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Show THE PAYSON IAN, PAYSON, UTAH rr what iTwaut," Rainbows End BY REX BEACH Author of The Iron Trail, "The Spoiler" "Heart of (he Sunset," etc. by Harper and her , ..A NOVEL. Copyright o Reilly told' him. Im glad to it, for tint !"d .v,is nearly tl.e death of me. I ii..le my baeU wieiuhtng at it and the llhuii win) ID. Led tlie ie.use limy a had lightning rpht him! he inn alter me until I ne.iily expired. If my new knife had been slnup I v i:M tone turned and till him home Willi it In Dwell his nli'l. Tulin mow I shall put an edge on it. Relieve me, 1 ran ntil'l my lungs burst." i.iDle food remain'd in (lie but. lain ly enough tor Aseiisid and tlie wo. i. eii, and inasmuch as O'Reilly had s; id ins last e, tnawi fur caudle' lie and IkJacket wete forced to no hungrv ulu in. l.ale that evening, after (lie priw.'i ip, iirters bad grown the three treasure liimtei.s stole quilt, out of their hovel and wound vp tlie hill. In spite of their excitement they wont slowly, for none of them had tlie strength to hurry, l'nrtnnutelj there vvue few prowlers within the lines, hunger having robbed the ivivnceutra-do- s of the spirit t i venture forili, and iu consequence Spanish vigilance had relaxed; ir was now confined to the girdle ot iiilreiielimeiits wliiili encircled the city. The irio encounHump'll! Brothers SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I -- Don Entehun Varnna, a Cuban planter, pObHcs.ht-'- i a gieat U ensure hoard. This wealth 1ms been t.hhh-- in M. well on tlie estate by Sebastian, a slave, and only he and Ins muster know the secret cache Don Esteban's wile dies at the birth of twins. Esteban and Kcsa. Hon Esteban mat ties t lie a ainious lioiina Isabel, who knows theie is hidden Measure and tries to wring the se ret hum .Sebastian, Vheiithe slave refuses she tries to huit lilm by hating 1C angelica, Ins daughter, whom he lines dearly and who Is the special servant of the (wins, sold CHAPTER 11 Through Donna Isabel's scheming Don Esteban risks Evangelina at cards and loses iiazt-- by he loss of his daughter, Sebastian kills lion Esteban and himself. CHAPTER III Many years Donna Isabel searched for the hidden wealth of the man she had man iel A few years later he seeks to marry Rosa to the rieh Don Mario, but Rosa Is pt utilised to O' Reilly, the American, and awaits Ids tciiirn from New York, w lienee lie has gone to break off hlti engagement to his employer's daughter. Esteban Is secretly aiding the Insurrectos. - CHAPTER IV Donna Isabel Is at the mercy of Rancho t'm to. her unscrupulous administrator, wlm knows the deeds to the plantation are lost with the treasure. One night she walks in her sleep and meets her death in the treasure well Esteban and Rosa are forced to floe wher. Cueto denounces them as rebels. CHAPTER writes to O'Reilly f their plight and urges him to come far-'lun- g ter d no one. heaving Jacket on guard at ihe crest of tlie hill. O'Reilly stationed Rosa at the mouth of Ihe well, then' lowered himself once more into il. Righting his candle, lie made a cal ef nl examination of tiie place, vvilh the result that Esteban's Iheoiy of the missing riches seemed even less improhnhle than it had earlier in the day. The masonry work, he discovered, hud been done vvilh a painstaking thoroughness wL'ch spoke of the abundance of slave labor, and lime had barely begun to affiet It. Here and there a piece of the mortar hud loosened and come away, hill for the most part it stood as solid ns tin stones between which to OReilly il was laid. Shoulder-higthere appeared to be a section of the curbing less smoothly fitted than the rest, and through an iniersiiee in Ibis lie delected what seemed to lie a (lamp wo. nien At tliis point he beam. brought hi i run bar into plav. .and save her. Il was not long before lie discovered CHAPTER VI O'Reilly soon lands In lliui ids work was cut mil for him. Cuba, but finds he will have h trd woik Tin cement was'fike flint uml Ids blunt 4o reach Rosa, as communication with ithe