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Show THE PAYSOMAN, PAYSON, UTAH '. Rainbows ES J t End r. JJU Antonlo swung about and cocked hia One Cuban. And your clothes Remington, hut the other spoke sharp- good PROFESSION ALCA Cuban a mistake for almost you might ! Fool If you shoot they will sen ly. officer." cabinet the fire and riddle us. A curse on the O'Reilly joined In the laughter spider that spun this web!" were detected. Pablo's horse struck evoked by this remark. He was quite DR. GEO. H. MOTT It was a test of courage to crouch as tattered a rail, and they fired at the sound, lie as the poorest of Betan- among tin charred stumps, enmeshed courts common soldiers; his shoes fell at the first volley, riddled. Oh, I Physician and Surgeon. in that cruel tangle of wire, while the were broken and know that troelm! his cotdisreputable; Over fire was stubbed of hy daggers 1aysou Exchange Savings night D the troi ha ! OReilly ex ton trousers' snagged by barbed wire and while the trocha awoke to the Bank. At last Ite got a chance to claimed. and soiled by days In and brambles, wild alarm. From somewhere iu the 22r-2r- . 4 Res. Rhone .do something. Ood 4 IhA' long I've in and saddle tlie the grass, nights distance came a shouted command and were in 23. Rhone Office T waited. need of attention. desperate the sound of running feet, suddenly Esteban drew OReilly's tense form Ills heard had grown, too, and his skin, o putting an end to further Inaction. down and embraced his friend, after where it was exposed, was burnt to begun to hack viciously with his a She has the fashion of his people. brown. Certainly there machete, in an effort to aid Hilarios wasmahogany about his been waiting, too, he said, huskily. appearance to nothing labors. The sound of his sturdy blows "Wo Yaninas are good wuiters, O'Reilhis nationality. bespeak DR. A. T betrayed the party's whereabouts so The general continued ; I am directly. Rosa will never cense waiting unBY REX BEACH Ve man could older the that Registered clearly finally me come. In for some Tell her, til you ed in this letter to help you Author ot no himself restrain longer. Norlne withdrew softly out of earCommafid me, sir. Phone 116-- J Th. Iron Trail." "The Spoiler" "Give It to them, compudres; It Is enterprise. "Heart of the Suniet. etc. - - - UTAH shot. There were a lump in her throat as possible Johnnie made As PAYSON. briefly a game that we can play!" and a pain in her 1 mist. She had acknown the object of his Journey. The V OReilly lmd been gripping his rifle officer nodded his comprehension, but quired a peculiar and atlectlonnte Inhis his his in heart throat, tensely, she whom' In terest this unhappy girl as lie did so a puzzled expression Copyright by Harper and Brother pulses pounding. As near a panic as crossed his face. had never seen, and she lmd learned to he had ever been, he found, oddly SYNOPSIS. Yes, I reported that Miss Varona resptet OReilly's love. Theyearultig DR. L. N. ELLSWORTH enough, that the mere act of throwing had gone Into the city I took some that had pulsed in his voice a moment DENTIST to his shoulder and firing his weapon CHAPTER I Don Esteban Varona, a before had stirred her deeply; it awoke to find out. Do you have reason Office in Douglaaa Building pains Cuban planter, possesses a great treasure a it calmed him. The kick of the gun to doubt throb In her own bosom, for O'Reilly 4 Over liertelaena Store hoard. Tins wealth lias been hidden In subdued his excitement and cleared a well on the estate by Sebastian, a slave, was dear to her. The pacificos, accordair." Not the least, diand only he and his muster know the his brain, lie surprised himself by flies Then why have you come all this caehe. Don Estebans wife dies at ing to all reports, were dying like recting Jacket in a cool, authoritative the birth of twins, Esteban and Kosa. In the prison camps. Norlne wondered way? Don Esteban marries the avaricious Donna voice, to shoot low. When he had empIf there might not he a terrible heartI came to find her and to fetch her Isabel, who knows there Is hidden treas-ut- e tied the magazine he led two of the ache at