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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER. HYRUM, U.TAft After a time she smiled up into his I dont ttink much of her n eyes and her words were scarcely more you are not so handsome se, sti f' than a murmur; . you? sent and God heard you my prayers Evangelina seemed to be ' to me." trifle touched, perhaps, from su? Rosa I You are 111, you are weak" for she laid a skinny claw upon I am dying, lys shoulder and warned him Her eyelids fluttered. ORall-ye- . I only waited to see you. ly: Look out for Cobo. Yon In agony he gathered her heard about him, eh? Well hei.i? No, no once more into his arms. cause of all our misery. lie huntai Her bloodless fingers from place to place, and It was Oh, yes tft, v, touched his face again, then his thin, that I put that hump on her buck THE SPOILERS, Author of THE IRON TRAIL, r worn raga. You, too, have suffered. derstand me, she is HEART OF THE SUNSET, Etc. hunHow came you to be so poor and and pretty enough (or gry, ORail-ye- ? (Copyright, by Harper and Brothers) tier skin U like milk, too, . ne hair she used to put See! Im not poor, flowers In t f jingled the coins in his pocket. Thats you, and then we would play CHAPTER XVII Continued. tle of indrawn breaths and the whis- fast they were dying or the number of money; money for you, sweetheart. It But you never came. You will 15 pered curses, until he heard some one dead which hnd already ridden out of will buy you food and medicine, it will allowances for her looks, will you L, I cant stand that, he confessed. mutter the name, Gobo. Then indeed Matanzas in those rumbling wagons, make you strong again. Rosa, dear, I Poor Rosa You two poor I cant sleep when people are starving he started and stiffened in his tracks, but there were many. What chance have looked for you so long, so long tures ! OReilly choked ; he hid to death alongside of me. This money lie fixed a fascinated stare upon the was there that Rosa had not been Ills voice broke wretchedly and he face upon his sweethearts breast burns my pocket. I I fellow. bowed his head. I I was afraid " among the latter? Rosa responded ; her fingers caressed Colonel Coho seemed no little I waited as long as I had strength him and she sighed Jacket read his purpose and laid a As he breasted the summit of La contentedly. he created. the detaining hand upon his arm. by Cumbre, pleased reception ascent of the hill had been OReilly beheld at some dis- to wait," she told him. It is too bad OReillys It will save our lives, too, he said With his chest arched and his black tance a bent figure of want. It was a you came so, late. slow, but his descent was inflntte , eyes gleaming malevolently he swag- negro woman, grubbing in the earth Once again she lapsed into the leth- slower, for Rosa was so feeble simply. Bah! We are men. There are gered through the press, clicking his with a sharpened stick, After a sus- argy of utter weakness, whereupon he she could help herself but little that and women and children yonder heels noisily upon the stone flags. When picious scrutiny of him she resumed fell to stroking her hands, calling upon he lacked the to carry bet strength But Jackets sensibilities were cal- he had gone Jacket voiced a vicious her digging. her to come back to him. He was be- far at a time. Finally, however, they loused, it seemed. Of what use would oath. Notmng but a heap of stones and side himself now a terrible feeling of reached the wretched hovel whet So that Is the butcher of babies I your few pesetas be among so many?" plaster remained of the Varona home. impotence and despair overcame him. Asehsio lay, then leaving her there, he inquired. God has willed this, and exclaimed the boy. Well, now, I The grounds, once beautiful even when Turing someone speak, he raised Johnnie sped on alone Into the city he knows what he Is doing. Besides, should enjoy cutting his heart out." peglected as in Donna Isabels time, his eyes and discovered at his side that He returned soon with several small your 'pretty one is probably ns hunOReillys emotions were nbt entire- were now a scene of total desolation. A figure of want which he had seen dig- bundles concealed about his person gry as these people. No doubt we shall ly unlike those of his small companion. few orange trees, to be sure, remained ging on the slope below. It was and with Evangellnas help he set His lips became dry and white as he standing, and although they were cool find that she, too, Is starving. The negress was little more about preparing food. and green to look at, they carried no than skin and bones, her eyes were OReilly slowly withdrew his hand tried to speak. Neither Rosa nor the two negroes What a brute ! That face Ugh ! fruit and the odor of their blooms was bleared and from his pocket. Yes! Its Rosas and sunken, her had any appetite their hunger yellow He found himself shaking weakly, a trial and a mockery to the hungry money. But come ; I cant endure apelike, but he rec- long since passed the point at wl and discovered that a new and wholly visitor. The evidences of Cuetos van- face had grown she this. him. and her they were conscious of It and OReilly He led the way back to the Plaza of unaccountable feeling of discourage- dalism affected OReilly deeply; they ognized