Insurrectos Is difficult and dangermakeshift implement was almost Useous. in the less against it. Ankle-deeCHAPTER VII O'Reilly meets water, lie patiently peeked and muddy Branch, newspaper man. who is a victim to of tuberculosis, and they plan a way to pounded and chipped, emTeuvoiiiig Join the Insurrectos together. enlarge tin crevice so us to use his CHAPTER VIII-I- n the meantime Cueto bur as a lever. The sweat streamed Ppanlsh colonel of from him and he became dismayed at plans to lead Coho, a for his cruelty, to his own weakness. He was forced to Volunteers, execrated the hiding plate of tslehan and Rosa. CHAPTER IX Coho and his men cap rest frequently. Rosa hung over Hie orifice above, enJure Rosia, but she is immediately res cued by Esteban, and Cobo Is Injured In us to the fight. OReilly plans to reach the In- couraging him, inquiring eagerly surrectos by the aid of Doctor Alvarado, his progress. Hilling ids frequent a friend of the Cuban cause. ' CHAPTER X OReilly Is about to reach the Insurrectos. but his plans misBranch are arcarry. He and rested and sent back to America. Este ,ban tells Rosa of the coming of General jWeyler to pacify the island. CHAPTER XI Esteban raids Cuetos ;home and kills him, but Ppanlsh troop1 !come up and Esteban escapes badly wounded. He does not reach home. With Evangelina anil .Esteban missing, Rosa. with whom Rosa (her husband. Asensio, Ihas been staying, give up hope and gt ilnto a Spanish concentration tamp. : CHAPTER XII In New York ORetlh -- osa p ! plans a filibustering expedition to Cub' and is offered assist a nee by N'nrinr tri'l vho insists on 'Evans, a financing the venture and going along as ia nurse. Soon the expedition starts foi Cuba In a small tramp steamer. i ' CHAPTER XIII The filibusters land in 'Cuba and OReilly learns of Esteban and ,Rosa. Norine begins her duties as nurse Rose, In Matanzas, visits her old home, which is in ruins. CHAPTER XIV In a raid EMeban .dangerously ill, Is rescued from a Spanish .prison by OReilly and the Cubans. tells O'Reilly CHAPTER he believes the treasure Is hidden In the O'Reilly learns well on the plantation. the town In which Rosa Is held prisoner nd determines to go to her. XV-Este- ban ( Continued from last week.) What? Wooden beams, timbers of some It sort, behind the stone curbing. was plain Rosa did not comprehend, At first I noticed so he hurried on. nothing unusual, except that Hie bottom of the well Is nearly dry filled up, you know, with debris and stuff that has fallen In from ihe curbing above, then I saw that although the well is dug through rock, nevertheless it is entirely curbed up with stones laid In mortar. That struck me as queer. "Yes?" I noticed, ton, in one place Hint there was wood behind as if limbers had been placed there to cover the entrance to a cave. You know (his Cuban rock is full of caverns. Rosa clasped her hands, she began You have found It. to tremble. O'Reilly. You have! she whispered. No. no. I've found nothing yet. Rut I've sent Jacket for a pick or a bar and tonight I'm going to pull down those stones and see what is behind them. To night? You must let me go. too. I want to help. Rut meanwhile you Very well. mustn't let your hopes rise too high, for there is every chnnce that you will And dont mention he disappointed. It to Evangelina. Now, then. Ive a few pennies left iid T'm going to buy pome ca'ndles." Rosa embraced her lover impulsiveSomething tells me it is true! ly. Something tells me you are going to save us all." Evangelina in the far corner of the hut muttered to her husband: Such They are like purrakects, forever kissing and cooing! Jacket returned at dusk, and with iron him he brought n rusty three-foo- t a window gratof part bar, evidently ing. The boy was tired, disgusted, and A pickax! A crowin a vile temper. One might eh cursed quentl.v. he bar! ns well try to steal a cannon out of San Severino. I'm ready to do anything within reason, but Why, this will do nicely I it is just love-bird- It Begins to Look as If There Really Was a