the end of O'Reillys quest? and tries to wring the secret from SeDR. J. H. ELLSWORTH to brother. her bastian. When tlie slave refuses she tries Her face was grave and worried when, horses forward. Then, grasping his DENTIST She Is understand. "But dont to hurt him by having Evangelina, his you own machete, he joined In clearing a over Bank, OJice Matau-za- s Payaon, Ut. In daughter, whom lie loves dearly and who hearing him speak to her, she turned the inside Hues, actually Is the special servant of the twins, sold 9 to 12; 1 to 6 4? pathway. Office to take his outstretched hand. Hours, a prisoner." $ It seemed an Interminable time ere 4? Phone 23. Res. Phone 103-- j You will he careful, won't you? CHAPTER II Through Donna Isabels Exactly. I Intend to go into Matnn-za- s Don Esteban had from risks extricated themselves the scheming Evangelina they Riding Brought And you'ft he stout of and bring her out. at carls and loses. Crazed by the loss of she implored. the Trocha. the trap, but finally they succeeded, his daughter, Sebastian kills Don Esteheart, no mutter wlmt occurs? General Betancourt drew back, asban and himself. shelter of the tonished. He nodded. Its a long way hack to sounds of bird and Insect life; and gained the welcome "My dear man I" he exinside shelter to claimed. Are its woods, pausing see or not You CHAPTER III Many years Donna Isahere to Cubitns. may you mud? calls raucous forth, pealed strange, bel searched for the hidden wealth of the cut the muffles from their horses feet. smiled faintly. MISS LULU TIETJEN Quite O'Reilly man she had married A few years later hear from me again. some familiar, others strunge and una he seeks to marry Rosa to the rich Don I understand. All lovers are mildly mad, She choked miser- accustomed, Sitting there iu the dark, By this time the defenders of the probably. were pouring volley after volley I Mario, but Rosa is promised to OReilly, Teacher of Piano You mean you may not come bedeviled believe." the American, and awaits his return from ably. by a pest of insects, mocked at random Into the night. 4i and Harmony. N New York, whence he has gone to break back. Oh, Johnnie! Ah Lovers I begin to see. But at by these mysterious voices, and off his engagement Now that tlie skirmish was over, to his employer's home Santaquln at her Studio more have mean to We about this do how entertut! go hazardous a to "Tut, you Is the OReillys daughter. Esteban looking forward secretly aiding to boast of his part in It. V Insurreota this impossible undertaking?" lives than a litter of cats. I mean I prise, O'Reilly began to curse his vivid Jacket begun Ha Perhaps theyll know better "You told me Just now that I could CHAPTER IV Donna Isabel Is at the may not see you until the war Is over imagination and to envy the Impas- tliun to show themselves the next time mercy of Paneho Cueto, her unscrupuwe meet In New Y'ork. Well, weve sive ness of his companions. and Even for a Cuban. Well, I am going puss lous administrator, who knows the deeds been good puls, uud I'm glad jou Jacket he noted, endured the strain to put It to the test. If I once get into to the plantation are lost with the treasure. One night she walks In her sleep came to Cuba." Ilis grasp upon her the city I shall manage somehow to hetier; the boy was cheerful, philoand meets her death in the treasure well. two hands was J. H. FRANCOM painful. Esteban and Rosa are forced to flee when get out again, und bring her with me." sophical. quite unimpressed hy his VETERINARY SURGEON Cueto denounces them as rebels. You must go, I know, and I wouldnt surroundings. " The general appraised When the mosquitoes Calls Night and Day Norlne faltered, became unbearable he put on his trouNo doubt you 4: writes to O'Reilly try 10 keep you, but CHAPTER OReilly speculatively. Payaon, Utah. of their plight and urges him to corns then impulsively she drew him down sers, with some reluctance and much cun get in it Is not so difficult to en- 4? i tone 67-and save her. and kissed him full Upon the Ups. For ceremony. ter, I believe, and especially to one CHAPTER VI OReilly soon lands In Rosa! she whispered. Her eyes were