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Show ' TT I : j) SOUTH CACHE COURIER- HYRUM, UTAH - i End Rainbows A i ( t she was forced to smile. Hes fat, I my own pockets now these , know, she admitted, and he makes years" d0 funny noises when he breathes ; but he JVlmt 7aXZl mean? Is richer than Croesus, and I adore them. The receipts are la rich men. my name. I hate.era! announced OReilly. Heaven! Such perfidy! And Then for a second time he took Rosas who knew him The deeds have been lost dimpled hand, saying, earnestly: Im sure you know now why I make love long that the property would hat 80 so badly, dear. Its ray Irish con- verted to the crown had it I science. And youll wait until I come forme. You doubt that, eh? Weiu Author of THE IRON TRAIL. THE SPOILERS, back, won't you? peal to the court and you will she be Will it is true Now, then, let us be Etc. THE very long? gone OP you SUNSET, HEART asked. Inasmuch as were both In (Copyright, by Harper and Brothers) OReilly looked deeply now Into the same fix, hadnt we better rJi. continue dark eyes turned to his, and found that our present arrangements? ne, In them unblinkingly at his listener nw at last there was no coquetry cluded. I believe Its her evil con- anywhere nothing but a lonesome, mean It! Is It not better for science. OREILLY MAKES LOVE BADLY, BUT WELL ENOUGH TO yearning and with a glad, In- be content with what my generoj! hungry OReilly scanned the speaker silent- coherent exclamation he held out his prompts me to give, rather than ! ly for a moment ; then he said, with a arms. Rosa Varona crept Into them; rain for too, h. WIN THE HEART OF ROSA. gravity unusual In hitn, I wonder if then with a sigh she upturned her lips much? you know that youre suspected of The outrage! I warrant to his. i for the lnsurrecto cause. working she said. rich through your stenlinJ' wait grown forever, Ill wealth Synopsis. Don Esteban Varona, a Cuban planter, hides his Indeed? I didnt know. Isabels voice had gone flat with con- money, jewels and title deeds in a well on Ills estate. The hiding Well, its a fact. O'Reilly heard CHAPTER IV. sternation. place is known only to Sebastian, a slave. Don Estebans wife dies at Rosa gasp faintly. Is It true? he Rich? Well, not exactly, but corn- the birth of twins, , Esteban and Rosa. Don Esteban marries-thasked. Retribution. well off. avaricious Donna Isabel, who tries unsuccessfully to wring the secret fortably Cueto I am a Cuban. of the hidden treasure from Sebastian. Angered at his refusal, she Although for a long time Donna Isa- smiled again. No doubt my franSi! Cuban? Your people were Spanbel had been sure In her own mind that Is a shock to you. You are angry Tt urges Don Esteban to sell Evangelina, Sebastians daughter. Don ish. Pancho Cueto, her admlnlstrador, was my proposition, eh? Never mind You Esteban refuses, but in the course of a gambling orgle, he risks True, But no Spaniard ever raised robbing her, she had never mustered will think better of it in time, if m Evangelina at cards and loses. Crazed by the loss of his daughter, a Spanish child In Cuba. We are Sebastian kills Don Esteban and Is himself killed. Many years pass courage to call him to a reckoning. are a sensible woman. But now, since 1 1. Rosa and go everywhere, and Castanos blunt accu- at last we enjoy such confidential rand Donna Isabel Is unable to find the hidden treasure. Don Mario, the Spanish officers talk plainly be- Nevertheless, De with her own urgent elations, let us have no more of these rich sugar merchant, seeks to marry Rosa, who has returned from sation, coupled fore me. Somebody must be the eyes fix her resolution, and miserable suspicions of each to served school in the United States. needs, other and the ears for Colonel Lopez. Colonel Lopez ! exclaimed OReilly. on the day after, the merchants visit Let us entirely forget this unpleasant she sent for the overseer, who at the misunderstanding and be the same Esteban nodded. sweetest Continued. III CHAPTER flower on all the Quinta de Rosas face, as she looked at the two time was living on one of the plan- good friends as before. Having said this, Pancho Cueto stood Esteban, and since this somewhat hack- men, was white and worried. For a tations. Cueto was plainly curious to learn silent a moment in polite ! "Good I to leave, neyed remark was the boldest Don Mario rose time sat the silent ; then three of them expectancy speech for the exertion of his ride had made he had ever made to her, she blushed the American said, slowly, Youll be why he had been sent for, but since then receiving no intelligible reply, he he asked no questions, his employer bowed low and left the room. You may name your own prettily, flashing him a dimpled smile shot if youre caught. him thirsty. herwill To the avaricious Donna Isabel CuI me and pay reward for helping Some one must run chances, Este- was forced to open the subject t(mnSled pleasure and surprise. self. Through dry, white lips she be- etos frank Oh, but I assure you Im In no ban averred. It the day Rosa marries me. Now kindWere fighting tyranny; acknowledgment of theft was maddening, and the realization ly advise her of my intentions and tell sweet temper, said she. Just now Im all Cuba Is ablaze. I must do my part. gan: My dear Pancho, times are hard. The that she was her I shall come to see her soon. tremendously angry But sooner or later youll be dishelpless, nay, dependent Panso Why?! his charity for her living, fairly covered then what? persisted OReil- plantations are falling, and upon to set his crucified cho Cuetos eyes were close Its that stepmother Isabel. If she ly. It was quite true that Johnnie her proud spirit. his face was long and thin and nose, his as dreamed or The All day she brooded, and by the time that I see Esteban Who OReilly, knows? OReilly you as often as I shrugged. harsh; he regarded the speaker with evening came she had worked herself Well friends called him had little in the do Rosa lifted her elo- Therell be time enough when such a sinister, unblinking stare that Into such offer to any hands of quent What of Rosa? and eyes heavenward. "I a state of nerves that she way worldly advantage and so finish: of suppose thats why I enjoy doing It I At this question the brother stirred she could scarcely could no eat girl, and it was precisely because during to can afford no longer retain you the course dinner. Some atime this fact that he had accepted a posi- so dearly love to spite her. wild idea of the evening uneasily and dropped his eyes. OReil- as admlnlstrador. I see ! tion here In Cuba, where, from the very You came to Isabel. Knowing that the maOReilly puckered his ly laid a hand upon his arm. Times will improve, he said. nature of things, promotion was likely brows and nodded. But why. In that have no right to jeopardize her safety. nager would spend the night beneath I tell you Im bank- her Impossible! to be more rapid than in the New York ease, havent you seen me oftener? We Without you, to whom could she turn? roof, she planned to kill him. At office of his firm. might just as well have made the The girl flashed her admirer a grateful rupt. first it seemed a simple thing to So? Then, the remedy Is simple A dancing eye speaks every lan- good ladys life totally unbearable. glance. a matter of a dagger or a pia part of your land. sell Silly ! She knows nothing about one for would see guage ; a singing heart gathers its own thal Senor, you stol, while he slept but further thought it. With a flirtatious sigh Rosa add- she audience. Before the young Although this suggestion came natu revealed appalling risks and difficurally had more than a bowing ac- ed : Thats what robs the affair of Its enough, Donna Isabel turned cold, lties, and she decided to wait. Poison But Im going away. OReilly quaintance with the commonest Span- chief pleasure. Since it does not bother felt rather than saw Rosa start, for and felt, her smile stiffen Into a gri- was far safer.' ish verbs he had a calling acquaint- her. in the least, I think I will not al tils face was averted. I came here to mace. She wondered if Cueto could be Constant brooding over the treasure Sell the ance with some of the most exclusive low you to come any more. tell you both good-by- . I may be gone feeling her out deliberately. had long since affected Donna Isabels After judicious consideration, OReil- for some time. I I dont know when Varona lands? she queried, after a people of Matanzas. He had adjusted brain, and as a consequence she often Eshimself serenely to his surroundings ly pretended to agree. momentary struggle with herself. I can get back. dreamed about it. She dreamed about from No. Theres no Tun in wreaking a horwhen Rosa Varona returned Im sorry, Esteban told him, with teban would rise from his grave. It again tonight, and, strangely enough, school, but with ,her coming, away rible revenge, when your enemy Isnt genuine regret. "We have grown very It was his wish that the plantations her dreams were pleasant. Sebastian contentwise to It, he acknowledged. went all his complacency. His Since fond of you. But you will come back go to his children intact. for once he neither but ment vanished ; he experienced a total Its your idea to irritate your stepmoth- before long, eh? Youre one of us. In And his wish Is sacred to you, eh? appeared, nor cursed threatened her; and Estethe meantime Ill remember what you Cueto nodded his approval, although ban when he change in his opinions, his hopes, and er, perhaps It would annoy her if was came, again the made love directly to her. his ambitions. An adhis smile was disconcerting. and at least Ill be careful. say, By In lover who had her courted Rosa tittered, and then Inquired, no means wanting In tact, Esteban rose mirable sentiment ! It does you honor He discovered, for example, that Mawas delightful. It amazing, tanzas wastiy no means the naively, Can you make love, senor? briskly and, after shaking hands with But speaking on this subject, I am reCan I? Its the one ability an OReilly, left the two lovers to say fare- minded of that dispute with Jose Oroz Esteban and she were walking through place he had considered it ; on the he was over the boundary to La Joya. I have the grounds of the quinta and contrary, after meeting Rosa once by OReilly Inherits. Listen to this now. well as best suited them. telling her about his casks of Spanish accident, twice by design, and three Reaching forth, he took Rosas fingers But for once OReillys ready tongue promised to show him the original