Bulkhead. breathing spells lie could discern her white face dimly illumined by tlie candle light from below. After lie had worked for an hour or two, he made a repiwt: It begins to I. .ok as if there really was a bulkhead oi' a door in there." The girl clapped her hands and laughed with delight. Ho hurry, dear; I'm djing of suspense. O'Reilly groaned: That fellow, Sebastian, knew Ids business. This cement is like steel, and I'm afraid of breaking my crowbar." Rosa found a leaf, folded a kiss into ir, and dropped it to him. That will she declared. you strength, give OReilly lost all count of time after a while and he was incredulous when Jacket came to warn him that daylight was less than an hour away. Why, I lie protested, haven't started! lie discovered, much to his surprise, that he wjis ready to drop from fatigue and that his hands were torn and blistered; when lie had climbed the rope to the upper nir he fell exhausted In I I'm not myself at Hie deep grass. all, he apologized; "nothing to eat, you know. Rut the work will go faster now, for I've made a beginning. Ho you still think "Rosa hesitated to voice the question which trembled on licr lips. I'll know for sure tonight. lie directed Jacket to replace the planks over tlie well; then the three of them stole away, O'Reilly spent most of that day in a profound stupor of exhaustion, while Ilosa watched anxiously over him. Ja ket, it seemed, had peacefully slumbered on piiLet duty, so he oocu- 1 led himself by grinding away at his p knife. Tlie last sirups of food ured that evening. When night fell and it came time to return to the top of l.a Cun. lire, O'Reilly asked himself if Ids strength would prove sulhelent for the task la hand. He was spiritless, sore, weal;;! lie ached in every bone and muscle, and it required all his determination tii propel himself up Hie bill, lie won- dered if lie were wise thus to siicriThe his waning energies on a hope so forlorn as tills, hut by now lie had began to more than half believe in Hie existence of tlie Yuroiia treasure and lie fell an almost irresisiilde curiosity to learn what secret, if any. was concealed belimbers at Hie hind those water-soakebottom of tile well. He realized, of couise, that every hour lie remaineo here, now that food ami money were gone, lessened tlie chances of escape; but, on tlie other band, lie reasoned, with equal force, that if lie hud Indeed stumbled upon tlie missing hoard salvation for all of them was assured. The stake, it seemed to him, was worth the hazard. t liven tempered tools to work with, it would have been no great undertaking to tear down that cemented wall of sISnes, Hut armed vvitii nothing except Ids Imre bunds and that soft iron bar. O'Reilly spent nearly the whole night at his tusk. Long before the Iasi rock had yielded, however, lie beheld Hint which caused ldm to turn a strained face upward to Rosa. J'here's a little dour, as sure as yon llv he told hei-he girl was beside herself with ex-- came buck' fn a cold sw eat, and lifey spent the night on ih r knees. The You have woman was there ng.i.u. seen tlie salt sea at ni.in? Well, her face was aglow, like t .o. o they suld. They heard the fluid i.ig of ihulns, too, s, coming and tlie sound of h u f tlie earth. It from tin very bow, Alien you know Is ull plain enmi-'l- i. ig- the story. Rut it i. !ei.: Cobo ac- Tills is indeed aimc.m , course there Is "but knowleiiged, pome sin pie cvplii'ia.i a 'spirits, if, indeed there are sii h ;hi:r's are made of nothing tlicv ai'i hUe thin air. How, then, could i hey lutil- - chains? You probably saw some wretched ptl-- 1 citlcos in search of food and imagined the rest. indeed! Then what did I hear with these very ears? Whispers, murmurs, of old groans, and the elinkety-elinSebastian's chisel. For Ids sins that old slave is chained in some cavern of I'm no the mouiitain. Soundless! baby! I know when I'm asleep, and I know when I'm awake. That place is accursed, and I want no mine of it." Cobo fell into frowning meditation.! allowing ids cigarette to smolder down