who speaks the language like a native. Midnight brought a moist, warm Cuba, but finds he will have hard work swiftBut the return I fear you will find breeze uud a few formless elouds to reach Rosa, as communication with shining as she watched him pass the Insurrectos is difficult and dangerly out of sight. which served at times to dimly obthat another matter. Matanzas Is a 3 , ous. scure the moon. Watching the clouds, place of pestilence, hunger, despair. CHAPTER VII OReilly meets Leslie CHAPTER XVI. No one goes there from choice any prove might hoped OReilly thafcthey A. L. CURTIS. M. D. Branch, newspaper man, who is a victim to be the heralds of a storm. None more, and no one ever comes out. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON of tuberculosis, and they plan a way to The T rocha. Join the Insurrectos together. So 1 should imugtne." The speak 4? Office came. When the moon had limit v in S. Douglaaa emmeasures the all Of old Into the down miiitury careless tone added to Generul Be- 4? ers Cueto e meantime treetops li In crept Telephones Building. CHAPTER VIII tlie Spaniards in their wars BUAss me!" 4? Residence Cor. 9 th and F. Sta. his cigarette, then astonishment. plans to lead Cobo, a Spanish colonel of by tancourt's ployed upon stepped to Volunteeis, execrated for his cruelty, What an extraordi he exclaimed. against Cuban Independence, perhaps began silently to saddle up. The oththe hiding place of Esteban and Rosa. most unique was the trocha ers followed with alacrity, and fell In nary young muni Is It possible that CHAPTER IX Coho and his men cap- the ture Rosa, but she Is Immediately res- treueh or traverse. Martinez Cumpo behind him as he led the way Into the you do not comprehend the terrible cued bv Esteban, and Cobo Is injured In-In during the Ten Years war built tl A sudden thought struck forest. conditions? the fight. O'Reilly plans te reach the When they had covered a couple of surrectos by the aid of Doctor Alvarado, first trocha just west of the Cubitus lilm and he Inquired quickly : Tell m G. F. TILSON. M. D. a friend of the Cuban cause. mountains where the waist of the miles Hilarlo reined In and the others you are not by any chance that hero and SLTvGeO PHYSICIAN to until narrowest. Is WeyIs lslund about discernX close. Not, CHAPTER crowded O'Reilly Ahead, dimly they call El Demonio? I have hird 4 reach the Insurrectos. but his plans misof ible against the night sky, there apthat he Is indeed a demon. No? Very are ar- lers time were the two methods Office at Residence carry. He and Leslieto Branch America. Este pacification, the trocha and the concento be a thinning of the woods. rested and sent back well! You say you wish to visit peared 4? Main Street Phone 7 iban tells Rosa of the coming of General tration camp, developed to their fullest After listening for a moment or two, and I am Instructed to helj 4t Utah Payson, (Weyler to "pacify the Island. extent. Although his trochas hindered Hilarlo dismounted and slipped away; you. How can I do so?" CHAPTER XI Esteban raids Cueto' movement of Cuban troops the three riders sat their saddles with the free For O'Reilly hesitated an Instant. but troops kills home and Spanish him, badly and his prison camps decimated the ears strained, come up and Esteban escapes one thing, I need money. I I havent With 'wounded. He does not reach home. llllarlo returned with word that all a single peseta. anil peaceful population of several provEsteban missing. Rosa. Evangelina Rosa inces, the Spauish cause gained little. was well, and each man dismounted to her husband, Asenslo. with whom "You are welcome to the few dol and gc has been staving, give up hope Both trenches and prison camps be- muffle the feet of his horse wj'tlfrags' Come lurs I possess. ilnto' a Spanish concentration camp. for came of and graveyards. for his Spanish provided Johnnie gunnysnek strips expressed gratitude renew a next New York OReill-planCHAPTER ','TT-- T At the time Johnnie O'Reilly set out the purpose. Then, one by one, they One thing tills ready assistance. a tiiiiu.st. r"g expeU.l.on to Cub Norim hv without war a war Ume assistance the