Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1918 — Page 7

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1918

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By REX BEACH

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SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I—Don Esteban Varona. a Cuban planter, possesses a great treasure hoard. This wealth has been hidden in - a well on the estate by Sebastian, a slave, and only he and his master know the secret cache. Don Esteban’s wife dies at the • birth of twins, Esteban and Rosa. Don Esteban marries the avaricious Donna Isabel, who knows : there is hidden treasure and tries to wring the secret from Sebastian. When the slave refuses she tries to hurt him by having Evangelina, his daughter, whom he loves dearly and who Is the special servant of the twins, sold. "Oh, you know very well! I’ve asked It often enough, but you have lied, just as my husband has lied to me. He IS a miser; he has no heart; he cares for nobody, as you can see. You must hate him now, even as I hate him. Tell me—is there really a treasure, or—?”

“Tell Me—is There Really a Treasure, or—?"

The woman gasped; she choked; she eould scarcely force the question for fear of disappointment. “Tell me there is, Sebastian. I’ve heard so many lies that I begin to doubt.” The old man nodded. “Oh, yes, there is a treasure,” said he. “Oh! You have seen it?” Isabel was trembling as if with an ague. “What is it like? How much is there? Good Sebastian, I’ll * give you water ; Pll have you set free'if you tell me.” “How much? I don’t know. But there is much —pieces of Spanish gold, silver coins in casks and in little boxes —the boxes are bound with iron and have hasps and staples; bars of precious metal and little paper packages of gems, all tied up and hidden in leather bags.” “Yes! Go on.” “There are ornaments, too. God knows they must have come from heaven, they are so beautiful; and pearls from the Caribbean as large as plums.” “Are you speaking the truth?” “Did I not make the hiding-place all alone? Senora, everything is there just as I tell you—and more. The grants of title from the crown for this quinta and the sugar plantations, they are there, too. Don Esteban used to fear the government officials, so he hid his papers securely. Without them the lands belong to no one. You understand?”

“Of course! Yes, yes! But the jewels— Where are they hidden?” “You would never guess !” Sebastian’s voice gathered strength. “Ten thousand men in ten thousand years would never find the place, and nobody knows the secret but Don Esteban and me." “I believe you. I knew all the time it was here. Well? Where is it?” Sebastian hesitated and said, piteously, “I am dying —•” Isabel could scarcely contain herself. “I’ll give you water, but first tell me where- —where J God in heaven! Can’t you see that I, too, am perishing?” “I must have a drink.” “Tell me first.” Sebastian lifted his head and, meeting the speaker’s eyes, laughed hoarsely. . At the sound of his unnatural merriment Isabel recoiled as if stung. She stared at the slave’s face in amazement and then in fury. She stammered, incoherently, “You—you have been — lying!” “Oh no! The treasure is there, the greatest treasure in all Cuba, but you shall never know where It is. I'll see to that. It was you who sold my girl; it was you who brought jne to this; it was your hand that whipped me. Well, Hl tell Don Esteban how you tried to

_ribe his secret from me! What do you think he’ll do then? Eh? You’ll feel the lash on your white back—” “You fool!” Donna Isabel looked murder. “I’ll punish you for this; I’ll make you speak if I have to rub ( your wounds with salt.” But Sebastian closed his eyes wearily. “You can’t make me suffer more than I have suffered,” he said. “And now—l curse you. May that treasure be the death of you. May yon live in torture like mine the rest of your days; may your beauty turn to ugliness such that men will spit at youj mayjyou never know peace again until you die in poverty and want —” But Donna Isabel, being superstitious, fled with her fingers in her ears; nor did she undertake to make good her barbarous threat, realizing opportunely that it would only serve to betray her desperate intentions and put her husband further on his guard. ' '. - As the sun was sinking beyond the farther rim of the Yumuri and the valley was beginning to fill with shadows Esteban Varona rode up the hill. His temper was more evil than ever, if that were possible, for he had drunk again in an effort to drown the memory of his earlier actions. With him were Pablo Peza, and Mario de Castano, Col. Mendoza y Linares, old Pedro Miron, the advocate, and others of less consequence, whom Esteban had gathered from the Spanish club. The host dismounted and lurched across the courtyard to Sebastian. “So, my fine fellow,” he began. ‘"Have you had enough of rebellion by this time?”

