAPTER xIx-o'Reilly finds the
treasure at the moment Cobo reaches the
Mo rJ1<. A.. r.4rp
but is himself slain by Jacket and falls
into the well.
( O'Reilly had been standing petrified,
his body forced tightly against the
rough surface behind him, following
with strained fascination the deliberate
movements Of the man above him NOV
he saw Cobo, without the least appar-
ent reason, twist and shudder, saw him
stiffen rigidly as If seized with a sud-
den cramp, saw hts eyes dilate and
heard him heave deep, whistling sigh
O'Reilly could not imagine what allied
the fellow. For an eternity, so 1t
seemed, Cobo remained leaning upon
his outspread arms, fixed in that same
attitude of paralysis-it looked almost
as If he had been startled by some
sound close by. Bat manifestly that
was not the cause of his hesitation, for
his tace became convulsed and an ex-
preston of blank and utter Estonish-
ment was stamped upon it. The men
stared fixedly at each other, O'Reilly
with his head thrown back, Cobo with
his body propped rigidly upon wooden
arms and that peculiar shocked inquiry
in. his glaring eyes. But slowly this
expression changed; the colonel bent
as II beneath great weight, his head
rose and turned back upon his neck, he
filed his lungs with another wheeling
sigh. His teeth ground together, his
| head began to wag upon his shoulders
| it dropped lower and lower; one hand
\ slipped from its hold and he lurched
forward. An instant he hung suspend
| ed from the waist; then he appeared to
let go Imply as all resistance went out
of his big body. There came warning
rattle of dirt and mortar and pebbles
the next instant he slipped into the
well and plunged headlong down upon
OReilly. an avalanche Of lifeless flesh.
Johnnie shielded himself with his up.
flung arms, but he was driven to his
knees, and when he scrambled to his
feet. half stunned, 1t was to find him.
| self In utter darkness. There was q
heavy weight against his legs. With q
! strength born Of horror and revulsion
he freed himself; then hearing nc
sound and feeling no movement. he
fumbled for the candle and With clumsy
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