The Washington herald., 1919-11-05
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE.

Don Dsteban yarona owned q rich plantation
In Cuba and many slaves The money he
scrumulated be hid away. and only be and
bis wife and . faithful old negro. Sebastian,
knew Of the hiding place. His wife dies In
childbirth. leaung him twins. Esteban and
Rosa Don Estebsn msuies again. a Havana
beauty. Dona Isabel She docs not ucceed In
estting Don Estsban to tell her the hiding
place Of his treasure. but EOads him to drink
and brutality. He vents his rage on he faith
ful slave. and old Sebastian murders his master
and two Of his friends and is himself siain
So perishes the secret Of the hiding place Of
the treasure.
Dons Isabel become, unbalanced from brood
ing and one night. while walking In her slsrD.
falls into m old well and is drowned. Young
Esteoan Is acrused By Pancho Cueto. the
thieving oyerseer Of the plantation, OF having
murdered her. Eteban angrily defends himsen
and threatens to discharge Cueto. who has al
ready stolen their estate bJ simply paying me
taIeA The dseds are hid With the treasure.
Pancho Cueto finds . letter Esteban had Written
To the leader OF the Cuban insunectos. which
he turns over to the government. De Castano'
aged. rich suitor Of Rosea comes to warn
the twins and Offers to shield Rosa by marriage.
Rosa tells him that she 10 engaged to John
ORsily an American. and prefers to dee with
her brother They seek refuge with Asensio
and Esangelina. Sebastians daughter. Mean
the failure Of the Carter intsrests. owing TO
tho revolution; resign his position. and free
himself from his tacit engagement to Cartefs
daughter.
,eR to another man. and be Immediately WHITES
Re-. 10 join him in New York After anxious
weeks he receives q letter from Rosa teihns
him Of the danger she Is IN.
OReiny, frantic with fear for Rosas safetJ.
applies at the New York Office OF the reroiu-
tionits; Is an addition to their forces be knows
thsy Wi smugxle him into Cubz where he can
npha Col IODRZ. friend Of
Tne,e agents make it possible for him to re-
turn to Cuba. but after he lands At Neuynas
he mrst make his own way into the interior
and shift for himself.
Go On with the story.
CHAPTER vI-CONTINUED.
Although there were but few pas
sougers on the Durham Castle. they
were subjected to a long delay during
which suspicious customs men search-
ed their baggage and questioned them.
Finally, however, O'Reilly found him
self free to go ashore. He had passed
the ordeal handily. and now ne was
eager to reach some lodging-place
where he could remove that revolver
which knocked against his leg SO
awkwarly at every step. Once on the
dock. he gave his bag to a negro and
led the way toward the street. AT
the last moment. however. just as
he was about to plant his feet upon
solid earth, he was halted by two men
who rose from a bench where they
had been idling. They carried the
tasseled canes Of the secret service,
and O'Reilly felt his heart jump.
With q murmured apology. one OF
them relieved the negro of the valise
while the other began to search
O'Reilly's person for concealed weap-
ons. He began at Johnnie's shoulders
and patted one pocket after another.
tanning him in the fashion ap-
proved of policemen. Now, too late,
the American regretted his refusal to
heed the mates warning. 1t seemed
certain that he was in for trouble,
but he drew his heels together and
stood with the revolver pressed be-
tween his legs, praying that those ex-
ploratory palms would not encounter
it. When the officer had slapped every
pocket, ending at the hips. he nodded;
his companion snapped shut the valise.
and handed 1t back to the porter.
O'Reilly paused a moment or two
later to wipe the abundant perspira-
tion from his face; even yet his pulse
was pounding critically. He hoped
the future held>no more surprises or
this sort, for he feared that his nerve
might fail him.
Ell Gran Hotel Europea, Neuvita's
leading hostelry, belied its name 1t
was far from large. and certainly 1t
was anything but European. except.
perhaps, in its proprietor's extrava-
CANT and un-American desire to please,
at any cost. The building was old
and dirty. the open cafe, fronting
upon the sidewalk of the main street,
was full of flies, and dust from the
unclean roadway lay thick upon its
stone-topped tables. moreover. a rec
ognizable odor of decay issued from
the patio-or perhaps from the kitchen !
behind It. After O'Reilly's first meal |
he was sure it came from the latter |
place; even suspected that the odor |
fattered actual conditions. But 1t was !
the best hotel the place afforded. and
Senior Carbajal was the most atten-
tive of hosts.
He was a globular. unctuous little !
man. this Carbajal; he reminded
of a drop of oil. He evinced
an unusual interest in the affairs OF
MS American guest, and soon 9evel- |
oped a habit Of popping into the lat
ter's room at unexpected moments os- |
tensibly to see that all was as II
should be. Now. there was very little
in the room to need attention-only a
bed with a cheesecloth mosquito-net, a
wash-stand. and a towering. smelly
of Spanish architecture,
which looked as IL It might have o
dark and sinister history. When, for
the third time. he appeared without
knocking. o'Reilly suspected some-
thing.
"You have everything eh7" Mr..
feet while his small black eyes roved
Carbajal teetered upon the balls Of his |
'eet while his small black eyes roved |
Everything in abundance"
There Is water, chr The propri- |
etor peered dutifully into the pitcher,
Incidentally taking stock OF o'Reilly's
toilet articles.
"One' never knows. These servants |
are so lazy. But-your otner baggage,
vour trunk?"