.Sebastian’s face was working as he turned upon his master to say: “I would be lying if I told you that I am sorry for what I did. It is you who have done wrong. Your soul is black with this crime. Where is my girl?” “The devil! To hear you talk one yrould think you were a free man.” The planter’s eyes were bleared apd he brandished his riding-whip threateningly. “I do as I please with my slaves. I tolerate no insolence. Your girl? Well, she’s in the house of Salvador, Don Pablo’s cochero, where she belongs.” Sebastian had hung sick and limp against the grating, but at these words he suddenly roused. He strained at his manacles and the bars groaned under his weight. His eyes began to roll, his lips drew back over his blue gums. Noting his expression of ferocity, Esteban cut at his naked back with the riding-whip, crying: “Ho! Not subdued yet, eh? You need another flogging.” “Curse you and all that is yours,” roared the maddened slave. “May you know the misery you have put upon me. May you rot for a million years In hell. May your children’s bodies grow filthy with disease; may they starve; may they —” Sebastian was yelling, though his voice was hoarse with pain. The lash drew blood with every blow. Meanwhile, he wrenched and tugged at his bonds with the fury of a maniac. “Pablo! Your machete, quick!” panted the slaveowner. “I’ll make an end of this black fiend, once for all.” Esteban Varona’s guests had looked on at the scene with the same mild interest they would display at the whipping of a balky horse; and, now that the animal threatened to become dangerous. it was in their view quite the proper thing to put it out of the way. Don Pablo Peza stepped toward his mare to draw the machete from its scabbard. But he did not hand it to his friend. He heard a shout, and turned in time to see a wonderful and a terrible thing. Sebastian had braced his naked feet against the wall ; he had bowed his back and bent his massive shoulders —a back and a pair of shoulders that looked as bony and muscular as those of an ox—and he was heaving with every ounce of strength in his enormdus body. As Pablo stared he saw the heavy grating come away from its anchorage in the solid masonry, as a shrub is uprooted from soft ground. The rods bent and twisted there was a clank and rattle and clash of metal upon the flags; and then- —Sebastian turned upon his tormentor, a free man, save only, for the wide jron bracelets and their connecting chain. He was quite insane. His face was frightful to behold; It was apelike in its animal rage, and he towered above his master like some fabled creature out of the African jungle of his forefathers. Sebastian's fists alone would have been formidable weapons, but they were armored and weighted with the old-fashioned, hand-wrought irons which Pancho Cueto had locked upon them. Wrapping the chain in his fingers, the slave leaped at Esteban and struck, once. The sound of the blow was sickening, for the whole bony structure of Esteban Varona’s head gave way.

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There was a horrified cry from the other white men. Don Pablo Peza ran forward, shouting. He swung his machete, but Sebastian met him before the blow could descend, and they went down together upon the hard stones. Again Sebastian smote, with his massive hands wrapped in the chain and

The Slave Leaped at Esteban, and Struck, Once.