bound times by mutual arrangement, it had In his: Wait he cried as she resist- was silent. The laughter was gone deed to La Joya and to furnish him sovereigns, about those boxes osilver with and the about iron, the was gold ed. Pretend that youre Mrs. Varona, from his blue eyes when he turned to with the proofs about the boundary dawned upon him that this the and rnaments of heavenly beauty chief city of Cuba, if not, perhaps, the your own stepmother, and that this is the girl ' at his side. line. That would be better than as large as plums. As he talked pearls hub around which the whole world re- her dimpled hand Im holding. it? wouldnt You say you are away? Rosa lawsuit, Isabel felt herself grow hot and cold Oh-volved ; certainly it was the most The girl allowed his grasp Inquired, breathlessly.going"But why? Decidedly! But I will settle with with conto remain. anticipation ; she experienced But Isabels hand isnt agreeable of all cities, since it Im because of this him myself. going partly of delight. spasms was necessary tained everything that dimpled: its thin and bony. Ive felt war and Cueto lifted an admonitory hand, his partly because of something Then of a sudden Isabels whole for mans happiness. Yet, despite the It on my ears often enough. to tell you yesterday, but face alight with the faintest glimmer dream-worlI tried else, was dissolved. She awoke, or Dont Interrupt, he told her. thrill of his awakening, OReilly couldnt. When the revolution start- of Ironic mirth. I couldnt trust you not at all pleased with himself, for, as tel, my little darling at hearing her name she did, ed everybody thought It was merely to the mercies of that rascal, he said thought shouted. she underwent But it happened, there was another girl Isabel! exclaimed a voice, nnd a local although No, I shall go on as I am, uprising, and I wrote my com piously, the mental and the physical shock of back home, and during his first year the lovers started guiltily apart. They to a I sacrifice at even love of loneliness he had written to her turned to find Esteban, Rosas twin pany to that effect; but, bless you, It Don Estebans childrenmyself. as my very being startled from slumber, although has spread like fire, and now the whole more freely and more frequently than brother, staring at them oddly. she felt the first swift fright of a perIsa eastern senora end of the Island Is ablaze. own; and you, a had his a as on man such son aroused to strange surroundings, bel? he salary any repeated. Whats this? Isabel knew that she must win Business has stopped, and' my employshe knew on the Instant that she must You interrupted our theatricals, right to do. Inasmuch as her father was .ORei- was rehearsing an impassioned pro- ers have ordered me home to find out complete victory at once or accept ir- still be asleep; for everything about retrievable defeat. whats happened to their profits. her was dim and dark, the air w'as cold llys company it may be seen that posal to your beloved stepmother, she interrupted, with Never You said there was something g seriously OReilly explained, with a pretense of Rosa Varonas and damp, wet grass rose to her knees. ' I cant accept your tone of finality. else Before she could half realize her cocomplicated matters, not only from a annoyance. hesitation became an em- sacrifice. I am not worthy. Kindly ndition she ' felt herself plunged Into OReillys sentimental, but from a business standSenor Yes, OReilly believes he can barrassed silence. He tried to laugh arrange to turn over your books of ac space. She heard herself scream point. . infuriate Isabel by laying siege to her, it off. count at once. he mood that a in It was thoughtful Hes a foolish person fearfully, and knew, too late, Rosas There Is; otherwise Id stay right Then Pancho Cueto did an unex hoarsely, rode up La Cumbre toward the Quinta cheeks were she that was indeed awake. flushed and her here and tell my faintly de Esteban, late on the afternoon of color penurious friends to pected thing: he laughed shortly and A sudden, blinding chaos at the amusement deepened in whistle for their profits. It seems Im shook his head. Dan Marios visit. Instead of going di Estebans Nothing crash sounds of and He makes love cursed with a fatal eyes. lights Donna Isabel was ready to faint and more beauty. You may rectly to the house, as the merchant wretchedly, have noticed It? No? .Well, perhaps her voice quavered as she went on had done, O'Reilly turned off from the What little I overheard wasnt Jaad, a magnificent business ability that Understand me, we road and, after tethering his horse in part the best of declared ; then , he took its Esteban Varona sat until a late hour I have. Anyhow, the president of my friends despite all I have heard a cluster of guava bushes, proceeded Esteban against hand. that OReillys night over a letter which required on foot. He did not like Donna Isabel company has a notion that Id make you. I do not believe these stories was a Esteban the handsome utmost care in its composition. It Morehim.a like Isabel boy, him Donna nor did good for you probably have en- was tell, people and slim written upon the thinnest of Pa manly, and his re I Oh! cried Rosa. over, he had a particular reason for straight, emies. Eyen if all they