until it burned his thick lingers. He was not a superstitious man and he put no faith iu the supernatural, nev- ertheless he was convinced that his sergeani was not lying, and reference to Rancho Cuetu had set his mind to1 working almig strange channels. He had known Cueto well, and tlie latter's Stubborn belief in the existence of that Varona treasure had more than once Impressed him. He wondered now If others shared that faith, or if by chance they hud discovered a clue to the whereabouts of the money and were conducting a, secret search. It was u lautastic idea, nev ertheless Chn told himself that if people were pr.ving about those deserted premises "Bs "',1 simlt object, and their tions would warrant observation. Tlie presence of (he woman a woman with Hie glow of phosphorus upon her face was puzz'ing, hut the whole affair was puzzling, lie determined to investigate. After a time lie murmured, I should like to see this spirit. The sergeant shrugged. It was plain from his expression Hint lie could not Another account for sm li a iesirc. night is coming, said lie. I shall visit the place, and (looil if I see anything unusual I well, I dis-up- j i d k ' j ' fit. ment. Yes? What else? Whut more do you see? Nothing. It appears to be made of solid timbers, and has two huge hand- locks Locks ! Then we have found it. Rosa closed her eyes; she swayed moEstelian was right. Locks, mentarily. indeed! That means something to hide. Oli, if I could only help you ! Heavens! If I only had something anything, to work with! muttered tlie American as lie fell to witli redoubled energy. He no longer tried to conserve his strength, for the tli usure seekers lust iieset him. Rosa looked on, wringing her hands and urging him to greater haste. Rut tlie low, thick door was built of some hard, native wood: it was wit and tough and slippery. OReilly's blows made no impression upon it, nor upuii Ihe heavy hasps and staples wilh which it was secured in place. Tlie latter were deeply rusted, to be sure, but they withstood his efforts, and he was finally forced to rest, baffled, enraged, half hysterical from weakness ami fatigue. Daylight was at hand once more, but he refused to give up, and worked on stubbornly, furiously, until Rosa, it) an agony, besought him to desist. Johnnie again collapsed on tlie grass and lay panting while the other two replaced the dunks. Another hour and Id have been inio it, he declared, huskily. You will skill yourself," Jacket told him. Rosa bent over him with shining eves and parted lips. Yes. said she. Re patient. We will come hack. O Reilly, and tonight we shall lie rich." ht j ! again, for he feared he would not hare PROFESSION ALCARDS tlie strength to descend it. - sake of tliefor the secret, Lucidly q Evangelina spent most of tlie i!ay searching for food, while Asensio lay, nr'n u . MOTT babbling upon Ids bed, too Hi to notice! if! the peculiar uetim.s of his companions. 5 Physician and Surgeon li was wilh a strange, nightmare er h .j. Rnyson Exekanga Savings feeling of unreality that the trio Rank. dragged themselves upward to tin $ . X ruined quiiito when darkness finally $ Res. Rhone 22r-2r- . Cilice Rhone 21). T came. They no longer tulked, for conversation was n drain upon their pow- Hers, and the reaction from tlie day's excitement had set in. O'Reilly lurched us lie walked, his limbs were heavy, and his liveliest sensation was one of DR. A. T, GOUGH dread at the hard work in store for Hi in. Tlie forcing of that door assumed Registered Veterinarian the proportions of u Herculean task. Rhone Rut once he was at the bottom of - - - UTAH RAYSON, tlie well and beheld tile handiwork of . Sebastian, tlie slave, Just as lie had left It, his sense of reality returned and with it a cerlain measure of determinaInasmuch us lie laid made no tion. DR. L. N. ELLSWORTH MStfile impression upon the bulkhead DENTIST by histiirect uttuck, lie changed his Ollice iu Douglass Building now and undertook to loosen tactics Over Rertelsens Store one of the Jambs vv here it was wedged rock the and at After?. bottom. .into top i a desperate strugg'e lie succeeded in 1t:e so entire that structure 'loosening lie could pry it zmt 'Var enough to DR. J. H. ELLSWORTH squeeze ids body through. DENTIST "1 have it lie cried to Rosa. Seizin; fc Hr.'