his wrists encased in steel, and this time it was as if Don Pablo’s head had been caught between a hammer and an anvil. The negro’s strength, exceptional at all times, was multiplied tenfold; he had run amuck. When he arose the taachete was in his grasp and Don Pablo’s brains were on his knuckles. Tt all happened in far less time than it takes to tell. The onlookers .had not yet recovered from their first consternation ; in fact they were still fumbling and tugving at whatever weapons they carried, when Sebastian came toward them, brandishing the blade on high. Pedro Miron, the advocate, was the third to fall. He tried to scramble out of the negro’s path, but, being an old man, his limbs were too stiff to serve him and he went down-shrieking. By now the horses had caught the scent of hot blood and were plunging furiously, the clatter of their hoofs mingling with the blasphemies of the ciders, while Sebastian’s bestial roaring made the commotion even more hideous. Esteban’s guests fought as much for their lives as for vengeance upon the slayer, for Sebastian was like a gorilla; he seemed intent upon killing them all. He vented his fury upon whatever came within his Yeach; he struck at men and animals alike, and the shrieks of wounded horses added to the din. It was a frightful combat. It seemed Incredible that, one man could work such dreadful havoc in so short a time. Varona and two of his friends were dead; two more were badly wounded, and a Peruvian stallion lay kicking on the flagging when Col. Mendoza y Linares finally managed to get a bullet home in the black man’s brain. Those who came running to learn the cause of the hubbub turned away sick hnd pallid, for the paved yard was a shambles. Pancho Cueto called upon the slaves to help him, but they slunk back to their quarters, dumb with terror and dismay. All that night people from the town below came and went and the quinta resounded to sobs and lamentations, but of all the relatives of the dead and wounded, Donna Isabel took her bereavement hardest. Strange to say, she could not be comforted. Now, when It was too late, she realized that she had overreached herself, having caused the death of the only two who knew the secret of the treasure. She remembered, also, Sebastian’s statement that even the deeds of patent for the land were hidden with <he rest, where ten thousand men in ten thousand years could never find them. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT Unsound PURE BRED Stallion No. 11926 A A (Laws of Indiana, 1913. Chap. 28) Ttip pedigree of the Stallion Kleber, No. 16589 American. Owned by Dennis Marquie and Oscar Paquette, P. 0., Remington. Ind.. R. F. D. 4. County Jasper, described as follows: Color'and marks, Grey, white 1 spot -on nose. Breed, French - Draft. Foaled in the year 1905; has been examined In the office of ..the Secretary of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board, and it is hereby certified that the (Not exact likeness) said Stallion is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in a pedigree register association, society or Company recognized as standard in accordance with Section 4 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. The above named Stallion has been examined by a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and is certified by affidavit .to be unsound from the transmissible unsoundriesses, bones, specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. (Seal) C. H. ANTHONY, President. C, M. McCONNEL, Vice-Pres. Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCartney, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette. Indiana, April 6, 1918. Void after January 1, 1919. NOTE —This Certificate expires annually January Ist, and must be renewed before March 15th. following. STAND FOR 1918 Kleber will stand for the season of 1918 at the farm of Dennie " Marquie, 5 1-2 miles north and 1 mild'’ east of Remington, 6 1-2 miles and 1 mile east of Rensselaer, and will answer calls within a radius of several miles. TERMS—SI2.OO to insure colt to stand and suck. Moving from county or. disposing of mare, service fee becomes due and payable at once Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any' occur. Phone, Remington Line. DENNIS MARQUIE, Owner. CALIX PAQUETTE, Manager.

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culiar flavor is very pleasing and as cooked greens or salads, they are considered a great delicacy. Some of these edible wild greens are: Pepper cress, lamb’s quarter, sour dock, purslane or “pusley,’’ PfOkeweed, dandelion, wild mustard, marsh marigold and milkweed (tender sprouts and young leaves). Americans should eat more greens than they do at all seasons, because they are palatable and help to keep one in good physical condition. In the spring many people eat a few meals of the old standby leaf crop such as spinach, lettuce, dandelion, and then forget that these or similar crops should be grown and eaten throughout the summer and canned for winter use. The following is a list of the most common edible cultivated domestic greens: Swiss chard, kale, turnip tops, spinach, beet tops, native mustard and dasheen sprouts. Spinach is one of the best crops grown for greens in America and should be found in every garden. The plant Is hardy and may be started in earliest spring. It can be used throughout the summer and fall and is splendid for canning. Freshly gathered greens are always of finer flavor than those that have been taken to market • and kept until wilted. They should be carefully washed as soon as gathered and kept in a cool place until needed for nse. Like other vegetables they should be crisp and fresh when ijeady to cook. The following recipes for cooking the various kinds of greens are recomended by the Department of Interior, Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.: Spinach and Other Greens

Spinach is .one of the leaf vegetables mostr valuable for mineral matter. Used with a dinner of salt pork, dried beans and corn bread, spinach is particularly acceptable. peck spinach, 2 tablespoons butter pr fat, % teaspoon salt, 1-8 teaspoon pepper. Pick leaves from stems and wash to remove the sand. Cook uncovered without water until tender (about 30 minutes) stirring frequently at first, then chop fine or press through a colander; reheat with butter and seasoning. Serve garnished with 2 hard cooked eggs if desired. Swiss Chard The green tender leaves of Swiss chard are cooked as spinach is cooked. When the leaves are full grown the midribs may be cooked and served with cream sauce, following the recipe for creamed cabbage. Use Swiss chard with starchy Vegetables or peas, beans or other legumes. Kale is used chiefly as greens