she de- was' compelled to force them to eat You are the American, Liberty and there on an Iron bench ment had settled upon him. He tried brought him memories more painful clared. You are Rosas- man." When he had given them all that they waited for the full day. They manfully to shake it off, but somehow than he had anticipated. Although the Yes. But what is wrong with her? dared he offered what food was left were very tired, but further sleep was failed, 'for the sight of Rosas arch- place was h unrecognizable, Look ! She is ill " to Jacket. impossible, for the death wagons enemy and the mans overbearing per- nevertheless it cried aloud of Rosa, The boy moistened his lips and his She Is often like that. It Is the rumbled by on their way to collect the sonality had affected him queerly. and the unhappy lover could barely to eat, se- fingers twitched, but he shook his head, We have nothing hunger. bodies of those who had died during Cobos air of confidence and authority control the emotions it awakened. It nor. Oh, Pm not so hungry," he declared, I, too, am ill dying; and Asen-si- o seemed to emphasize OReillys impo- was indeed a morbid Impulse which the night. I have a friend In the know dont Oh, hpw they indifferently. you Neither the man nor the boy ever tence and bring it forcibly home to had brought him thither, but now that have made us I will go down there suffer. market place; wholly lost the nightmare memory of him. To think of his lustful persecu- he was here he could not leave. UnWe must get Rosa home. Where and steal a fish from him. the next few days, for their search tion of Rosa Varona, moreover, terri- consciously his feet turned toward the do you live? OReilly patted him on the shoulder, fied him. The next day he resumed his ancient quarry which had formed the took them into every part of the turned her deaths head saying: You are a good kid, and you Evangelina districts. What they beheld search, but with a listless- sunken garden his and Rosas tryst-in- g toward the city. Down yonder. But understand, dont you? These sick place. aged them. Day after day, from dawn ness that came from a firm conviction whats the use? There is ng food in people need more food than we caa till dark, they wandered, peering Into that once again he was too late. OReilly desired above all things to buy for them, so we will have to draw That afternoon found the two friends be alone at this moment, and so he was huts, staring, into faces, asking quesour belts tight. tions until they were faint from fatigue among the miserable hovels which en- annoyed to discover that another perOf course. Eating Is a habit, ancircled the foot of La Cumbre, about son was before him a woman, evident, and sick from disappointment. yhow, and we men know how to get As time passed and they failed to the only quarter they had not explored. ly some miserable pacifico like himself. along without it. I will manage to find find Rosa Varona a terrible apprehen- Below lay San Severino, the execution She, too, appeared to be looking for something for you and me, for Im a sion began to weigh OReilly down ; his place; above was the site of the old roots, and he almost stumbled over her prodigious thief. I can steal the hair face grew old and drawn, his shoulders Varona home. More than once on his as he brushed through the guava from a mans head when I try. With sagged, his limbs began to drag. It way about the city OReilly had lifted bushes fringing the depression. a nod he set off to find his benefaHis sudden appearance alarmed the was all that Jacket could do to keep his eyes in the direction of the latter, ctors supper. him going. The boy, now that there feeling a great hunger to revisit the creature and she struggled, out of his path. Her rags was. actual need of him, proved a per- scene of his last farewell to Rosa, but CHAPTER XVIII. fect jewel; his optimism never failed, through fear of the melancholy effect could not conceal the fact that she was her back was crooked, his faith never faltered, and OReilly it, would have upon him he had thus deformed, The Haunted Garden. began to feel a dumb gratitudd at hav- -' far resisted the impulse. Today, how- so he muttered a reassuring word to Rosa Varona- did not die. On the ever, he could no longer fight the mor- her, Ing the youngster by his side. contrary, under,, her lovers care she This place was more as he had left became thin and gray bid desire and so, in spite of Jackets Jacket, too, made so amazingly swift a recovery about the lips. But he complained not protest at the useless expenditure of It there was the stone bench where that improvement was visible from to Rosa; yonder at all and he laughed a great deal. To effort, he set out to climb the hill. Of he had sal(j good-bto hour ; she rallied like a wilted hour him the morrow was always another course the boy would not let him go was the well flower under a refreshing rain. It was Senor! Johnnie heard himself ad day of brilliant promise toward which alone. OReillys presence as much as the woman. dressed hunchbacked the by was Little ascent. he looked with the said during eagerness ; nourishing diet provided by his money and not for a single moment did he The La Cumbre road seemed very long Her voice was thin, tremulous, eager, which effected this marvel, although