Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-10-16

distendcd yellow eyes, of fiat, distort'
ed features; then Asensio was fairly
upon Colonel Cobo. The colonel, who
had dropped his burden, now tried &c
dodge. AsenSio slaShed once at him
with his long, murderous machete
but the next instant he was engaged
with a trooper who had fired almost
in his face.
Cobo's men, led by the terrified Pan
cho Cueto, turned and fled for cover,
believing themselves in danger of an
nihilation. Nor was the colonel him
self in any condition to rally them,
for Asensio's blade had cloven one
full dark cheek to the bone. and the
shock and pain had unnerved him.
The field was small, the jungle was
close at hand. A moment and the in
terlopers had vanished into 1t, all but
one, who lay kicking among the broad
malanga leaves, and over whom Asen'
sio kept squirting his terrified horse
hacking downward with insane fury.
This was the first hand-to-hand en-
counter Esteban's men had had, and
their swift victory rendered them Zero
cions. Flinging their guns aside, they
went crashing into the brush ON the
trail of their enemies.
Rosa found herself in her brothers
arms, sobbing out the story of the out
rage and quiyering at every sound OF
the chase. He was caressing her. ana
telling her to have no further fears {;
| both of them were fairly hysterical.
ENangelina, thanks to her thick Skull
was rot dead. In the course of time
under Rosa's and Esteban's ministra.
lions she regained her senses, and
| when the other men returned they
| found her lying sick and dazed, but
otherwise quite whole.
Then. there beside the ruins of the
! hut was strange scene of rejoicing
! Asensio recovered now from his burst
! of savagery, was fearful, compassion
ate; his comrades laughed and chat
| tered and Dragged about their prodig
ious deeds of valor. Over and over
/ they recountea their versions of the
| encounter. each more fanciful than the
other until it seemed that they must
have left the forest filed with corpses
Esteban was grave. He had heard
! of Colonel Cobo, and, remembering
/ that denlm-clad figure out yonder IL
the trampled garden, he knew thai sc
rio,s consequences would follow. The
volunteers were revengeful; theil
| colonel was not the sort of man tt
! forgive a deep humiliation. Doubt
less he would put q price upon the
heads of all OF them, and certainly he
would never allow them another en-
counter upon anywhere like ever
terms. Then, too, the narrowness o.
| RoSa's escape caused the boys hear
to dissolve with terror.
After a conference with Asensio HI
decided that they must prepare foi
| fight. and late that afternoon they al
set out to seek a safer refuge, Evange
| lima in tears at leaving her precious
garden plot. Their led horse, enc o
those Lorenzo had captured, carried
pitifully light burden-only SONS
tools, some pans and kettles, and rol
of charred bedclothes.
Johnnie o'Reilly had no difficulty ii
! locating the residence of Ignaeio Alva
RADIO, but to communicate with hin
was quite another matter. inasmucl
as his every step was logged by tina
persistent shadow from Nueyitas.
One evening, several days after hi
arrival, a sudden rain storm drovl
O'Rcilly indoors, and as he ascendes
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