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CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT. SOUND, PURE BBED STALLION. Magellan d’Hondzocht. No. 3153. (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28.) The pedigree of the Stallion Mag ellan d’Hondzocht, No. 5636 American, Vol. XVII, P. 513. Foreign; owned by North Union Belgian Horse Co., P. O. Rensselaer, Ind., R. F. D. county Jasper, described as follows: Color and marks: Bay, star - in forehead; breed » Belgian; foaled in tlie year April 19<i-, has been examlned ofs><•<* of tll, ‘ Socre,nry " f ~l<! Imiiana Stallion I.nrolilment , Board (Not exacts Likeness) at, d tt Is hereby • • certified that the said Stallion is of PURE BREEDING : and is registered in the American I Association of Importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses Stud Book. The above Stallion has ' been examined by Dr. Johan Hansson, Rensselaer, Ind., a duly qualified licensed veterinarian and Is certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. Examined in 1916 by Dr. J- Hansson and certified by affidavit’to be sound. CHARLES W. HICKMAN, President. C. M. McCONNELL, Vice-President. (Seal) Not good unless countersigned by D. O. THOMPSON, Secretary. Dated at Lafayette, Indiana, this 31st day of March, 1914. Renewed March 5, 1918. Signed by H. E. McCARTNEY, Secretary. Void after January 1, 1919. MAGELLAN was foiled April 7, 1908, and was imported from Belgium Feb. 6, 1911, by the Maywood Stock Farm Importing Co., of Indianapolis, Ind. He has good bone and action and weighs 1950 pounds. MAGELLAN will stand the season of 1918 at my farm, 3% miles due east of Fair Oaks, 3 miles south and % mile west of Virgie, 2 miles north and 2 miles west of Alx, % west of Faylor bridge, at $15.00 to insure colt to stand and suck. Parting With mare or moving from county, fee becomes due and payable at once. Care will be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. ADOLPH D. SCHULTZ, Owner and Keeper. • Rensselaer, R-2.

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32 acres. This is all in cultivation; good corn land, Lies on pike nSad and dredge ditch in Barkley ,Tp. Sold on easy terms at $75. 40 acres. Lies on public road and is in pasture. Owner will sell at the low price of $35. Terms, S3OO down. 160 acres. This farm lies on pike road, R. F. D. and telephone, near school and in good neighborhood in Union Tp. This farm has 14 0 acres of black soil in cultivation and remainedr pasture. It has good outlet for drainage with 12inch tile bn the farm. There is a good live-room house, good barn, pump house, good well, fruit, and well fenced. Will sell this farm on terms of $3,000 down and long time on remainder. Would accept clear property or smaller tract of land as part payment. Price, $65. 80 acres. This is level black land and all in prairie pasture except six acres in grove. It lies on public highway and in good neighborhood and is fenced and used for pasture. Price, $65. Terms, SI,OOO down. 131 acres. This farm dies on R. F. D. and near station. 100 acres is black soil and in tultivation, and remainder in pasture and some timber. It lies on dredge ditch that gives drainage to the farm. There is a good six-room house, large barn, chicken house, well house and good well and some hog fencing. Owner will sell on terms of $2,500 down and easy terms on remainder. Would also consider clear property or smaller tract of land as part payment. Price, $65. 160 acres. On pike road joining station and school. Is all level black soil with good outlet for drainage. 8 0 acres is in cultivation and 80 acres in pasture. ’r’here is some timber in the pastui- but well set to grass. Will sell on terms of $1,500 down. Price, $55. 100 acres. This farm lies on public road, R. F. D., telephone line and mile from station. It is all black prairie land in cultivation and pasture except three acres in timber. It lies on dredge ditch which gives good drainage. There is now 10 acres in wheat. There is good four-room two-story house, good well, silo, and small outbuildings. Price, SBS. Will sell on terms of $1,500 dovyn. Would considei clear property, smaller tract of land or western land as part payment. 160 acres. Well located and all black prairie land in cultivation or .blue grass pasture except 25 acres in timber. There is now Wheat and oats on the farm and will be lots in corn this year. Price, $65. Terms, $2,000 down. 80 acres. This is a splendid farm in good neighborhood in Barkley Tp. It is all good soil, well tiled, well fenced, six-room house, large barn, windmill and numerous other buildings all in splendid condition. Price, $1 37.50 per acre; Terms, $4,000 down. 240 acres. This is a fine tract of land on main road in good neighborhood. It is all black prairie land and is wheat, oats, corn and blue grass land, and all of which crops are grown on the land, excepting about 35 acres that is in timber. There are no buildings on this land. Owner will sell at the low price of $65. Terms, $3,000 down. Would consider some in clear property or smaller tract of land.