question the ultimate success of their and very steep. How different the last but his thoughts were busy and he the certainty- - that Esteban was alive Senor I Do you look endeavor. Such an example did much time OReilly had swung up it! The paid no heed. and safe put added force into her dfor the older man. Together they climb had never before tired him as it for something some one etermination to live. Rosa found hope Yes he answered, abstract practiced the strictest, harshest econ- did now, and he reasoned that hunger springing up in her breast and one day am looking for someYes, omy, living on a few cents a day, while must have weakened him even more edly. she caught herself laughing. The masome one. OReilly exerthing he rvel of It was unbelievable. searched than the realized. Jacket felt the city they methodically from limit to limit. Something you have lost? was sitting beside her bed of leaves tion, too; he was short of breath and The quesAt first OReilly concerned himself he rested frequently. OReilly saw that Something I have lost at the time; impulsively she pressed more than a little with the problem of the boys bare, brown legs had grown tion came to him faintly, but it was so his hands to her lips. escape, but as time wore on he bony since he had last noticed them, in tune with his unhappy mood that it Such happiness as mine belongs la him affected He found that less and less a about he and sudden Nor at felt that. strangely. thought she managed to tell him. pang having heaven, did he have occasion to waste further brought the little fellow into such a his eyes were blurring and that an Sometimes it frightens me. With yon "concern regarding his disguise. That plight as this. aching lump had risen into his throat by my side this prison Is a paradise It was perfect he proved when several and I want for nothing. War, suffeWell, hombre," he said when they This was the breaking point they of his former acquaintances passed paused to rest, Im afraid we came OReillys hearing, too, was going "Esteban Is Not Dead, ring, distress I , cant Imagine AsOReilly him by and when, upon one occasion, too late. Im afraid were licked." wrong, for he imagined that some one longer exist. serted. he came face to face with old Don MaJacket nodded listlessly; his opti- whispered his name. God This place Nevertheless, they do, and Matario de Castano. Don Mario had mism, too, was gone. They must all was not dead It was alive terribly our house and Rosa Is afraid of those nzas Is anything but a paradise, said changed; he was older, his flesh had be dead or we would have found them alive with memories, voices, a pres- wagons. You know the ones with the he. We must set about quickly to get softened, and it hung loosely upon his before this," said he. When OReilly ence unseen yet real. He laid hold of corpses. She bade me bring her here out of it. form. He appeared worried, harassed, made no answer he continued, It is the nearest bush to steady himself, he to die. Escape, you mean? But that is i" and OReilly recalled rumors that the time we thought of getting iway from closed his eyes, only to hear his name The girl was not wholly unconscious It possible. Asensio can tell you all war had ruined him. The mans air here, eh?" spoken louder. seemed, for she stirred and murmured about that. The Spaniards used to iORail-y- e of dejection seemed to bear out the Dont let ssue passes for the men to go outside Johnnie was sitting with his face In faintly : Those wagons Johnnie brushed the tears from his them put me In there with the other the lines in search of food. It wa9 story. his hands. Without lifting his head he They had been enemies, nevertheless inquired: A just a trick. They never came back--all How are we going to get lashes. He turned, he listened, but dead. They pile the bodies high a sudden to was to no felt be no one there make away? It Is easy enough to get into one, weak shudder convulsed her. seen, impulse OReilly of them were killed. Everyone . himself known to the Spaniard and to Matanzas, but He shrugged hope- that is, except the dusky cripple, who OReilly bent lower, and i'n a strong, knows better than to try now-news here for of Rosas fate. lessly. had straightened herself and was fac- determined voice cried: You are not appeal directly Nevertheless, we cant stay But Don JIario, he remembered in time, He looked girt9 him, poised uncertainly. In answer to the going to die. I have money for food. much longer. Jacket brightened at the thought of ing had a reputation for vindictiveness, so escape. IIo! he explained: Ml we can find a at her a second time, then the world Rouse yourself, Rosa, rouse yourself. bet Ill puzzled inquiry he smothered the desire. One other hole to and he his groped She prayed for you every night, money is gone all but a few cents. spin dizzily Were not began somewhere, said he. encounter OReilly had reason to reHe toward her. way the again, peered Such faith! This is the last of our food and there negress volunteered. like these others. They havent the member. for before his closer, Such eyes trust everything She never doubted to a .that Is no chance of getting more. Jac1 was moment of try. There It so chanced that one day he and spirit was swimming. you would come and find, her. Some- has some mysterious