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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER HYRUM, UTAH By REX BEACH ENB Author of "The Iron Trail, "The Spoilers, "Heart of the Sunset, Etc. 'Cooyridlit, by Harper and Brothers) fairly well. Jacket, of course, went his youthful alter ego, Jacket. They along. Upon the announcement of were clad In clean white clothesNorlne rose, her face aglow with OReillys Intended departure , for the month of rest had done them goo States he had promptly abandoned Jacket was no longer wizened ; he was new strength, new determination. I Cuba to her fate. He foreswore her plump and sleek and as full of mischief brought you back when you were all but gone. I saved you after the others utterly and declared himself a loyal as a colt, while OReillys leanness had disappeared and he filled his gar. American citizen. ,had given you up, and now you are ments as a man should. information best the mine to do with as I please. You be- Relying upon obtainable at Cubit&s, OReilly had They turned in through a picket gate long to me and I shant consult you. She turned, for a figure had dark- counted upon securing a sailboat from and up a walk. At the end stood a nened the door; it was one of her Eng-with wide porches hidden beneath a certain fisherman whose sympathies were known to be loyal, but in this he jasmine and honeysuckle and morning, convalescents . who was The party arrived glory vines. was disappointed. acting as a sort of orderly. She stepped to the door, only to Look, Rosa! at its destination, a tiny clearing on Jacket lifted the Senorita, the man said, with a an unfrequented part of the north heavy string of fish. of white teeth, we have another hold her late companion making off We had stuBut Rosa was in her shore, only to find It deserted and al- pendous luck. pick man, and youd never guess who. down the village street in great haste and evident excitement. Approaching lit is that American, El Demonio ready grown to weeds. The house was husbands arms and neither she nor Is he sick or wounded? Esteban between the drunken rows of grass the boats were gone all but OReilly had eyes for anything but empty, huts was a little knot of people. Even one ' old huljr , too rotten to warrant each other. . Inquired. Shot by a Spanish bullet He asked as Norine watched it grew into a conRosa had vastly changed. She was moving, which lay high up on the sand, siderable crowd, for men and women Its seams wide clad in a charming little muslin dress Its planks worm-eate(at once for our senorita. Of course. Til come in an instant. and children came hurrying from their there were dimples in her cheeks, she spread by the sun. In the was in a quandary. He wore a heavy Marechal Neil bud at her (When the messenger had gone Norine tasks. There were three figures OReilly and aad they xmt and pressed her lips to Estebans. ,ead gravely doubted Estebans ability to breast. OReilly held her off and das if weary VoMlnglj, f10 ,walked as with to do stand the rough return journey, and evoured her with his eyes. (Remember, youre mine a long march- when he spoke to Norine of turning Sweetheart, you grow fresher and please, she said ; then she fled down Esteban! Norine cried in a voice n at the sug- more beautiful every hour, said he. (the grassy street back she was Branch was waiting at Norlnes she scarcely recognized. She retreated Rosa danced upon her toes, and gestion. into the doorway with one hand upon States. We no ! she cried, anxiously. No, irters, a soiled figure of dejection, her leaping tugged at him. But come quickly and heart. Esteban! Look! But how? How can you take two must him away. His heart is set on see the surprise we have. Ive been is left arm lay in a sling across his get women and a sick man breast. He looked up at her approach, Theyre coming here! Yes! Its its through and it would kill him wild for your return, so hurry. She Well manage somehow, OReilly going at she scarcely recognized him, so OReilly to go back. led him swiftly up the steps, and there, Young Varona struggled from his declared. It isht far across to the Then I guess well have to go standing beside a chair, was Esteban reatly changed was he. hammock. Rosa! he come called, loudly, Bahama Banks. TO agree to Well, Rosa ! He dressed himself and Hello, Norine I he cried. through, he smiled. Varona, back if you so desire. For the first time in their acquaint- walked out here alone. Hes well! me. they got There came a shadow, then In the Gomez shook his white head. No! ance Norine lost control of herself. Norine paused in' astonishment. Esteban ! Really of a man, a tattered You came to find and save your fiancee, the doorway figure Promise that you wont go tack, brother nodded decisively. Its The ("Why, Leslie! I was so frightened scarecrow of a man whose feet were