The Raymer enterprise., 1919-05-08

end Jaekse begna b vssp eupisasly.
Hs wseksd Mmsak - b Q hysensial
0eeeon6o wAieA tArsataned b assoss
IL entire sn0npmsnt But 01Ally
WuD unm0vsd
sDe QuisGs - teld he boy. 4
went let yuu % with ma and hat
ends Il Il win b hard enough 6pe one
nAa b Clip through: I've would b.
1aTe b fail.-
.Thoes spaaiards wfl sldn youi"
Jaekee walled
30 much ~ more reason for you
- stay hseAs
AZ this the boy uttered . louder
ery. He stamped biz hare esse n =
fr0V of diappelntmsnt Tea d.
sent lsavs ms-yoa dassentr
Tse0, psopls ars starying h M
tansas: they ars Ack; thsy aro DING
In ths strsetAs
4 don't sat mncA.s
When Johnnie hook his head stub
boFnly Jacket launched himsslf into q
torrent Of profAnity The violence Of
which dried his tsars. Hls vocabu-
lary was urpeians. Hs rsvilsd the
spaniardA 0'RAlly. himself. everybody
and svsgytAing: h lsvsled anathemas
at that woman who had come between
him and his beloved bena1Ae1oe. Ths
latter listened good-natursdly.
You're Q tough lid" hs Laughed,
when Jackets nzst rags bad worn II.
ssK cut 7 nm 20. and Td take you
u I eould But this Isn't IN sntsfpriss
for . bog. and Il won't ct you any
thing 70 kssp up this racket"
Jacket asxt tried he power of q.
gumsnt Hs attempted 10 prove that
In . hasardous undertaking Of this
sort his assistance would bs invalu-
abla He waA % hs declared, the ono
person In all Cuba In every respect
qualified to share O,Rsilly's psrtls. 10
begin with. he wls not afraid Of Span
iards, or anything else. for that mat.
ter-he dismissed the subject Of Per.
sonal courage with . contemptuous
shrus. Az for cunning. sagadty, pru-
dence, resource. all-around worth, he
was, without doubt unequaled in any
country. He was a veritable Spartan,
too. when It came to hardship-priva-
ton and suffering were almost to his
liking. He was dlscreet-discretion
was something he had inherited; he
was a diplomat-diplomacy being one
Of his most unique accomplishment.
Al for this talk about hunger. O'Reilly
need not concern himself In the least
on that score, for Jacket was q small
eater and could grow fat on . diet Of
dried leaves. Diseasef Bahi Il made
him laugh. His experiences with dck.
neso was wider than most nsicos, and
he was . bsttsr nurse than Miss Nv.
ans would ever be. Jacket did not wish
to appear In the least boastful. On
the contrary. hs was actually too mod
est. a. his friends could attest but
truth compelled him to admit that b
was Just the man for O'Rellly. He
found It impossible to recommend him
self too highly: to save his soul he
could think Of no Qualification In which
be was lacking and could go no rsa-
ION why his benefaetor would not
greatly pront By the Tree use Of his
amazing talenta The enterprise was
dimcult: II would certainly fail with
out him.
Johnnie remained carefully atten.
live during this adjuration. He felt no
desire even to smile, for the boys ear
nestness was touching and Il caused
the elder mans throat to tighten un-
comfortably. Johnnie had not realized
before how fond be had become Of this
quaint youngster. And %, when the
little fellow paused hopefully, O'Rsllly
put IN arm around him.
I'm sure Sou are everything you
cay you are, Jacket, and more, too. but
you can't goi"
With that Jacket flung Of the en-
brace and. stalking away, seated him
self. he took q half-smoked cigar
from the pocket Of his shirt and lit It
scowling the while at his friend. More
than once during the evening ORsilly
detected his sullsn, angry eyes upon
him.
General Betancourt and several mem
bers Of his star ware up early the fol.
lowing morning 70 bid their visitor
good-by. In spite Of their efforts to
make the parting cheerful It 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
simism, for. a. he told himself. he had
money In bis pockets and Matansas
was not many miles away. But when
he came to part from Jacket be expert
enced a genuine disappointment. The
boy, strangely enough, was almost In
different to bis leaving; he merely ex.
tended limp, dirty hand, and replied
to O'Reilly's parting words with q
careless "Adlosl"
In hurt surprise the former inquired,
Don't we part good friendsr
"Surei" Jacket shrugged, then
turned away.
Jacket was 4 likable v0unsater. mia