Matanzas of Is offered the for and moved forward to the edge Will you give my you more, said he. Evans, a wealthy ciil who insists ot a battle, without victory, without defeat clearing. The trocha lay before them. Jacket, a new pair of trousers in boy, town financing the venture and going along fot hud settled into a grim contest of enia nurse. Soon the expedition starts OReilly felt a pair of reins thrust and send him back to the Orient at the Cuba In a small tramp steamer. s lnsur-rectodurance. In the east, where the into his hand and found Hilarlo examfirst opportunity? ' were practically supreme, there ining a large pair of tinner's shears. CHAPTER XIII The filibusters land The gen Of course. It Is done. anc Cuba and OReillv learns of Esteban a the Do you wish me to go with you? eral laid a friendly hand upon OReil IRosa. Norlne begins her duties as nurse was food of sort, but beyond trocha the old ooe of be inquired of the guide. Rose, In Matanzas, visits her old home, shoulder, saying, gravely; "It Pene-- 1 lya which Is In ruins. The latter shook his head. "Antonio Into the Maze of Strands They Campus' building the country was would relieve me Intensely to send you cry. He stumpeif his hare feet In A trated. slk. Iuimedhitely west of It, iu that will go; he will keep watch while I back with him, for I have fears foi frenzy of disappointment. You daa Las called Cubans which district the clear a path. If anything goes wrong, 1 come this way, said he. Yon saw (Continued from last week.) !" dassent me sent leave you Matansat the success of yottr venture. "Listen, people are starving In Ma OReilly running toward them. He was Villas, the land lay dying, while the wait here. Dont ride away until he me, didnt you? Well, I made a few Is a hell ; It Uu.s swallowed up thou time have Hahana shouted of and widows ; he entire Matanzas, waved excited tonight. provinces tanzas; they are sick; they are dying Spanish visibly thou our sands of good countrymen; "Never fear. I wont desert you," In the streets." When no one disputed his assertion Bands at them. He was panting when he ar- and Pinar del Rio were practically have died there. Im afraid you dead. These three were skeletons, the American reassured him. rived. . Jacket proceeded further In praise of do not realize what risks I dont eat much. you are tat bite-clawordThe a twow beak. slipped off with flesh cried. figures break of he New's! From Matanzas! by Weylers himself, only to picked hare Jolinnte shook his head stub When Ing. trocha had been away, became Indistinct, and then dis- less cry of dismay. The Jucaro-MoroGomez man has arrived. launched himself Into a Jacket hornly not allow did this OReilly since Campos' appeared. The night was hot, the mosWhats the matter?" Johnnie InEsteban struggled to rise, but No- greatly strengthened the violence of of torrent profanity warning to Influence him, nor Rosa? Wliut day. It followed the line of the trans-lnsula- r quitoes hummed dismally and settled quired. rlne restrained him. which dried his tears. His vocabuof to admonitions did listen the he madLook! Behold me!" wailed the does he say? Quick !" railway. Dotted at every quar- In clouds upon the waiting pair, half-hou- r those other Cubans who tried to argue lary whs surprising. He reviled the Good news She left the Pan de ter of a mile along the grade were lit- dening them with tliclr poison. A hero. I have left the half of my beauwith him out of his purpose, once It Spaniards, OReilly, himself, everybody passed, then the two ghostly fig- tiful trousers on that barbed wire! Matanzus with the two negroes. She tle foils connected by telephone and became known. On the contrary, he and everything; he leveled anathemas went Into the city before Cohos raid." telegraph lines. Between these forti-nn- s ures materialized once more. Antonio swung a leg over his saddle, at that woman who had come between proceeded with his preparations and There Dios! grumbled Hilarlo. were sentry stations of logs or railEsteban collapsed limply. He closed paying: "Come along, amigos; we have spent that afternoon In satisfying him- him and his beloved benefactor. The his