| Show 0 0 rain w S nd A NOVEL by REX BEACH author of THE IRON TRAIL TR AIL THE SPOILERS 11 HEART OF OE THE SUNS SUNSET ETl etc by ind nd nr other others U OREILLY MAKES LOVE BADLY BUT WELL ENOUGH TO WIN THE HEART OF ROSA ft synopsis dun don N Vitro ru it cuban Cul iii pla planter itter hides tits ills wealth money jewels and ami title ln it ft veil ell on tits Ms estate the Is 14 known knon only to thin it slave don ENte hans wIfe to flits dies tit it tile the birth bertli of twill ChIll and llon HOSH don esteban worries ailles Ki tile avaricious donna isabel lio ito tries tin scully to wring tho the secret of the lie hidden tx treasure frodi sebastian S nt at ills his refusal S slie I 1 to urges don Est eblin to sell si 11 ll nils daughter don dom but lit in the lie course of it gambling argio or fili lie risks Evangel tua at cards and loses brazel by hylie he loss ut of ills daughter Sebasti sebastiad ah mils kills don esteban ciul nil Is himself killed ninny years 1311 pas anil doann isabel Is unable to find the hidden bidden treasure D don ott nurio rich sugar seeks to rr alosa who lw tills lins returned from befool in the irio united states CHAPTER ill continued 3 good goodr I 1 don marlo rose 6 to leave tor for the exertion of ills his ride till bud ninde tint thirsty you may name your own OM reward tor for helping me lite till and I 1 will pity it if the duy iloan marries lite inc now no kindly advise tier of my lily intentions und tell her I 1 shall come to see lien hen soon 4 0 it wn ans quite true that johnnie Olt Ol tiny leilly or the Ol Olle leilly llly ns as ills his friends called him lind had little in the oie way of if worldly advantage to offer tiny liny girl and it was aa precisely because of tills this fact tant lie ho tind had accepted a tol tion bore in cubit cuba where front from the lie very nature of things lings ti promotion ns lively likely ito to lc ile moro more rapid than in the lie new york office of his firm A lancing eye speaks every language all it singing heart gathers its the young oung irish american lind find more than it bowing tie nc noth ith the commonest apon fish 1 h verbs arbs lie he had it calling acquaintance with some of the most exclusive people of lie ile luid had adjusted himself serenely to his surrounding when rosa varona returned front from school but with lier coming coining awn awny Y went till nil tits ills complacency compla cenci ills contentment vanished lie experienc LA a u total lf iii e in ills opinions tits his hopes and ills ids ambitious lie ill discovered for example that mn lit banzas was ns by no innas the out ont of the way ny place ito he hall had considered it on the contrary after meeting llosa once by accident twice by design arid three times by 1 mutual it lint lind I 1 upon ulon jilin that tills this was the lie ailef chief city of cuba if tint flot pi p 1 i lie file huh around which taj ali whale world revolved vol ved certainly it as a the ole most agreeable of nil all cities since it con tallied everything cars tiling that vias necessary for mails yet dest destitute itte the thrill of his hi s awakening Olle oreilly llly wits vis you may name your own reward neward biot tit nt till nil pleased with ith hlin himself self for as it happonen there ans ns another girl back home and during tits hla first your year of a lie halt had written to tier her more frio ty ly unit und more moie frequently than tiny man on u such a salary us its his had a right to so li inasmuch as tier her father was oreil lp contin my it nifty may be seen scon that atosa Varo tins homo corning coming seriously not only from it but front from n business standpoint it ans wnm in a thoughtful mood that lint lie rode up tip ln bumbria toward the lie quinta tie de esteban inte on lite afternoon of dun don mur burlos I 1 os visit of going directly it to lie house bouse ns as tile merchant iad 1 nd tone done turned ort off from tile rond road and after tethering ills hla home lit in it il cluster of guava hils hilshey liu hes proc proceeded ceded ott on foot ile I 1 if did gilld tint not like dinan isabel lan liel nor gilld donna isabel like litin moreover it in lind hall n particular reason for ti tier today juat inside ahe aaronn pret alwa lie paused tilt mi instant to nilar e tho the out look bolt li quinan camilini uA nn an edw lont lent view of the ott on tilt he ont one liand and of the town and harbor on oil the other no one ever the hill from the city to gaze gasc over into that hidden valley alloy without fooling feeling it pleasurable tit nt fl hiding noling it still there we tire are acau to think of perfect beauty ns its unsubstantial evanescent but tile the never changed mid in that lay illy its wonner runner through gli what amt had once tn bet 11 well tended grounds oreilly oreally ORe llly made tits his way ny to it a sort of sunken garden which alch in spite of neglect still remained lle lite most harming nook the place nil and thue lie he sat down to wait alt for awa tile the hollow wits MIS effectual effectually lv screened scree neil front from view ew by it growth fit f plantain point palm orange and trees over or the rocky walls run ran n pro fulon lon of lowering flowering plants and vin inc q tit in the center of the open space u its as un an old well veil its masonry curb