The Washington herald., 1919-11-27

Don Esteban varona owned . rich planta-
ton in Cuba and many slaves; the money he
accumulated he hid away. and with the death
Of his wife. . faithful slave. Sebastian, and
himself. the secret Of the hiding place perished-
His second wife. stepmother to the twins, Este
ban and Rosa, finally lost her Life seeking the
treasure. The children are ches,ed out OF the
Plantation BY dishonest manager. Pancno
Cueto. He informs the Spanish authorities that
Esteban is in league with the insurrection. then
raging in Cuba The chiloIsn are forced IN
EXILE. and ind refuge Nth Evanselina. old
sebastian's daughter. and AseeSio. her husband
Rosa 10 engaged. having gone 10 New YORK to
free himself from any alliance -here. learns OF
their danger and returns to Cuba with the idea
OF rescring Rosa The twins Lave been driven
stin further into the wilderness by the Spaniards
and before 0'Reilly can reach thsm he is ar
rested as 4 spy and deported along with an
other American. Leslie Branch.
Weyler, the Butcher, has been sent from
Spain and the exterminatior OF the Cubans
begins. The Varonas ignor, orders to repon
proceeds 10 rid himself Of his arch enemies
Col. Cobo and Pancho Cueto.
He dynamites the ranch house at night, him
self slays Cueto. but he and his men are en-
the sugar mill; desperate battle ensues IN
tunnel: Eteban finally escapes. sotely wounded.
and tres to drag himself back to Rosa
Go On with the story.
CHAPTER VXI-CoNTINUED.
Soon he and his crew were aboard
and the ship was cropping her way
toward the break in the reef. Mean
while. her deck became a scene of
feverish activity; out from her hold
came cases Of ammunition and medi-
cal supplies: the field piece on the
bow was hurriedly dismounted: the
small boats. of which there were an
extra number. were swung out, with
the result that when the Fair Play
had manoeUveTed as close as she
dared everything was in readiness.
Many of these expedicionarios were
professional men. clerks, cigar
makers. and the like; few of them
had ever done hard manual labor;
yet they fell to their tasks willingly
enough. While they worked a close
watch with night glasses was main
tanned from the bridge
OReilfy took the first load through
the reef. and discharged II upon a
sandy beach. No one seemed to know
positively whether this was the main
land or some key; and there was no
time for exploration: in either event,
there was no choice. of action. Every
man tumbled overheard and waded
ashore with a packing case; he drop
ped this in the sand above high-tide
mark. and then ran back for another.
1t was swift, hot work From the
darkness on each side came the sounds
of other boat crews similarly engaged.
Johnnie was back alongside the ship
and ready for a second cargo before
the last tender had set out upon its
first trip. and then for several hours
this slavish activity continued. Some
crews lost themselves in the gloom.
fetched up on the reef. and were
forced to dump their freight into the
foam. trusting to salvage it when day
light came. Every one was wet to the
skin; bodies steamed in the heat; men
who had pulled at oars until their
hands were raw and bleeding cursed
and Groaned at their own fatigue.
But there was little shirking: those
whose strength completely failed them
dropped in the sand and rested until
they could resume their Iabors.
Daylight was coming when the last
boat cast of and the Fair Play, with
hoarse triumphant blast Of her