The Washington herald., 1919-11-17
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

bou EAtepAn N1onA owned . Tcn pAnSs~
IN Cuba and many sS'eA The money he sc
clmulsted he hid away. and with the death o.
his wife In childbirth and that Of faithful
SLAVE. Sebastian. and himself through violence,
the secret q the hiding place psfished- BIS
second wife. Dona Isabel. stepnncther TO ths
twins. Estehsn and Rosa. also meets . violent
death searching for tao treasure.
Pancho Cueto. dishonest manager Of tne
plantation. snccecds In stealing II from the
children. Rosa rejects 4 nch old slitor for
love of Q young American. John U Reilly. Her
brother. Estebsn.>is exposed BY Cueto As being
IN league with the Cuban nsurrecios- The
Varunss are forced 10 hee and hnd refuge with
Eyanselina, cd sebsstian's daughter:
Meanwhile O'Reilly. having been to New foEh
to resign his position and free himself from
tentative engagement. has succeeded In return
ing 10 Cuba and Is coming TO the rescne o.
Ross a fast a. he on. Young Esteean tehs
Rosa that he 70 sure that tie treasure Is buried
in the old we'll In which his stspuother was
drowned He euadacts early morning raids with
band Of rasged follower. TO harry Psncho
Cueto- While on such Q raid ROsa and ESange-
lima are surprissd. and Rosa 10 captured oy
Colonel Cobo. . brutal Spanish ofhceT. who has
been told Of her brzuty hy Cueto. who wishes
70 be rid Of both Of the twins.
Before the mzrauders can make on with thetr
capti'% and their spoiis. nosais brother returns
with Asenio and their troops. and there ensnss
. fsht bloody beyond woroA
Cobo 10 badly wounded and his troop routed.
Letcu4n knONu Inht Ne Will tttuIn tCscaAses
50 the little family huriedly packs and nesi
At Puerto Principe. O'Reilly Ioutwits hi!
shadower and makes his visit to the third
Alrsrado.
Arrangements are made for O'ReillJ's dash To
the hills. The plans are SPOILED by q suddei
attack Of the tIlsrrectos on Puerto fnneip'
they are repulsed, but O'Reilly and Branch are
suspected Of being in league with them, and ara
In danger Of arrest As spies
The plan is LAID for OReilly's dash to the
hilla Tn the day set the insurrectos auscA
the town and are driven on: the two Ameri-
cans are suspected Of being sympathirers: they
are arrested and given the third degree Both
are ordered deported. OReily. fearing assas-
sinstion. reluctantly agrees to Eo.
Go On with the story.
aCHAPTER XI.-ContinuedI
"Oh, I have little hope for such
pleasure" the general quickly replied.
But il we do meet. remember we
Spaniards have a cure for rheuma-
tism. 1t Is unpleasant. but efficacious.
A little. nickel-plated pill. that is all"
General Antuna's teeth shone for an
instant. There Is another remedy,
not quite so immediate In its effect.
but a good one. l have tried it and
found It excellent. Drink plenty ot
cocosnut-water! That Is the Cuban
remedy: the other l call the Spanish h
cure. Cocoanuts are splendid. / shall
see that a crate of the choicest fruit
is placed aboard your steamer. Ac-
cept them with my compliments, ana
when you partake Of them think OF
me-
O'Reilly did think Of General An
tuna. not only when he was escorted
to the railway station at daylight. but
when he and Branch took their seats
and their guards filed In behind them.
He assured himself moodily that .Ie
would not cease to think Of that sar-
donic old joker for long time to
come. He cursed savagely; the MEM
ory Of these wasted weeks, the mar
row margin of his failure, filed him
with sick feeling Of dismay and inn
potence. His mind quailed ut the
consequence of this new delay. Where
was Rosa now? How and when
would he return? With difficulty he
from the moving train; but he COM
Cuba was not fenced about with bay
obCto. AAC SohiC bdSh.
Leslie Branch broke in upon his
How much money have your"
'Less than ten dollars
You're rich. lily landlady cleaned
monarchies to provide transportation
for their departing suests?"
Undoubtedly"
pranch nouuhoJ Ia
all right II they just buy me q ticket
to the first fog. One more hemor-
rhage and I'll wing my way aloft.
God! I'd hate to be buried at sea-
Cheer up" O'Reilly reassured him
frritably. There may. be ice aboard"
'lce"' Leslie gasped-~"Oh, bullets!"
In marked contrast to the difficulties
of entering Cuba was the case OF
leaving II. A ship was sailing from
Neuvitas on the very afternoon when
the two Americans arrived, and they
were hurried aboard. Not until the
anchor was Up did their military es-
cort depart from them.
With angry, brooding eyes O'Reiily
watched the white houses along the
waterfront dwindIe away, the man
srove swamps slip past. and the hills
rise out,of their purple haze. When
the salt breath Of the trades came to
his nostrils he turned into his state
room. and. taking the crate of CO.
coanuts with which General Antuua
had thoughtfully provided him. he
bore II to the rail and dropped It over
board.
"Eheumatism was fool disease.