and you volunteered to serve with us him. IBut you cant be badly hurt. true. I rebelled at last. Tomorrow Ill bare and whose brown calves were ex- while you were doing so. We have no she implored Bad enough so that Lopez sent me Very well, if youll consent to risk walk to the gate and the next day well through flapping rags. His breast desire to keep any man against his will. this miserable tub we found on the Ita. A fellow gets flyblown if he stays posed go fishing. Heres a letter from Leslie, was naked where thorns had tried to Some one must escort Miss Evans, who beach m the field, so I beat it. by the way. Theres one bit of news; stay him; his beard, even his hair, in our guest. Why not you two? a raft, even. Is he says the talk of intervention inrisk Ill Has your arm been dressed? anything were matted and unkempt, and the I was looking 'forward to an interthere an even chance of our getting creases and he may have to return to No. I wouldnt let these rough-and- mud of his caked trails many ceremony this afternoon, Go- across? upon lay esting Cuba as a war correspondent. (tumble doctors touch it. Theyd ampu- - garments. mez went on. Has your arrival all depends upon the It Intervention I That would be fine," Perhaps. ! (bate at the shoulder for a hangnail. I changed the plans? jt wag OReilly weather. Esteban cried. (dont trust em. Dumb with amazement, blind with Oh no, sir! OReilly said, quickly. When morning came OReilly made a nodded. Oh, its bound to Then TO look at it. OReilly tears, Norine found herself staring up- "Id like to make it doubly Interesting, closer examination of the abandoned and when Uncle Sam takes hold come, It doesnt hurt, really, he declared, ward into his face, and heard him' s if Miss Varona will consent to such was not encouraging, Cuba will be free." The boat. result a scratch. ; only short notice. jng he determined to make use of it, : Norine Norine Im sure of it And Then, behave yourself. Bravo! You have a way of doing but i told you I would bring her home. was launched. ' It then wellagreed and the craft crazy all forced the patient into a chair and go back to our raiThe next instant she lay upon his the unexpected. Why not? I dont was necessary to handle her gingerly, nbows end and dig for that pot of gpld." withdrew his arm from the sling, breast and sobs of joy were tearing at and when she took the water she leak-- , Esteban turned adoring eyes upon pQien, despite his wak resistance, she her. ed abominably. But during the night From The story of Rosas rescue came the Ideftly removed the bandage. speaker ; he took her hand in his. she swelled and in the morning it was bis expression she felt sure that she slowly and in fragments, for the news found my rainbows end," said Ive possible to bail her out. must be hurting him, but when the of OReillys return caused a sensa he. From the point of leaving It was perAnd Ive found mine, OReilly asInjury was exposed she looked ui in tion. His recital was Interrupted many haps five miles across the sound to the serted. Ive gained your fathers treatimes. As a matter of fact, our get(wonderment. fringe of keys which in this neighbor- sure, and more Ive found the prize of Leslie I she exclaimed. What in away was ridiculously easy, he said, hood bordered the old Bahama chanfor we had luck at every turn reguthe world-all the Indies. With his arm about nel with its unplumbed depths of blue Rosa he drew Branch struggled with himself, he lar Irish luck. I made Morin Indeher into the house. water. Here it was calm, so the run swallowed hard, then said: You can pendent for life, but it wasnt thq himself into his Esteban lowered was soon made. see now why I didnt go to a doctor ; I money, it was Jacket who Induced him herself upon Norine rested and chair When the coastline of Cuba had bedid It shot myself. You wont give to bring us clear to Turiguano. He with arm. He lay back eyes closed. come a blur astern Rosa crept back its landed us one night, this side of the came the me away? rear the at the From regions her beside and seated husband. herself Moron in a trocha. Since waded weve was then she Norine seated herself weakly; How much I love you," she whispered. voice of Jacket. The boy gathered had He stared in bewilderment at the unhappy swamps to our armpits, weve fought mood. But I never can tell you, for we are declamatory his daily custom, speaker. Afraid? You, El Demonio! the Jungle and chewed bark but were never alone. Was there ever such a an audience, as was of a here. Johnnie heaved of afraid sigh arent deep and was addressing .them in English: Why, you anything! courtship, such a marriage, and such a ! You dont believe all that relief. I tkilled inoren a dozen Spaniards Say ' wedding journey as ours? Where did you get the money to Pino Bravo. It was my day. By at stuff, do you? Im afraid