80 acres in Barkley Tp. This is all good soil and good clay sub-soil, in good neighborhood. There is a fair set of Improvements and good well and fruit. Price, $lO5. 100 acres. This farm is well located and has dredge ditch on line of farm that gives good drainage. It is all black land in cultivation

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being boiled and seasoned much the same as cabbage or with pork. Mustard Greens Follow the rule for cooking spinach, but add boiling water when the greens are put on to cook and drain well after cooking. Dandelion Greens with Bacon 2 tablespoons butter, 1 cupful bread crumbs, 1 pint cooked and chopped greens, 1 teaspoon onion juice, 1 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice, salt and pepper. Brown the crumbs slightly in the melted butter, add the greens and remaining ingredients. When the mixture is hot, form it Into a loaf on a platter, garnish it with slices, of hard boiled eggs and place slices of boiled bacon on top. Dandelions with Ham Wash dandelions thoroughly, place half a peck in a pan, cover with boiling water and alow to boil a few moments. Take from pan, drain thoroughly, cover scantily with fresh boiling water, then add a pound of ham, a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter teaspoonful of pepper. Cover and cook until the meat is tender and the dandelions are fait-ly dry. Serve with boiled turnips or potatoes. There will be a demonstration at the Curtis Creek school house Wed- । nesday afternoon, April 8, at 2 ' o’clock. Everybody try and come. On Thursday, May 9, there will be a demonstration in Hanging Grave township at the home of Mrs. George Potts. ’ ■ ’

except eight acres in timber, which lies adjoining; the barn and is fenced with hog fence. There is a good five-room house, good barn and numerous other outbuildings, good well and gome fruit. Price, $75. 160 acres in Union Tp. This fanm lies on R. F. DC, telephone line and near pike road, school and church. It is all black land except 20 acres in pasture and timber. It haj good outlet for drainage. There are splendid improvements, consisting of nine-room house with porches, cellar and nice shade, largo barn and ninny other outbuildings, windmill and all kinds of fruit. Price, $125. Will sell on terms of $5,000 down and long time on remainder. Owf er will take part in clear property or smaller farm. 100 acres of timber land on main road in Newton county. Price, $35. Terms, SI,OOO down. Owner would consider clear property in part or all. 160 acres of timber land on pike road, fenced and small set of improvements. Price, $35. Sell on easy terms or will take part or all in clear property. 160 acres in Jordan Tp. This farm is all in cultivation except 10 acres in timber. It is well tiled and has dredge ditch for outlet. There is a very nice set of improvements in good condition, consisting of six-room house, summer kitchen, well, windmill and well house, large barn, double cribs and 80 acree fenced for hogs. Price, $125. Will sell on terms of $5,000 down. Owner will accept clear property or smaller tract of land as part payment. .... , 60 acres In Union Tp. All black land in cultivation except six acres in timber fenced hog tight and joining barn lot. It lies on public road half milo from pike, mile from school and church and has R. F. D. and telephone. There is a new set of buildings consisting of a flveroom house with porch, pantry and well fair sized barn for horses and cows chicken house and outside cellar. Price, SBS. Owner would consider part clear property. 40 acres on pike road, 10 acres in grain and remainder in nice, tall second-growth timber. Price, $«->. Terms, SSOO down and long time on remainder. 145 acres in Brown county, Ind. Five-room house, large barn, well and two springs. 600 bearing fruit trees. Will sell at a low price on easy terms or will trade for property. Modern ten-room house with all conveniences, lots of fruit close in on three lots. Will exchange for land. ~ ~ "* , . , 83 acres. This tract of land la in Wheatfield Tp. on public fenced and has small set of improvements, good well and fruit. There is a school fund loan on this land of $1,500. Owner will sell on very easy terms or will trade for property or stock. Price, $45. 140 acres. This farm lies three miles from this city on stone road, fenced with woven wire and cedar posts. It is well tiled, and all good grain land. There' Is a good set of improvements, silo, windmill and orchard. Worth $175. For quick sale can be bought for less. Terms. $5,000 down and long time on reimiainder. Possession at once If desired. , . 80 acres. . All cultivated except six acres in wood hog lot. New barn, fair house, fine orchard. Owner will sell on easy terms, or take clear property as part payment. Price, $65. Large two-story brick hotel im good condition and well rented In good Illinois town. The owner of the hotel will trade it clear for land and will assume or pay dis-. ference. Price, SIO,OOO.

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