eyes, his face was very white. He road ties. Eyes were keen, rides were are many strings to this Spanish gu- fifty leagues ahead of us. The war Pan hitler listened self that Rosa had indeed left crossed himself weakly. ready, challenges were sharp, and coun- itar. What a row when they discover will he over while we stand here gos- de Matanzas before Cohos raid. Youre a tough kid, he laughed, "The letter Is defiulte. It seems they tersigns were quickly given on the Jm that .1 have played a Cuban danzon siping. when Jackets first rage had worn lb Among Betuncourts troops whs a The old man seemed less upon it. trocha. were starving. They obeyed Weylers "I like you, and Id take you out. self O'Reillys adventures on his swift man who had been living In the hills In OReillys party there were three surly than before. Las Villas have no rurt In ha ndo. Theyre In Matanzas now. ride through his family Is the way clear? OReilly In- this story. It is only necessary to at the time Asenslo and Norinn men besides himself the Do you hear, Esteban? had abandoned their struggle for exvaand numerous shook her patient by the shoulder. Jacket, a wrinkled old Cumagueyan quired. were that they say istence, and to him OReilly went. This As far ns the railroad, yes. We ried. that Shes altTe. Oh, cant you see that It who knew the bridle trails of his provO'Reilly experienced exciteIt seemed, had remained with fellow, came hack. and voices there, and that upon more than ment ince as a fox knows the tracks to its heard always pays to believe tlie best? In the mountains some time ids forward our family cut to will We have v' way farther think from to a forced silent was Alive! Safe!" Esteban whispered. lair, and guajiro one occasion he Asenslos It after departure. we cross track. the then, Now, a after His eyes, when he opened them, were west, detailed to accompany the expeand to act quickly in order to avoid from him that OReilly heard his first u sound." me without follow hand. wide hand his of cla-some Norines acquaintance clutched because h he with dition roving guerrilla swimming; authentic report of the atrocities perBoth Lending his horse by the hit ring. Food become a problem immediatetightly ; his other hand he extended to with the devastated districts. This by Coho's volunteers. out into the moved Hilarlo petrated clearing, ! Mathe crossed In had recoucentrado "A the travelers after ly O'Reilly. his little his had man lost son, com- wife, once more bis three more followed trocha ns the crossed by families trocha. Such apprehensive tanzas! Well, thats good. We have guides, having and all the scanty belongings he poslurli(i(1 H thp Wnods were liberal friends there theyll not let her than once, affected to scorn its ter- pnnlons. In spite of ull precautions With shaking hands sessed. starve. This makes a new man of me. rors, and their easy confidence reas- the animals made a tremendous racket, (.n.mh Antonio, hy the way, knew all to s Hilarlo heaven, the fellow cursed It so nr of Esteban's In and, seemed, despite spite See! Im strong again. I'll go to her." sured OReilly of i hem hut they had little to give, of his misfortunes. author it was impos- the and admonition. turnings, twisting Miss cried j In party arting Youll go? and consequence, O'Reilly's quickly "I live for one thing! he cried The American had not dreamed of sible to avoid ail occasional loop of learned the taste of wild fruits, Youll go! Youre not strong Evans. clothto meet that monster, and to flesh und therefore came harl.ed shrilly he wire, when but Jacket Once along, suicide. he taking they would Ypu, It an(j Iiain,.tt0 plough. as he butchers women ot But butcher him, suffered length had the grievously. his ! announce sole hoy ing the lo small pig, departuie Everyt0 with a price upon your head JnaM,1K(J( railroad children. under tlie and the party brought up survivor of SOIllP obscure country tragbody knows you there. Matanzas Is flatly refused to he left behind. and paused. As carefully OReilly purposely left his most unFifty miles of hard riding brought embankment edy, but the rest of the time their virtually a walled city. Theres sickthe