of my shadow It proved to be a long, long night, for and always have been. Im not brave hire schooners and corrupt captains? I have been made a gethe boat, though roomy, was uncom- rights should and never was. They told me I was Branch inquired. but neral, fortable. Daylight brought an inOReilly hesitated; he lowered his going to die and it scared me so that (THE END.) creased breeze which heeled the boat a to the We voice found whisper. I tried to end things quickly. I the further. haze was not Fortunately couldnt bear to die slowly, to know Varona treasure. The French Tricolor. thick enough to wholly obscure the sun that I was dying by inches. But, Lord ! Norine uttered a cry. Not Don Esthe French national The so was and Tricolor, enabled to hold his OReilly It scared me 'even worse to go into tebans treasure? course. But he did not like the look standard of blue, white and red, fib Exactly. It was in the well where battle. I was blind with fright all the of things. In time there came a spite- vided vertically, originated during the time and I never got over it. Why, young Esteban told us it was. ful drizzle which completely hid the first French revolution. In 17S9 the Johnnie produced from his pocket a the sight of a gun gives me a chill, and sun and left no indication of the course leaf plucked by Camille Desmoulins beI jump every time one goes off. Lord handful of coins. except the direction whence drove the in the garden of the Palais Royal Branchs eyes bulged, he touched a how Ive suffered I I went crazy at our was and rain. green came a rallying sign, first engagement crazy with fear. I gold piece respectfully, weighed it care No one spoke now. Even Esteban lay to be adopted as the national color; to He his then it or I where what pressed know lips. fully, was, hapdidnt silent, shivering miserably upon his but, remembering that green was the pened, or anything. Afterward, when rubbed it against his cheeks and In his sodden bed. Rosa finally straightened color of the hated Prince d Artois, they they hailed me as a hero, I thought hair; he placed it between his teeth her aching back and smiled at her hus- rejected it on the following they were kidding, that everybody and bit it. band. at first chose, instead, blue and me cried. Now he real! let Its I was. how must know frightened Are we down? she asked. the colors of the city ' of Paris, going red, After a time I saw that Id fooled them, look at the jewels. Oh no is This merely a squall, he and later added the white of royalty, Rosa has them. Shes wearing them and that shamed me. Then I had to told an her, wit(i assumption of confi- that had been faithfully preserved by Hunched backs are lucky, keep it up or become ridiculous. But on her back. dence he was far from feeling. the national guard. This new standard a is ; hers worth know fortune. It Was OReilly! you it nearly killed me. Deliverance came suddenly, and from was adopted with enthusiasm. A feW Arabian Why, this beats the It so happened that the president the Miss in think will Varona her it have Out of the months after, taking of the Bastile quarter. Norine gasped. the entire provisional Nights and to to mist, starboard heart refuse there materialized a Bailly and Lafayette offered to Louis you anything. Branch paused, then It beats cabinet were in Cubitas. Leslie and a schooner driving ahead of the XVI the old The did was shape, soldier Rosa cocard as a head his at right. the girl. warningly Norine went directly to the former. He wagged wind. The not sundescried her simul- badge of reconciliation with the king. refugees gainsay her lover, and toward I dont believe a word of it and you promptly sent for the minister of Justhe and down stood witthe ankle taneously the leaves in the deep mustnt. city among ,Thus the Tricolor originated ns tice, who in turn gallantly put himself French their wash, an nessed hats and their cala- symbol of the liberty of the waving unaccustomed scene. at Norlnes disposal. In no time the Then Johnnie told the story. When Rosa, very dainty in her borrowed bashes, and shouting' crazily until she nation, and it continued as such even news had spread and there was' sub- he had finished there was a long mo saw them and fetched up. when afterward the reconciliation dued excitement throughout the camp. ment of silence. Then Norine qua- nurses uniform, was round-eyeThere was a babble of voices, shout- with the she milch evoked vered That boy! That timid; admiration, tremulously: Norine was between tears and laughter king ended with his decapitaed but when she questions, was answers. as Sendra hysterical Rosa addressed blessed boy! tion. when she ran panting into Estebans was weeping softly; Norine had lifted Its all too weirdly improbable, OReilly she blushed to the! roots of Esteban cabin, leaving Branch to wait outside. and