Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-12-24
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solid tlmherS. anu mas TWO huge h"iu-
wrought locks"
Locks, Then we have found IT,"
Rosa closed her eyes; she swayed mo-
mentarlly. "EStehan was right locks
indeed That means something 10
hide. Oh. If I could only help you u"
Heavens. II only had some
thing anything. to work With" NUT
tered the American as he tell 10 with
redoubed energy. He no longer tried
to conserve his strength, for the
treasure seekers lust heSet him. Rosa
looked on. wriuglng her hands and urg-
INK him 10 greater haste.
But the low, thick door was built q
some nard, native wood il was wei
ana tough and slippery. oReiiiy's
blows made no impression upon it, nor
upon 'Le heavy haspS and staples with
which 1t wus secured-in place. The
latter were decgly rusJed 20 he sure.
but theY withstood his Efforts. and he
was finally forced 10 rest. hafIled, en-
RACED. half hySteeical from weakness
and fatieCe.
Daylight was at hand once more, but
he refused TO give up, and worked on
stubboynly furiouSly until Rosa, in
an agony, hesoucht him To deSist.
Johnnie again collapsed GA the grass
and lay painting while the other two
replaced the planks.
another hour and Ia have been into
It." he declared huskily.
You viii skill Yourself" Jacket told
him.
Rosa bent over HIN with shlans
eyes and parted lips Eyes" said Size
BE patient. We will come back,
OReilly. and tonight We shall be rich"
Colonel Cobo 1T a black cigarette,
leaned back in his chair, and eIhaled
two fierce jets Of smoke through his
nostrils. For fun moment he scowled
forbiddingly ut the sergeant who had
asked 10 see him.
whats this you are telling me?"
he inquired finally.
The sergeant. a mean-faced, low
proved man. stirred uneasly.
at is Coos truth. There are spirits
on La Cumbre, and I wish to see the
priest about it,
"Spirits? What kind of sprits?'
The fellow shrugged. civil spirits
spirits from he'll. The men are buying
charms"
"Eah! I took you TO be a sensible
person."
you don't believe me? Wen. J
didn't believe them when they told ms
about it. But l saw with my owl
eyes"
Cobo leaned forward, mildly aston
ishcd. OF al his vllainous troop hi,
man was the last one he had credited
with imagination Of this sort. "Whal
did you see?"
a ghost, my colonel, nothing else
La Cumbre is no place for an homes,
Christian"
The colonel burst into mocking
laugh. "An honest Christian You
OF all my vile runians, you are The
vilest. Why, you're thief. liar and
an assassin! You are lying to me now
Come-the truth for once, before I give
you the componte."
LAS God is my Judge, I'm teliirig you
the truth" protested the soldier. "Floa
mo if you Will-rather the compont5
tlNan another night in those trenches
You know that cid quinta?"
where IanchO Cueto made goat
Of himself? Perfectly. DO YOU mean
10 say that you saw old Estcban Va,
roma walking with his head in his
hands,
40. but I saw that she-devil who
fell in the well and broke her neck"
"Eh? When cid YOU behold this
this marvelf'
1.-TWO nights ago. She was there he
side the wen and her face shone
through the night like a lantern. There
WAS fire upen It, She came ana went
like a moth IN the lamplight l tell
YOU | rcpented Of my sins Some Of
The men laughed at me when I told
them. - they had laughed at the 9th
ers. But last night two OF the doubt
ers went UP there
"Exactly And they saw nothing"
lbAt pAiAtif liS N'4vliNis 4 iitE
came back in cold sweat and they
spent the night on their knees The
woman was there again. You have
seen the salt sea at night? Well. heI
face was aglow like that. so they said
They heard the clankine Of chains. too
and the sound of hammers. coming
from the very bowels Of the earth. II
is all plain enough. when you know
the story. But It is terrifying"
This is indeed amazing" Coho &C
bnowledged, but Of course there *
some simple explanation Spirits, if
indeed there are such things, are made
OF nothing they are like thin air
How, then. could they rattle chainsi
You probably saw some wretohcd pa.
ciacos in search of food and imagined
the rest"
Indeed Then V hat did hear with
these very ears? Whispers murmurs,
groans. and the clinkety-clink OF old
Sebastian's chisel. For his sins that
old slave is chained in some cavern Of