Carrizozo news., 1919-06-06

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"Be quiet" he told the boy. Il
won't let you 60 with me. and that
ends II. II will be hard enough for one
man to slip throughi two would be
sure to fail"
'srhoso spaniards will skin you'll"
Jacket walled.
$50 much the more reason for you
10 stay here"
At this the boy uttered a louder
cry. He stamped his bare feet In a
frenzy Of disappointment You das-
sent leave me-you dassentf"
'Tisten, people are starving In Ma
tanEas; they are sick they are dying
In the streets"
II don't eat much"
When Johnnie shook his head stub
bornly jacket launched himself into a
torrent Of profanity the violence Of
which dried his tears. His vocabu-
larry was surprising. He roviled the
spnniardB, OTeilly, himself, everybody
and everything; he leveled anathemas
at that woman who had come between
him and his beloved benefactor. The
latter listened good-nAturedly.
You're a tough KID" he laughed,
when Jackets 1rst rage had worn IL
self out. II like you, and I'd take you
II I could. But this isn't an enterprise
for a boy, and II won't get you any
thing TO keep up this racket"
jacket next tried the power Of ar
gument. He attempted to prove that
In a hazardous undertaking Of this
sort his assistance would be invalu-
able. He was, so he declared. the one
person In all Cuba In every respect
qualified to share o'Reilly's perils. To
begin with, he was not afraid Of Span
iards, or anything else, for that mat
ter-he dismissed the subject OF per
sonal courage with n contemptuous
shrug. As for cunning, sagnclty, pru-
dence, resource, all-around worth, he
was, without doubt, unequaled In any
country. He was veritable Spartan,
too. when II came to hnrdshlp-privn-
tion and suffering were almost 10 his
liking. He was iscreet-dlscretion
was something he had inherited; he
was a diplomat-diplomacy being one
OF his most unique accomplishments.
As for this talk about hunger, o'Reilly
need not concern himself In the least
on that score, for jacket was a small
eater and could grow fat on a diet OF
dried leaves. Dlsease7 Bah II made
him laugh. His experience with sick
ness was wider than most fisicos, and
he was better nurse than Miss Nv
ans would over be. jacket did not wish
TO appear In the least boastful. On
the contrary, he was actually too mod
est, as his friends could attest, but
truth compelled him 10 admit that he
was just the man for o'Reilly. He
found II impossible to recommend him
self too highly; to snve his soul he
could think OF no qualification in which
he wns lacking and could see no rea-
son why his benefactor would not
greatly profit by the free use Of his
amazing tnlents. The enterprise was
diflculti II would certainly fail with
out him.
Johnnie remained carefully atten-
tive during this adjuration. He felt no
desire even 70 mile, for the boys ear
nestness was touching and II caused
the elder mans throat 10 tighten un-
comfortably. Johnnie had not realised
before how fond he had become Of this
quaint youngster. And 10, whom the
little fellow paused hopefully. o'Reilly
put an arm around him.
'Tm sure you are everything you
say you are, Jacket aud more, too, but
you can't goi"
With that Jacket flung on the em-
brace and, stalking away, seated him
self. He took a haif-smoked cigar
from the pocket OF his shirt and III II.
scowllng the while az his friend. More
than once during the evening oRellly
detected his sullsn, angry eyes upon
him
General Betaneourt and several mem
hers OF his stan were up early the fol-
lowing morning 10 bid their visitor
good.by. In spite OF their EFFORTS to
make tho parting cheerful II was plain
that they had but little hope Of ever
again seeing this foolhArdy American.
Johnnie's spirits were not In the
least affected by this ill-concealed pes
aimism, for, M he told himself, he had
money In his pockets and Matansas
was not many miles qway. But when
he came to part from Jacket he expert
enced a genuine disappointment. The
boy. strangely enough. was almost In
different to his leaving; he merely en-
tended a limp, dirty hand. and replied
TO oReilly's parting words with a
careless "Adiosi"
In hurt surprise the former inquired,
Don't we part good friendsr'
"surei" Jacket shrugged, then
turned away.
Jacket was a likabie yOungster; his
devotion was thoroughly unselfshj Il
had not been easy 10 wound him. With
keener regrets than he cared 10 &C
knowledgS o'neilly set out upon his