.c b over Rank, Payaon, Ut. tlie candle, lie thrust it into tlie open Uffiee Hours, 9 to 12; 1 to 6 ing. lie beheld what lie bad cxpecte j? Rhone 22. P.es. Phone 103-- j to find, a small cavern or grotto whirl ? jliad evidently been plereeil during tin digging of the well. He milld uppreci late now how simple laid been the tasl of sealing it tip so as to bailie disenv 1, MISS LULU TIETJEN ery. Rosa, poised above him, scan-el.- ' breathed mil il lie straightened hiii!Ml ? Teacher of Piano (and turned Ids face upward once mon f--and Harmony. lie tried to speak, but voiced noth Studio nt her home Santaquln ing niwe than n hoarse croak; tin I candle in Ids hand described erratic fig vures. Whnt do you see? Hie girl cried it nil agony of suspense. I I chests Its here! casks everything ! J. H. FRANCOM YETKIUNAKY SURGEON God lie praised ! My fathers for If Calls Night and Day tune at last! f me G7-Payson, Utah. f Rose forgot her surroundings; sh ( bent her hands together, culling upo, fO'Reilly to make baste and determine beyond all question that the missing hoard was indeed theirs. She drew perilously close to the well and knelt over it like some priestess at her di A. L. CURTIS. M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Votions; her eyes were brimming with Office up stairs in S. Douglass tears and there wits a roaring in he ears. It was not strange that site fulled Telephones Building. Residence Cor. 9th and F. Sts. to see or to hear the approach of a rent blurred figure which mutcrlai- ized out of the night and took station scarcely an arms length behind her. He intended it for ids children, G. F. TILSON. M. D. she sobbed, "and providence saved II PHYSICIAN an SLTvGfAIN from our wicked enemies. It was the hand of God that led us here, O'Reilly. Office at Residence Toll me, what do you see now? y. tin Street Phone Jolmnie had wormed his way Into Payson, Utah ihe damp chamber and a slim rectangle of light was projected against the opposite side of tiie well. Rosn coul t hear him talking and moving about. DR. H. E. WRIGHT Don Esteban Yaronu.s subterruneun hiding-phieformerly of Sat Lake was large enough to store a treasure far greater tlmn Ills; it wn I Eye Specialist perhaps ten feel in length, with a roof Has opened office in the Vest high enough to accommodate a tall building on Main Street. man. At the farther cm! were ranged several small wooden chests bound - CONSULTATION FREE with iron and fitted with hasps uni Most Scientific Methods. staples, along one side was a row of diminutive casks, the sort usial to con- OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO tain choice wines or liquors; over a was a thick covering of slime and mold. The iron was deeply rusted am' the place itself smelled uboinlnuhly f ''A f ! &. f f - e Colonel Coho lit a black cigarette, leaned back in his chair, and exhaled two fierce jets of smoke tli rough his nostrils. For a full moment lie scowled forbiddingly at (he sergeant who bad asked to see him. Whats this you are telling me?" he Inquired finally. lowThe sergeant, a mean-facebrowed man. slirred uneasily. It is Gods truth. There are spirits on La Cumbre, and I wish to see the priest about it. Spirits? Whnt kind of spirits? The fellow shrugged. Evil spirits ,,,11 Heliivo what you have told me. spirits from hell. The men are buying Meanwhile, go see your priest by all charms." means. It will do you no harm. Rah! I took you to be n sensible P'irs,'n CHAPTER XIX. You dont believe me? Well, 1 didnt believe them when they told nre. How Cobo. stood on H!s Head about it. But I saw with my own All that day, or during rnot of it, at vos'1 IctiM, Rosa and O'Reilly sat hand in Coho leaned forward, mildly aston- oblivious of hunger and fatigue, islied. Of all his villainous troop, thR iaq.atient for