till all but crumbled away when rosa at last Oll rilly felt called upon to tell her some somewhat that dizzily that she bile wits beyond doubt tile alio sweetest flower floer on nil till all the ho quinta tit le E steban and since this somewhat back keyed aie ed remark was the boldest speech lit in had tilt ever made to tier lir slie site blushed I 1 prettily flushing flashing him i 3 Ull Pled smile of f mingled ining led pleasure and surprise oil oh hut but I 1 unsure yau oil im lit in no s temper said site hiis just t now ini im tremendously angry why its that stepmother it if sho dren nied that I 1 MU JOM its as often as I 1 dowell iloa tier er eloquent hands and eyes 1 I suppose why ly I 1 ajoy doing it I 1 so dearly love loe 6 to spite lar bor 1 I see MO puckered keil ills lio and lied nodded deol rut dut why mh in case you sou seen heon me ine oftener wo wa might just jurt well veil have hae niada tile good ladys lads ufa life totally silly 1 site she knows nothing about it with a flirtatious sigh atosa addell added rii ats what roam the of its chief rc slam it floes does not lint bother tier her lit in the he least I 1 11 hl riot not ill allo low MIU tu to como come tiny mare after judicious collell ly pretended to agree theres no i fun lit in it horrible reven revenge when our eneany wise lse to it ikc Si since billee its your ide it i to irritate aur er perli tips it mould annoy lier her if I 1 ande love biln etly to tier her rosa ko iii tift uttered ered and then inquired nul vely ann cnn an you iu male love senor coll can I 1 its lite lie one till an Ollo Olle llly lily inherits kislen to it till tills nov non 11 reaching Keach liiK forth ile he tock ll roeum lingers fingers in ills lie t fled cried as she resist ell cd pretend IlC tend mat bouru mrs varona your own OMI tand that bluit tills this Is tier lier dimpled hand im iia holding 11 oh ha the girl allowed lids gnip gral rn ip to remain ilist isobela hand Ilin pled its thin and wily tye lc relt felt it on my lily ears cars often enough ll 11 dont interrupt tie lie tow told tier isabel b el my little isabela Isabel 1 exclaimed exclaim cd a bolf voice and the lovers started guiltily Kult gull tIly impart aliey they Ili ey turned to find ent twin twill tb brother rother staring nt at them willy oddly isa wil ibel lie repeated rei catel lilies this INS you interrupted our theatT theatricals leals 1 was rehearsing tin an impassioned aco to your beloved stepmother ster another OHe llly with ith a pretense or of i los hea benor oreilly oreally ORe llly believes ix llever lie hf can infuriate isabel by laying siege to hert lies iles a foolish person cheeka clif leka were fatally faintly flushed lu sheil ruid her color deepened at tile amusement in ill eyes ilo makes make love wrt wretchedly 11 what nili little I 1 overheard nHi it lial bad Est estellag ellau declared then tic he took hand inteman Ket elinn was a hoy boy i straight wim and ni manly atily ond bia resemblance 0 to o inosa was wai with n look engaging in its frnnk frank dl 1 ns 8 lie said mid rogil ilou to told lIIn ino auto about lit your meetings hero bero nil anil I 1 came to apologize for our dI sCour tesy ini fill sorry we cant invite you into our house but you understand isoba and I 1 ore are not tike like tier her w we tire nrc quite liberal lit in our views lofts we e abc atal inest A an sol sac goo I 1 dure anre say what makes isabel hate americans so bitterly it please tier to know tb tint it im becoming as fast us over ever I 1 cam caina ventured uie ole entler caller oil oh she hates cubans too laughed the blotier hr br other otier SI 1611 spanish you lnor lillar well its nto you ou see tier wr 1 imlay wint a anderl shell bihr j WV W wall in her steel sleep tonight t if ever itoda nodded soberly lit binl it llly IV suppressing sonic some light rel reply y that had sprung to 0 o ills his tills lips inquired inquire curiously cur louy what flo do you ou mean liy by chati Il rother and sister joined lit in explaining that donna isabel was as ghen civell to pe ile cilli tir actions net lony especially after periods of or anger and that one of tier eccentricities had taken the form forin of wanderings oil ashes crazy enough est ceball concluded 1 I bellom belleve its tier her evil con coil sc lence 11 Ol leilly llly scanned the lio speaker silently 1 for a moment then lie said with n gravity unusual in lum him 1 I wonder if you ou know that youre loure suspected susic cled of working for tin the cause indeed I 1 know well its it filet Ol leilly heard roba basli faintly Is it true lie he as risked ked 1 I inn fill n cohnn Cu cuntin Cub buit tin your people were li true atut no spaniard eer er raised spanish child lit in cuba we V tire are cubans rosa ram and 1 I 1 I go everywhere and the spanish olli cers atila phil plainly tily before nie me somebody must bo be the eyes and the ears for colonel lopez colonel lopez exclaimed OTle 1071 llly eilly R estoban nodded rosas face us its she looked atille at lie two men was white while ciul tint worried tor per a time thile the three of thein sat silent then the lie american slowly be shot if youre soure caught cau glit some one must run choices esteban averred erred were figh fighting tyranny ty runny till culm cuba Is abl ablitzer itze I 1 must flu lily part lint