Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1919-01-30

"Oh, we won't give up until we have
to-" he assured her. "If l had money
1t would be n simple proposition to
bride some guard to pass us through
the lines. but have spent all that Gen
eral Betancourt gave me-" He
smoothed back Rosas dark hair and
sriled reassuringly at her. "Well, I'll
manage somehow; so don't worry your
pretty head. III find the price. If
have to waylay old Don Mario and rob
him. Don't you think l look like n
bandit? The very sight of me would
terrify that fat rascal"
''To me you are beautiful" breathed
the girl. Then she lowered her eyes.
La, la How 1 spoil you'll 1 have
quite forgotten how to be ladylike. Isa-
bel was right when she called me Il
bold and forward hussy. Now. then,
please turn your face aside, for wish
to think. and so long as you look at
me l cannot-I make love to you bra
zenly. See Now. then, that Is much
better. l shall hold your hand. so.
When I kiss 1t you may look at me
again, for moment" Drawing her
self closer TO OReilly. Rosa began
thoughtfully: Before you came l more
than once was on the point of appeal
ing to some of my former friends, but
they are all Spaniards and we are no
longer-simpatlco you understand"
Rosa paused for his answer.
Perfectly: I'm in the same fix. OF
all the people 1 used to know there
isn't one but would denounce me If I
made myself known. Now that I've
been fighting with the insurrectos,
daren't even go to the American consul
for help-if there is an American con-
sul"
Rosa nodded, then continued, hest
tatingly: 81 had vivid dream last
night. Perhaps it was portent. Who
knows? 1t was about that stepmother
of mine. You remember how she met
her death? 1 wrote you"
'Yes, and Esteban also told me-
''It was he who recovered her body
from the well. One day. while we
were in hiding. away up yonder in the
Yumuri, he showed me an old COIN"
81 know" O'Reilly said quickly. "He
told me the whole story. He thinks
that doubloon is clue to your fathers
fortune, butt can't put much faith in
1t. In fact. didn't believe until this
moment that there was a doubloon at
ALL
"Oh, indeed there wasl I saw It."
There was a moment of silence dur
Ing which the lovers were Obvious to
all but each other, then Rosa muir
INJURED: Glow strangei Sometimes
your eyes are blue and sometimes gray.
Does that mean that your love. too.
can changer"
Certainly not. But come, what
about Esteban and that doubloon?"
With an effort the girl brought her
self back to earth. "Well, ii occurred
to me. In the light of that dream last
night, that Esteban may have been
right. OF course nobody outside of
our family credits the old. story. and
yet my father was considered a very
rich man at one time. Pancho Cueto
believed In the existence of the treas
ure, and he was In position to know"
Truel Perhaps, after all"
OReilly frowned meditatively.
Rosa lifted herself upon her elbow.
her eyes sparkling. Wouldn't II be
wonderful If 1t were true? Just think.
O'Reilly, cases of Spanish gold, silver
COINS In casks, packages of gems. Oh.
I've heard Isabel talk about 1t often
enough"
Don't forget those pearls from the
caribbean, as large as plums," Johnny
smiled. Il could never quite swallow
that. A pearl the size of a currant |
would buy our freedom right now" |
AFTER moment he went on, more seri- |
ously: I've notion to look into that |
old well this very afternoon. II
dare say I'm foolish, but-somehow
the story doesn't sound so improbable |
as 1t did. Perhaps 1t Is worth inves-
tigadng-" He made ND his mind
swiftly. Tim off this very Instant
When OReIlly emerged from the hut
ne found jacket industriously at work
over fragment of grindstone which
ne had somewhere unearthed. The boy
looked up at his friends approach and
heid out for inspection long, thin file.
which he was slowly shaping into a
knife-blade.
what do you think of that?v be
querted proudly. ut may come in
mandy when we are ready to clear out
OF this pesthole."
Where did you get itY
On stole it. steal everything I
can lay my hands on nowadays. One
can never tell when he may have a
throat to cut, and a file has good steel
In It,"
Since you are such an accom-
pushed thief, do you think you could
steal something for me? OReilly In
CURED. "A piece of roper
Rope" Jacket was puzzled. "Rope
IS only good for hanging spanIards
MY friend In the fish market has q
Voiandra, and-perhaps can rob him
OF halyard." Laying aside his task
Jacket arose and made off In the direc-
non Oh the water front. He was back