now clutched him tight, husher hair to her close or but ask Rosa At sight of her Esteban uttered a OReilly smiled, Checks Little Used In France. Dearest! Ive Jacket the boy is bursting to tell bands side. Branch proved to be a while her tears fell upon his face. low cry of happiness. are not much used and are Checks The schooner was a sponger bound is been lying In a stupor of delight. The some oner He nearly died because he happy choice as Estebans proxy, for seldom accepted in France. There world has become bright. I hear peo- couldnt brag about It to Captain Mo- he relieved Norines anxiety and smoth- for Nassau ; its blackbird crew spoke but little attempt to Identify the payer English and they willingly helped the of a check and rin, and There wont be any holding ered her apprehensions. ple laughing. What a change! ! anyone who either When Rosa to now. returned strangers overside, laughing and shout- makes out or accepts and him off afraid Im hell the The OReilly prestip Ive arranged everything an order to pay ident and his cabinet are coming to news about that treasure in spite of all Estebans cabin they found Norine ing in a childlike display of excitement. does so at his peril. The public tax my warnings. Those Jewels are a ahead of them. She was kneeling be- Soon there was hot food and coffee, collector will have none of them, ana witness the ceremony. Esteban polled upon his elbow, his temptation; I wont rest easy until side the sick mans hammock, and dry beds and blankets for those who the taxpayer has to stand In line with face was a study. 'What have you ar- theyre safely locked up In some good through the doorway came the low, in- needed them. back yard or in the Johnnie tucked his bride snugly into his bank bills In the vault. Now then, Ive told you every- timate murmur of their voices. Rosa ranged? he managed to inquire. of the precepteur, or else he ! Norine laid a finger upon thing, but Im dying for news. Tell me drew her husband away, whispering, one of the hard berths, then stooped garret to must for nonpayment. Be go and kissed her. Rosas teeth were cannot send Jail his lips. "The guest of the republic is about yourselves, about Esteban. I ex- happily : a check. There is no clearHe will get well. God and that won- chattering, but she smiled happily. to be married today. pected to find him well. What ails In house Paris. Banks settle their derful- girl wont let him die. Gods hand directed us, she said. ing Norine! Oh, my dear quavered him? accounts with one another by sending One only needs to pray long enough Oh, Johnnie ! Norine began. Hes the sick man. I cant let you do this uniformed messengers, who carry cash m CHAPTER XXII. and strong enough and he will hear. mad thing. Think ! Im ready for the very ill. He isnt getting well. Help through the streets and who stand me, Johnnie! Help me to get him grave line before the cashiers window hn The Rainbow's End. This will make you well. Were go- home It was a month later. Quaint old Nasto get their exact change.-JoOf course I will. Well take him The Journey to the coast was made sau lay dozing under an afternoon sun. waitingN. Anderson ing away when the very next expediIn Century Mae' and Rosa away where they can forget by easy stages and Esteban stood it Up from the beach came OReilly and i zina. tion arrives." CHAPTER XXI I Continued. I havent the strength to refuse, Esteban murmured. .And yet, how can I leave Cuba? What right have I to accept happiness and leave Rosa This was a subject which Norine dreaded, a question to which she knew no answer. She was not In a mpod to discuss It, and made no attempt to do so. Instead, she laid the invalid upon his pillow, saying Leslie is waiting to wish you joy and a quick recovery. May I ask him I 19 ilsh-speakl- be-jfia- sh , I I Cuba and all the misery it has caused them. Well make him well dont worry. OReilly saw little of his sweetheart that day, for Norine promptly bore the girl off to her own quarters and there attended to her needs, the most pressing of which was clothing. While OReilly was similarly engaged In making himself presentable, he and Branch talked earnestly, with the result that they repaired later to General Gomez. OReilly concluded by saying : "Ive done what I came to do, sir, but Miss Varona is badly shaken by all she has been through. Shes very nervous and far from well. Esteban, too, isnt recovering. General Gomez nodded. Miss Evans declares he must have a change, and we have arranged to send him out of the country. His sister, poor child, should go, too. They should go at once, OReilly said, positively. Thats why we came to see you. Let us Branch and me take all three jot them to the United - e n, panic-stricke- ! I ' say-rit- I ( I , ! day-The- y ! least-expecte- well-nig- h ! d three-colore- d d, , and-shran- Sh-h- k |