The Raymer enterprise., 1919-02-20

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sprung to his iips. inquired. curiously,
"What do you mean By thatr'
Brother and sstes Joined In explain
Ing that Donna Isabel was given TO %.
euliar actions. especially after periods
of excitement or anger. and that one ol
hsr eccentricities had taken the form
Of somnambulistic wandsrinss. -Oh,
she's crazy enough" Estshan COO.
Guided. II believe IT'S her svil con.
sciehce."
OReilly scanned the speaker silest.
y for ! moment; then be said. With Z
gravity unusual In him, Il wonder II
you know that you'rs suspected Of
working for the insurrecto cause"
"1ndeedf I didn't know"
"Well. It's q fact" O'Reiily heard
Rosa gap family. rs II truer be
asked.
Il am q Cuban"
~Cubani Your people wers Span.
ish."
True. But no Spanlard ever raised
q Spanish child 10 Cubs. We are o..
bans, Rosa and l. 20 everywhere. and
the Spanish Officers talk plainly be.
fore me. Somebody must be the syea
and the ears for Colonel Lopes-"
Colonel Lopes" exclaimed O'Reilly.
Esteban nodded.
Rosa's faes. - she looked at the twe
men, was white and worried. For Z
time the three Of them at silent: then
the American said, slowly. You'll b
shot II you're caught"
Some one must run chances," Este
ban averred, Were fighting tyranny
I'll Cuba 10 ablase. I must do my part.
But sooner or later you'll be do.
covered-then whatr' persisted O'Reil.
y.
Esteban shrugged. .who knowsI
There1l be time enough wheo-"
"What Of Rosar'
At this question the brother stirred
uneasily and dropped his eyss. O'Rsil-
y laid . hand upon his arm. "You
have no right 10 jsopardiss her safety.
Without you. to whom could she turn
The girl flashed her admirer . grateful
glance.
-Senor. you for one would sss tha,
She
"But-rm going away" O,Rellly
felt rather than saw Rosa start. for
his face was averted. Il came here to
tell you both good-by. I may be gone
for some time. IL don't know when
can get back"
I'm sorry." Esteban told him. with
genuine regret. I'VE have grown very
fond Of you. But you will come back
before long. ehi You're one Of rs. In
the meantime I'll remember what you
say, and q least ri be careful" BY
no means wanting In tact, Esteban rose
briskly asd. after shaking hands with
o'Reilly. left the two lovers to say fare
wen a best suited them.
But fer once O'Heilly's ready tongue
was silent. The laughter was gone
from his blpe eyes when he turned to
the gfrl at his aide.
You say you are going awayr Rosa
inquired, breathlessly. "But whyr'
I'm going partly because Of this
war and partly because of-somethlns
else. I tried to tell you yesterday. but
I couldn't When the revolution start.
ed everybody thought It was merely
q local uprising. and ! wrote my COM
pany to that effect; but, bless You. II
has spread like Ore. and now the whole
eastern end Of the island Is ablase.
Business has stopped, and my employ.
ers have ordered me home to ind out
what's happened to their prc6ts."
"Yos said there was something
else"
O'Reilly's hesitation became an EN-.
barrassed silence. he tried to laugh
II OF.
There Is: otherwise I'd stay right
here and tell my penurious friends to
whistle for their profits. It seems I'm
cursed with a fatal beauty. You may
have noticed ~ MOI Well. perhaps
It's q magnificent business ability that
I have. Anyhow, the president Of my
company has q notion that I'd make
him q good son-in-law."
T. OIL" cried Rosa.
And at her tone O'Rellly hurried on !:
These rich men have the most alb
surd ideas. ! suppose IN have to"
Then you are In love. senorr
The young man nodded vigorously.
Indeed ! am-with the sweetest girl
In Cubs. That's the whole trouble.
That's why an hurrying home to ~
sign before I'm nred." Not daring to
look too long or too deeply into Rosa
varona's eyes until she had taken in
the whole truth, be waited. staring At
his feet I'm sort Of glad It has come
to Q showdown and l can speak out.
I'm hoping. she'll miss me-" After q
moment be ventured. "Will she-er-
will you, Rosar
IT Miss Jour Rosa lifted her
brows In pretended amazement "You
are amusing. Of course, butt won't
have much time to think about you,
for I an 20 soon to be married"
MARRIED. whati Nonsensei"
indeed! Do you think Trh SO ugly
nobody would have mel The richest
man In Matansas has asked for my
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