The Washington herald., 1919-11-29
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

Don Esteban varooA owuen . rch ptanta-
too In Cuba and many aass. The noueJ hs
accumulated he hid a~AJ. aud With the ceatn
Of his wife. faithful Save. ssoastizn. And
hIn,self the secret u the hiding plAcr perished-
HIS secopd wife, stepmotber 70 the twins, Este
han and Ross finally lost her life seeking the
treasure. The Children are enss,ed o1t' Of tbs
plantation BY dishonest malzrr. PAncho
Cueto. lie informs The Spanish authorities hat
Estebsn IL in lesgus with the lnsurrectiou. then
raging in Cuba The chiloIen are torced N
exile. and find refuge with Evangeiins. old
Sehastian's danghter.- and AsceSIo. her susoa nd
Iehn O'ReillJ. . young American Tn whom
Rosa 10 engaged having gone To New Ysrk 10
free hunSeif from any alliance here. le2rrs OF
their danger and returns IN Cuba with the idea
OF r1cling Rosa- The twins Lave been driven
still further into ths wilderness b. the Spania-ds
and before O'Relly eau reach them be Is Ar
rested As . spy and deportsd along with an
other Americzh. Leslie Branch.
Weyler. the Butcher. has oeen sent from
Spain and the rstsrnipat11 Of the Cubans
eegins The varonas isnos, ordas TO rcpos
to- the cities. and EstebaIi. doubly czutiouS
proceeds TO nd himself Of his arch enemies
Col Coho and Pancho CuetoL
He dypamites the ranch house At night, him
self Stays Cneto. but be and his men are en-
gagged by Cobo and his troors. qusrtered in
the Slgzr mill: a desperate battle ensues in .
and tries to drag himself back to RosA
Go On with the story.
CHAPTER <XVI-CONTINUED
When. after a time. no Ill effects
having appeared. she suggested de-
parting. they whispered together. They
agreed at last that il was perhaps
the course of wisdom to humor her.
She was the guest OF their govern
| ment; il would not do to displeAse her.
Inasmuch as her end was Inevitable,
| IL could matter little whether she died
here or elsewhere. Accordingly they
saddled their borrowed horses and set
out
All that afternoon Norine was an
object of the tenderest solicitude on
the part OF her three Cuban guides.
They momentarily expected to see
/ her stricken Then when she gave
no sign of distress they marveied. and
expressed great admiration at hey
| fortttude in enduring pain
That night was spent at another
farm house When on the next morn
| ing Norine not only was seen to Be
alive and well. but insisted upon max
ing her breakfast OF mangoes and
| milk. the fellow In the derby hat nuns
his hands on high and told O'ReiIly:
1T Is no less than a miracle, but
| now she courts the wrath OF God.
| senior. As for me. l shall never again
associate with eccentric persons who
delight to fly In the face of Provf-
dence- 1t is my opinion that all Aner-
leans are crazy"
/ The party had penetrated to the foot
hills OF the Sierra de Cubitas now,
and as they ascended. the scenery
changed. Rarely is the Cuban lano-
scape anything but pleasing. For the
most part green pastures sowu with
stately palm trees and laid out as
II for a picnic alternate with low
rolling hills, and in but few places
are the attitudes at all Impressive,
1t Is a smiling island 1t has been
said. too. that everything in It fs
friendly to man: the people are
amiable. warm-hearted: the very ami
mails and insects are harmless. Cuban
cattle are shy. but trusting: Cuban
horses are patient and affectionate:
the serpents have no poison. and al
though the spiders and the scorpions
grow large and forbidding, their sting
Is Ineffective. But here in the Cubitas
range all was different The land was
stern and forbidding: canons deep and
damp raised dripping walls to the
sky; bride paths skirted Lodges that
were bold and fearsome as Spanish
dungeons Hidden away In these
Businesses. the rebel government had
established its capital. Here, safe
from surprise. the soldiers of Gomez
and Maceo and Garcia rested between
attacks. nursing their wounded and
recruiting their strength for further
sallies.
1t was a strange seat of government
no nation ever had a stranger-for
the state buildings were huts of bark
and leaves. the army was uniformed
in rags. Cook fires smoldered In the
open glades: cavalry horses grazed In
the grassy streets. and wood smoke
drffted over them
The second evening brought O'ReIlfy
and Miss Evans safely through, and
at news of the expedition's success
a pack train was made ready to go
to It's assistance Norfne's letter from
the New York Junta was read, and
the young woman was warmly well
coined. One OF the better huts was
vacated for her use and the officers
Of the provisional government called
to pay their respects.
XVII
THE CITY OF BEGGARS.
There were other Americans In
Cubitas. as O'ReiIly soon discovered
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