sooner moner or later inter be its derod covered dien theia aliat liat bitell ly Este liall ith birtia rugged kcal atio knotts otys therell then ll be b alien 11 what of rosa at till ills oti the hi brother rother li stirred uneasily mid binl it dro roppe pied dhu ills eyes ly laid a 11 hand upon ills ids turin linn you have no right to jeopardize her safety without you ou to whom could she turn the girl tier her admirer it grateful glance senor you for one would tee bee that dial slier slie r allut rn im going away OH dheilly eIlly felt rather miller than saw sa itoga start for lil ill lils s all faw was averted netted nT ted pl cattle liere here to in tell you ou both goodby good by hy 1 I may be gone for conw alme 1 1 I 1 blont know when lien I 1 ran an got get sack jjack im sorry orr Ksiel inn told him with etli genuine regret re Rrt we have grown romi very fond of you lint n you yon will come coine back before long ell eh youre toure one of ug u in ill tile lie ni ill lint you ou say foy and at least TT be careful 11 lv ily no anvan winit hunting ingin in tact esteban rose brisbin and afier shil shaking king hands with etli Ol 0 lle leilly llly left the two lowers layers to suy say farewell at as let best suited them lint for once Illys a really ready tongue was sis silent the laughter was as gone front from ills his blue IM es when lie he turned to tit lie girl at ills hl side fide you nay you ou tire are going na away roga inquired breathlessly hut eliy why im going partly lecile of tills or nr and partly because of soi something else I 1 raol tried it tc tell you iou yesterday iester dai but I 1 when ill alie revolution resolution started every thought thuu glit it aa was merely it ii local uprising till and 11 1 I wrote role my illy eum coin vally to tj that fleet effect but bless you ion it hit ha spread like tire fire and iw now the lie 1010 lolo hole eastorn eai end vt ut the island Is Huhl nes ima has unit and 1115 employers lune have ordered tile meli howe to find out happened to their pr olits ts you said there was as else OHel itys invitation hesitation nil an pill em barriss cl silence he tried to tough laugh I 1 it t 0 off fr thero Is oth otherwise emise id stay right liere here and tell my m penurious fj fi lends bends to whistle for their profits it seeing fcO tins ill cursed biti lh it ratio inanity you it inny have noticed it no well its it business all tibI lity that chave I 1 hnud adilio Ai ilio the president preil dent of lit company tills lins a notion that id fit inake a glod it a t V 1 I oil cried rosa ali and at her tone one Olle llly hurried on oil these ri ieso rich men inen have the most tit nit surd idea idear I 1 suii pose ril liao have to then you iou tire are in love loe senor fon nr the young man joan nodded vigorously indeed deed I 1 mil ain with ath the sweetest sweet abt girl gir 1 an cuba ill alie c wit wv 1 L trouble e why im hurrying hoine to resign before fin fired not to bolt too long or too deeply nto into ito atoa a ees until site lind taken in the liole truth lie it noted waited nl ted staring tit nt tits his feet nn ini sort or of aind it hills had come to a down and I 1 can sil ellik out im boning shell miss me lite after it moment lie ventured will vill she filie er will filoso llo 11 miss you ou rosa leftel tier her bros brawl lit in pretended you yau are of course coure but I 1 wont lime have time to think nebout you for I 1 am so r oon coon to be Mairl cd what Non gensel di do you iou think im so ugly nobody would liae etive rne tit attic man lit in matanzas line asked tor for illy hand tills this very afternoon 11 who N arto do castello Cast yes res oreilly Olle longheld with relief and though rosa tried to look offended lite ilie ans wn forced to in i nille iles heb atit I 1 know she blie admitted and he makes dol bit li brout bu but he be Is a richer than croesus and I 1 adore rich ich men 1 I linto linte leml cm I 1 announced oreilly llly then ihen for a second time lie ho took rosas Ilin pled hand saying ing earnestly im sure you ou know now why I 1 make love loo so 50 badly dear its my lily irish conscience and wait until I 1 conic come bile mck wont you ou will you lc ile gone very long lone alic tic ask asked ed oreilly looked deeply now low into tilt lark eyes turned to ills his and found unit that tit nt lost there was tie no coquetry lit in them nothing but a lonesome one soine hungry yearning and with it and incoherent inc c lie licit out ills or aruis is I 1 llosa sa crept thin them then with it a sigh she upturned tier lips alps to te it ills Is ill all atilt forever sliu suld CHAPTER IV retribution although for it 11 lung time tillie doann 1 in 11 bel lind had been becil suro sure lit in tier her own mind that poncho cueto tier her was vas rubbing robbing tier her she hall never nuit red courage to cull call him to it reckoning nevertheless de blunt acca gutlon aution coupled with tier glicr own urgent needs served tc bcd to lit fix tier hor resolution and on tin tilt lily after the merchants visit lilt she sent E for tile over ot rs vr who lit tile alio little wits MIS living on one of the ho iian lations tnt tat lons ions cueto was vas plainly curious to learn why lie had been sent for hut but since liu he asked no questions ills employer 1 1 0 k J d will you be |