said were to Rosa semblance was and when it was finished the per, And at her tone OReilly hurried on startling, avoiding her today. I should force myself to be lenitrue, a look in With its frank di writer inclosed it In an envelope of the engaging These rich men have the most ab- ent because of your affection for Just inside the Varona premises he my : he said Rosa told me same rectness, material. Esteban put the letter about surd ideas. I suppose Ill have paused an instant to admire the outhusband. here I and in came his meetings your an excel are commanded Then in senor? The pocket without addressing he love, look. you quinta The man rose, still smiling. It Is himself out into the night, The young man, nodded vigorously, who have been lent view of the Yumurl, on the one apologize for our stepmothers discourold said he. lenient, we Im cant sorry tesy. invite took the on town am sweetest harbor you and Indeed I with the path that led, to the hand, and of the girl . Eh? , Speak by our plainly. but into close you house, understand? in Cuba. Thats the whole trouble, sunken garden. He passed the other ; no one ever climbed the hill I have I not only are Rosa and like Gladly. that long we suspected mouth, are the Its over her; and into that well, from the city to gaze gaping Thats why Im hurrying home to re Don Esteban hid the deeds of his prop half protected by the broken Not daring to hidden valley without feeling a pleas quite liberal in our views; we are al- sign before Im fired. with the rest of his valuables, and him that he had promised urable surprise at finding it still there most Americans, as you see. I dare look too long or too deeply Into Rosa erty Rosa to cover it with planks. In lts We are accustomed to think of perfect say thats what makes Isabel hate Varonas eyes until she had taken in now that you admit Americans so bitterly. Donna Isabel recoiled sharply. Ad present condition it was a menace to the whole truth, he waited, staring at beauty as unsubstantial, evanescent who mit! her Are Wouldnt it to mad? Deeds! know and never you in Yumurl please What sort that of it come the has his feet. Im but changed, animals, if not to human beings glad Cubanized are as fast as to a Im becoming you talking about? Her eyes met were unaware of its presence. and I can speak out. that lay Its supremest wonder. Im hoping shell miss me. After a his bravely enough, but she could feel Through what had once been well ever I can? ventured the caller. her lips trembling loosely. Oh, she hates Cubans, too ! laughed moment he ventured, Will she er . tended grounds, O'Reilly made his way brother. Shes Spanish, the in of sunken sort to a will you, Rosa? garden which, Estebans support of the Casting aside all pretense, the overit's : fortunate remained still the of see seer Well, you didnt exclaimed cause brings disaster to Rosa Por her el Miss neglect, I? amor lifted de Dios you? her spite most charming nook upon the place today. Br-- r ! What a temper ! Shell brows in pretended amazement. himself and Rosa. The next inI know why you sent You An end to this and there he sat down to wait for Rosa, walk In her sleep tonight, if ever. are amusing, of course, but I wont for me. You think I have been rob stallment tells of their plight. Rosa nodded soberly, and OReilly, have much time to think about you, bing you. Well, to be honest, so The hollow was effectually screened from view by a growth of plantain, suppressing some light reply that had for I am so soon to be married. have. ' Why should I toil as I do while (TO BE CONTINUED.) palm, orange, and tamarind trees ; over sprung to his lips, inquired, curiously, ' Married? What? Nonsensfe!" you and those twins live here In luxWhat do you mean by that? the rocky walls ran a profusion Do Indeed you think Im so ugly ury and Idleness, squandering money Wanted to Know. Brother and sister joined in explain- nobody would have me? The richest to which you have no right? flowering plants and vines; in the cen Archies parents are divorced ter of the open space was an old well. ing that Donna Isabel was given to pe- man In Matanzas has asked for my Have I lost my reason? gasped the fellow little the Its masonry - curb all but cumnbled culiar actions, especially after periods hand this very afternoon. spends part of the widow. No right? and part with his father with his time of excitement or anger, and that one of away. Who? Mario de Castano? no better right than I. At least mother. The other day he said to his When Rosa at .last appeared, OReilly her eccentricities had taken the form Yes. Dont you understand? You have no. nurse: When I' die will I go sis l'dt called upon to tell her, somewhat of 6'omnnmbulistic wanderings. Oh, OReilly laughed with relief, and title to these plantations! They are months to one place and six months dizzily, that she was beyond doubt the shes crazy enough, Esteban con though, Rosa tiled to look offended, mine, for I have paid the taxes out of to the other? Boston Transcript. imvi wwvwiwMittwwwnMi hi NOVEL 1 by REX BEACH Z k . . si i! Cu-san- n i s, . H iC i V I d If fc '. do-m- Irish-Americ- 1 i if i. tr 1 , -- 3 V; ft V, fI rs h ! d J 1 home-comin- - .... Then-whir- ling 1 - , son-in-la- to' coping-reminde- show-dow- you-know- n . 1 . 1 , |