The Ordway new era., 1918-12-06

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We'll. thea. 1 EtsI1 b.e Jzsn yIiIar.
yO1r brother. He1esforth we shah
s5ssk nothing but Spanish Tel me
now. what ~ss our fsthsrs name.
where was our borre, and what are we
1oinz togetherT
Dusfn- the brezfhless interval be-
fore The shower the two zst with their
beads together. tzIkfrG earnestly. As
the wind came and The cooling rain be-
gan To rattle 90 the leaves orerhead
they took Up their bundles and set
out The big drosss drenched them
quickly Their thin garments ciung
70 them and water stYeanaed down
their bodies: overhead the sky was
Hack and rent by vivid streaks Of IRE.
but they pioddsd onward cheerfully.
Jacket was himself again: he bent
Ids weight against the tempest and
lenxtb<Ded bis short strides to O'Reil-
iy's- He tf1ed To whistle. but bis teeth
chaftered end the wind fnterfered. 50
he burnrned q song. 70 drive the chill
ont Of his bones and to hearten his
bensfsrt0x. Now that he was at last
seeepted ss a full partner in this enter
prise. II becsrne his duty not only to
share its perils. but TO lessen its hard
ships and 70 Yield diversion.
The rain wss cold. the briers beside
the 0vergrown path were sharp, and
they scratched the boys bare legs cru
ely; his stomach cismored for q CON-
psnion 70 that solitary sweet potato.
too. but In his breast giowed srdor
and pride. Jacket considered himself
. fortunate person-a very fortunate
persOn. indeed. Had he not found a
brother. and did not that brother love
him7 There was no doubt about the
latter. for O'ReiiIy's eyes. when he
looked down, were friendly and init
mate. Here was man 70 die for.
The downpour lasted but a short
time. when the sun came ont and dried
the mems clothes: on the whole. 1t had
been refreshing. When evening came
the viliar brothers sought refuge In
nm old sugnr mill. or rnther In part
Of II still standing. They were on the
main cnlzadn now, the paved rond
which links the two main cities Of the
island. and by the following noon their
destination wns in sight.
O'RelIly felt a sudden excitement
when Mntanzas came into view. From
this distance the city looked quite as
II did when he had left II. except that
the blue harbor was almost empty Of
shipping. while the familiar rnnge of
hills that hid the Yumurf-thnt valley
Of delight no closeiy linked in his
thoughts with Rosa Vnrona-seemed
10 smile Mt him like an old friend. For
the thousnndth time he asked himself
II he hnd come In time to hnd her. or
II fate's naddcning delays had proved
his own and the girls undoing.
O1teilly knew that although Matnn-
zas was n prison and pesthoIe, girl
like Rosa would suffer in periis inf
nitcly worse than imprisonment or dis
ease. II wns n thsuRht he could not
benr to dwell upon
Signs OF life began to appear now.
the froycIera vo.anN svnoIl 0ord.,