The state herald., 1919-01-17

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O.Reilly's evident surprise and admi
ration. 'Then I'm not - altogsthe,
changedr she asked.
SWhy. you haven't changed at Ill
except to grow more beautiful. Evan
gelina 70 right; you are too beautiful
to look at But waitr He drew hel
aside and whispered. Tive been dowr
In tho we'll" Some tremoe In bill
voice. some CLINT in his eyes, caused
the girl to seize him eagerly. flercely
II may be wrong" he said hprriedly
"there may bs nothing In it-and yet
I saw something"
~whatf'
Wooden beams, t1mbers Of some
sort. behind the stone curbine." II
was plain Rosa did not comprehend
90 he hurried on. AT nrst I noticed
nothing unusual. except that the bot.
tom Of the well II nearly dry-filled
up. you know. with debris and stun
that has fallen In from the curbinp
above. then I saw that although the
well II dug through rock. nevertheless
It u entirely curbed up with sbonea
laid In mortar. That struck ne a
queer
sYesr
Z noticed. too. IN one place that
there was wood behind II timbers
had been placed there to cover the
entrance to . cave. You know this
Cuban rock 10 fun of caverna.
Rosa clasped her hands, she began
to tremble. "You have found It.
OReilly. You havei" che whispered.
sNo. no. I've found nothing ut But
I've sent Jacket for Q pick oe q bar
and tonight I'm going 10 pull down
those stones and see what = behind
them"
TO nishtf You must let ne 60.
too. I want to help"
"very well But meanwhile you
mustn't let your hopes rise too high.
for there Il every chance that you will
be disappointed. And don't mention
II to Evangelina. Now. then, I've a
few pennies left and I'm going 10 buy
some candleaIs
Rosa embraced her lover impulsive-
~. Something tails mo It u huei
Something tslls NJ you are guing to
save - an
Evangelina in The far corner It the
hut muttsred 10 hse Husband: sDuch
love blrdsi TAsy are IKE palYakeets.
foeVVoP bnginG and coolngt~
Jaeksk returned at dusk, a. -Y1fA
him Ne broagAt q rusty 0ree-f66g non
bar. evidently part 1t Q window gFat-
ine. Ths boy was tiFsd. dlagustsd, and
IN Q vile temper. "a plekaxi A efow-
bari" b. eurssd sloausntiy. s0as might
- ven ~ b stsal Q cannon out a
Gan osvssino. Tn ready 10 70 any.
thing within reason. but@
WY. this VIII DO nicely: Il = Just
what I wanks Orally told him.
sH1mpAl Tn dad 10 hear Il 6pe
that rod was nsaSiy Tie dsatA e ~
I brnks my back vFeneAing at Il ~
tie villain who owned the house
may Q bad lightning gplit himH
FaA aftse ~ until I nearly s1plred
n ny nsw knifs had bssn shasD I
would have turned and 6ent him hooe
With Il bstvssa ~ RIBS Tomorrow I
shall put IN sdSs o. Il Believe ~
! ran until my lungs burst
uttls food remained In tie haE,
barely enough for Asenslo and ~
women. and inasmucA - O1silly had
spent his Last eeatavo for candles ~
and Jacket wsre forced b % hungry
again Late hat svsainG. aftse -
wrstchsd prison quarters I'D grown
quiet ths three treasure hunters sole
cut e their Aovsl and wound up tie
hir. In spits a tAslr exdtsmsat tAsy
wsat siewiy. for noos a them had ~
strength b hurry. Fortunately thsee
were fsw prowlses within tAs ltneA
hunger having robbed ~ rsconceaefa-
dos of he spirit b vsnturs forth, and
In Consequence Spanish vigilance hAd
rslaxsd; II was now coeansd b tAs
far6uns girdls Of intrsnchments which
sncircisd the city. Ths THO sncoua-
tered no one.
Leaving Jacket o guard at the crest
ef he hill. 0'Rsilly stationsd Rosa at
tAs mouth of The well. then lowered
himself once more into Il ugh1ing
his candle. he made Q careful sxaml-
nation Of the place. with he result
that Estsban's theory of he milking
Riches seemed even Len improbable
than II had earlier N he day. TAs
masoasy wofk. be discovered. had besn
done WITH Q painstaking thoeoughness
which spoke ee he abundance Of dave
labor. and tims had barely begun -
Affect Il HsrV and there Q pises q
the mortar ha1 ioossnsd and come
away. but for The most part Il stood
- solid - he stooss between which
Il was laid. 0houldef.high 10 Orally
thss APPEARED b b . ssctiea of he
euFolnS less smoothly attsd than The
~ and through IN intsestice In this
b detected what seemed b b . damp
weodea beam. AZ this point -
brought his Iron bar Into play.
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