the coming of night, man was the last one he had credited tey od to tlie highest tension. Now they vv illi What vmld rejoice hysterically, assuring imagination of this sjf. did you see? each other of their good fortune, again "A ghost, my colonel, nothing else., tHy would grow sick with tiie fear of La Cumbre Is no place for an honest dis: ppointment. Time after time they Christian. Mopped out of tlie hut and stared ap-pThe colonel burst into a mocking' lielislvcly up Hie slopes of La CumAn honest Christian! Y'oiHj bre to assure tlietiwlves that this was laugh. Of ull my vile ruffians, you are the( noL all a part of some fantastic vilest. Why, youre a thief, a liar, nnd over and over, in minutest dean assassin ! You are lying to me now. tail, Johnnie described wlmt he had Come tlie truth for once, before I give seen at tiie hot tom of the well. He you the coniponte." tried more than once during tlie after"As God is my judge. Im telling you noon to sleep, but lie could not, for tlie the truth, protested the soldier. "Flog moment lie closed bis eyes lie found me if you will rather the coniponte himself buck there in that pit upon the Hum another night in those trenches. ridges crest, straining nt those stuh-You know that old quinta? l orn rocks and slippery timbers. This Where Rancho Cueto made a goat inaction was maddening, )iis fatigue of himself? Perfectly. Do you mean lendered him feverish and irritable. to say that you saw old Esteban Jacket, too, felt tlie strain, nnd after walking with his hpftd in his ; several fruitless attempts to sleep lie hands? rose and went out into (lie sunshine, wlm No, but I saw that where he fell to whetting his knife. He fell in the well and broke her necl putting a double edge upon the Eh? When did you behold this fitted a handle to it, and then a blade, this marvel? cord with which to suspend it round e "Two nights ago. She was there hi neck. He allowed II to OReilly, the well and her face shone and a wvird of praise he after receiving through the night like a lantern. There outdoors again anil tried to for-- 1 crept was fire upon it. She cnmi? nnd went, t how sick lie was. Black spots were like a moth in the lamplight. I tell g before Jackets eyes; lie exdancing you I repented of my sins. Some of spoils of diziiness and nau-perienced I told me when the men laughed at which he dared not attempt sea during them, as they had laughed nf the oth- in walk. He knew tills must he tlie reers. But last night two of tlie doubtsult of starvation, and jet, strangely ers went up there. enough, the thought of food was disAnd saw nothing. Exactly. they tasteful to him. He devoutly wished it Your pardon, my colonel. They were not necessary to climb Hint hill - rr I BEEBE fitule. O'Reilly surveyed tills Aladdins cavi He set ids candle down, foi his fingers were numb and unsteady. Cautiously, as if fearful of breaking some spell, lie stooped and tried to move one of the casks, but found that 0 it resisted him as if cemented to the rock. He noted that Its head warn X bulged upward, us if by tlie dunipnes'-khe took his iron lmr anil aimed a $ sharp blow at the chine. A hoop gim 0 wuy; another blow enabled him to prv out t he head of tlie cask. He stood X blinking at tlie sight exposed, for tie little barrel was full of coins yellow coins, large nnd small. O'Reilly seized a handful and held them close to flame; among the number hi noted a Spanish dopbinon, such as hud found. young In a daze. o Lumber Co. Everything in LUMBER, SHINGLES, HARDWARE, BARBED WIRE, WIRE FENCE, CEMENT, PLASTER, PAINT, OIL and GLASS. Farm Implements. BEEBE LUMBER CO. (To Le continued.) SANTAQUIN, UTAH jj Those things that eomo to him Phone 22-rwho waits are usually not worth waiting for. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 3 illu-i-io- n; YOU NEED A REFRIGERATOR If you do not already have one 1 ' a ; she-dev- il bni-die- Come in and see the POLAR KING Best on ihe Market for the Money s 1 Youll Be Surprised at the Remarkably Low Prices We, Ask Central Lumber & Hardware Co. 1 |