source of suppo and then: You Carambal Jacket found themselves in the miser- silence, womanwas The thin more little times she cried, but that was because and he manages to bring in something nv able rabble which assembled at the remember those jutias we ate? They than a skeleton and so frail that the of her brother. were Esteban, yop know, is every now and then, but there aremore I would but the strong, enjoy railroad station to Implore alms from to wind furnish but her dead. her, sway like appeared all the rest. Yes, dead, of us to feed, and he cant now. Eh? Another week the incoming passengers of the Habana smell of one we Esteban is not dead, OReilly as- than enough for himself. No, we mus shall be living on garb- face, uplifted to the sun, was glorified. train. Few people were traveling these of this and rest-oHe is alive. Rosa, do you make a move at once, while we hav f these poor peo- OReilly stood rooted, staring at her serted. like the days, and they were, for the most part, age until she opened her eyes, then he hear that? Esteban is alive and well. the strength. Spanish officers to whom the sight of ple. voiced a fereat cry: I left him with Gomez in the Orient. Rosa had not asked the source Leaving Jacket to take his time, starving country people was no nov- Johnnie Rosa more What he said he come have I came the blessed food whic to whence to take you him? completed the climb alone, elty. Now and then, however, there did . . never . knew. Esteban alive? Ha! You are fool- was bringing the life blood back In arrive visitors from whom the spec- meditating upon the boys words. The He took the misshapen figure into ing us. Evangelina wagged her head her body, and although that food waa tacle of so much wretchedness wrung spirit to try! Where had his spirit his We know better than that. not much a little meal, a plantain, armSj he rained kisses upon the wisely. a contribution, hence there was al- gone, he wondered. Perhaps it had ha discolored face. But Rosa I pinched, tell beneath he is alive, OReilly in- occasional scrap of meat or fish it ? crushed the been of you at the an weight expectant throng ways depot supp On this occasion O'Reilly was sur- misery he had beheld; surely he had did not respond; her puny strength sisted. He heard Jacket calling to him never occurred to her that the probhad flown and she lay inert in his em- at that moment, so he hallooed to the might be limited. She met the prised to hear the piteous whines for seen enough. Hourly contact with sickon misfortune such a ness and boy ; then when the latter had arrived, lem bravely, however. gigantic brace, scarcely breathing. charity In the name of God turn sudto (TO BE CONTINUED.) was Dazed, he explained briefly, without allowing was chill scale it astounded, doubting, a subdued mutbut enough vicious into anyones denly some time Johnnie conbefore could and his Jacket time in which to express his sensibilities although ter of rage. Hisses were intermingled hopes, Silly Waste of Time. with vituperations, then the crowd fell had been dulled, his apprehensions vince himself of the reality of this mo- amazement : The man or woman who is blessed all Our search is over; we have found strangely silent, parting to allow the had been quickened hour by hour. ment, and even then words did not good, common sense gives come his was thick-seIn mind for turhe Now looked the t that matter a man But of tohim, them. in the wont believe great, squarethat signs, dreams, or other superstitious passage they uniform of a colonel of volunteers. The ly in the face, it seemed absurd to be- moil. Joy, thanksgiving, compassion Esteban is alive. Tell them the truth. omens a wide berth. We each, indfellow was unusually swarthy and he lieve that a tender girl like Rosa Va- a thousand emotions mingled in a sort Yes, he Is alive. We found him ividually, must play our own part, fight wore a black scowl upon his face, while rona could long have withstood the of delirium, too wild for coherent rotting in a prison and we rescued our own battles, and work for success a long puckering scar the full length of hardships of this hideous place ; strong- thought or speech. him, Jacket corroborated. He stared if we hope to succeed ; but if we are " Fear flualiy brought him to his curiously at the recumbent fifigure on influenced one cheek lifted his mouth into a er people than she had succumbed, by by every wind that blows-crooked sneer and left exposed a the hundreds. Even now the hospitals senses, for he became aware that Rosa the bench, then at OReilly. He puck- if we trust to luck tJ help us along were full, the sick, lay untended in had collapsed and that his endearments ered his lips and gave vent to a low our way, then we are simply chasing a glimpse of wolfish teeth. a at wns to loss fathom their hovels. No one, so far ns OReilly left her unthrilled. Quickly he bore whistle of amazement. this O'Reilly So. This is myth and wasting time that can nevf sudden aeration of attitude, the whis knew, had undertaken to estimate how her to the bench and laid her upon It. your pretty one, ehl I She Well, be recalled. End S J A NOVEL by REX BEACH ! , a74C2 Im-rich- , J ! s Evan-gelin- a. - well-nig- recon-centrad- o hut-to-h- ut panic-stricke- n, iat - - y never-fallin- g N-n- o. j I ! 1 - I 1 - w-it-h |