men ascended task to the last. When his he four the might the party to tlie trocha; they neared it when there was any. consisted pleasant ness, too yellow fever, typhus descended meat, had been completed and and rails the crossed arrangements lizI on after second the dpe, supleaving those morning big, repulsive of Iguanas Exactly. And hungerulso. himself as far as had he acquainted ards and jutlas, the Ctihnn field rats. pose no one has taken Rosa In? Those (uh)tns, and sought a secluded campwith the hazards he was likely possible no was shortage there concentration camps arent nice places ing spot. Later In the day Hilarlo, the Fortunately to encounter, he took Jacket aside and old Onmugueyan, slipped away to for a girl. of food for the horses, and so, despite broke the news to him that on the folHe returned at twilight, But wait! I have friends In Washthe necessity of numerous detours, the lowing morning they must part. As ington. They're Influential. They will hut volunteered no report of what he parly made good time. They crossed he had expected, the boy refused to cable the American consul to look after had discovered. After an insistent into Matanzas, pushed on over rolling listen to him. O'Reilly remained firm OReilly wrung from her. Anyhow, you mustnt think of rehills, through sweeping savannas, past and Jacket began to weep copiously. evthat admission empty clearings and deserted villages, He worked himself up to a hysterical turning to Matanzas, Norlne faltered ; him the reluctant ernssa for favorable A seemed fortunaU she and end. their to erything journey's .her voice caught unexpectedly crescendo which threatened to arouse ing some time that night, and flint he the sharp barbs brought blood and encounter with a rebel partida from turned her face away. But O'Reilly entire encampment I?emuttered profanity at every slep. Youre a had selected a promising point. General Betancourts army enabled the O'Reilly nodded shortly. unmoved. was noth-- , what ever would knew man four old of the None without the say sick inn a, he agreed. Theres no need yondflhat them to reach headquarters I Be quiet," he told the boy. gave the alarm. Their first intimation loss of time, and one afternoon, worn. lug. for both of us to go. let you go with me, and that won't a " came of with dismounted was startling discovery inenl, a Then quickly and Esteban looked up. la ggard you simple hungry, they Supper, ona Quien vive? hurled at them from ,n fr()nt of lflat pallant officer's hut ends It. It will be hard enough for I leave at once. The Old Man has disposed of. Then followed a long, two would b to man slip through; rfli Betancourt read the letter given me a commission to General Be- dispiriting wait, for a gibbous moon, somewhere at their hacks. fall. to sure Youre a Tough Kldl" He Laughedk was An and the Instant challenge the then and in handed tin guides him, rode high in the sky tancourt, and Ill he on my way w1(., (paily skill will Those reyou Spaniards a Other shot. Mauser smile, The moon Is young; I must refused to stir so long as it remained followed hy hour. ike(i upYouwth'a one If I could. But this Isnt an enterprise of Gomez' Amerl- - Jacket walled. are ..So cross the trocha before there. It was a still night; in the ports rang out as the sentry emptied for a boy, and It wont get you any reason more So much the for you s dark-hiIn rilti his direction. llielr "That trocha! Esteban wns up on jungle no air was stirring, and thing to keep up this racket Hihere. to stay So! They are (hooting bats! elbow again, "Be careful there,! ness brought forth a torment of mos-- 1 jo look at you; the sun and At this the boy uttered a louder Into a very j ( ponujuio.i oq ox) j the wind huve made you OReilly. They keep a sharp lookout, j qultoes. As day died the woods awoke lurlo grunted. and Its guarded with barbed wire. Re sure you out every strand. Yes, and muffle your horses hoofs, too. In crossing the railroad track. Thats how we ..A NOVEL.. 1 J An-toiJ- t $ . set-l- j $ tro-cli- 1 1 $ $ $ Um-rn!- osa t up-stai- I HasTour Subscription Expired? 111 d n well-mea- ! le caro-Moro- n ever-falthf- j j n 1 " |
