Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1918 — Page 7

SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1918

RAINBOW'S END A NOVEL

By REX BEACH A NOVEL

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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 &,the special servant of the twins, gold. CHAPTER ll—Through* Donna Isabel’s Bchemipg Don Esteban risks Evangelina at cards and loses. Crazed by the loss of his 'daughter, Sebastian kills Don Esteban and himself. CHAPTER lll—Many years Donna Isabel searched for the hidden wealth of the man she had married. A few years later •he seeks to marry Rosa to the rich Don Mario, but Rosa is promised to O’Reilly, the American, and awaits his return from Kew York, whence he has gone to break off his engagement to his employer’s daughter. Esteban Is secretly aiding the Insurrectos. CHAPTER IV—Donna Isabel is at the tnercy of Pancho Cueto, her unscrupulous administrator, .who knows the deeds to the plantation are lost with the treasure. One night she walks in her sleep and meets her death in the treasure Well. Esteban and Rosa are forced to flee when Cueto denounces them as rebels. “ CHAPTER V—Rosa writes to O’Reilly of their plight and urges him to come and save her. CHAPTER VII. The Man Who Would Know Life. Later that day O’Reilly set out to reconnoiter the- city of Neuvitas. He was followed, of course—he had expected as much, and the circumstances amused rather than alarmed him. But when he returned to his hotel and found that his room had been visited during his absence he felt a hint of uneasiness. Evidently, as Doctor Alvarado had forecast, the authorities were interested in him; and he had further evidence of the fact when he lArned that the room next him was occupied by the very man who had shadowed him on the street. Inasmuch as the intervening wall was no more than a thin partition, through which his very breathing could be heard, while his every movement could doubtless be spied upon, O’Reilly saw the need of caution. During breakfast, and afterward throughout an aimless morning stroll, O’Reilly felt watchful eyes upon him. When he returned to his hotel he found Mr. Carbajal in the case concocting refrescos for some military officers, W’ho scanned the American with bold, hostile glances. O’Reilly com-' plained to the proprietor of a toothache. He declared that something had to be done at once, and inquired the name and address of the best local dentist.

Mr. Carbajal named several, among them Dr. Tomas Alvarado, whereupon his guest hurried away, followed at a respectful distance by the secret agent. Finding Doctor Alvarado’s office was closed, as he had anticipated, O’Reilly proceeded to the doctor’s residence. There was some delay when he rang the bell, but eventually the dentist himself appeared. O’Reilly recognized him from his resemblance to his brother. He addressed him in English. “I come from Felipe,” he began. “He well remembers the day you whipped him to keep him from going to the Ten Years’ war.” The languor of Doctor Alvarado’s siesta vanished. He started, his eyes widened. “Who are you?” he muttered. “My name is O’Reilly. I am an American, a friend, so don’t be alarmed. The man you see approaching is following me, but he thinks I have come to you w r ith a toothache.” “What do you want?” L “I want your help in joining the insurrectos.” By this time the detective had come within earshot. Making an effort at self-possession, the dentist said: “Very well. I will meet you at my office in a half-hour and see what can be done.” Then he bowed. O’Reilly raised his hat and turned away. Doctor Alvarado’s dentist’s chair faced a full-length window, one of several which, after the Cuban fashion, opened directly upon the sidewalk, rendering both the waiting room and the office almost as public as the street itself. Every one of these windows was wide open when Johnnie arrived; but it seemed that the dentist knew what he was about, for when his patient had taken his seat and he had begun an examination of the troublesome tooth, he said, under his breath: “I, tqO, am watched. Talk to me in English. When I press, thus, upon your gum, you will know that someone is passing. Now, then, what is the meaning of your amazing message from Felipe?” While Doctor Alvarado pretended to treat a perfectly sound molar, Johnnie managed, despite frequent interruptions, to make known the reason and circumstances of his presence. “But there are no rebels around here,” Alvarado told him. “You could

escape to the country, perhaps, bnt what then? Where would you go? How would they know who you are?” “That’s what I want to find out.” The Cuban pondered. “You’ll have to go to Puerto Principe,” h,e said at length. “Our men are operating in that neighborhood, and my brother Ignacio will know how to reach them. I’ll give you a message to him, similar to the one you brought me from Felipe.” Then he smiled. ‘Tve just thought of the very thing. Years ago I lent him a book which I particularly prized, and one of his children damaged it. I was furious. I declared I would never lend him another, and I never have. Now, then, Pll give you that verj- volume; hand it to him and say that I asked you to return it to him.” Q'Reilly thanked him, promising to use every precaution in delivering the message. The next morning he paid Carbajal's seoro- and took the train to the interior. In his bag was Tomas Alvarado’s^precious volume, and in the same coach with him rode the secret service man. In its general features Puerto Principe differed little from the other Cuban cities O’Reilly knew. It was compactly built, it was very old and it looked its centuries. Its streets were particularly narrow and crooked, having been purposely laid out in labyrinthine mazes, so the story goes, in order to fool the pirates. As he sat in a case, sipping an or\. angeade, he heard someone speaking an atrocious Spanish, and looked up to sA that another American had entered. The stranger was a tall, funereal young man, with pallid cheeks and hollow, burning eyes. O’Reilly stepped over to the table and introduced himself. “The hotel keeper in Neuvitas told me I’d find you here,” he said. “Your name is—” “Branch; Leslie Branch. So Carbajal said you’d find me here, eh? Oh. the greasy little liar. He didn’t believe it. He thought his cooking would have killed me, long ago, and it nearly did.”

“Your Name Is—?”

This time Mr. Branch's bony frame underwent a genuine shudder and his face was convulsed with loathing. “Carbajal’s in the secret service. Nice fat little spy.” “So I suspected.” Mr. Branch’s beverage appeared at this moment. With a flourish the waiter placed a small‘glass and a bottle of dark liquid before him. Branch stared at it, then rolled a fiercely smoldering eye upward. “What’s that?” he inquired. O’Reilly read the label. “It’s bitters,” said he. “Bitters I And I asked for‘yellow’— a glass of agwa with yellow.” Branch’s voice shook. ‘Tm dying of a fever, and this ivory-billed toucan brings me a quart Of poison. Bullets!” It was impossible to describe the suggestion of profanity with which the speaker colored this innocuous expletive. “Weak as 1 am, I shall gnaw his windpipe.” He bared his teeth suggestively and raised two talonlike hands. The waiter was puzzled but not alarmed. He embraced himself as his customer had done, and shuddered; then pointing at the bitters, he nodded encouragingly. O’Reilly forestalled an outburst by translating his countryman’s wants. “Un vaso de agua con hielo,” said he, and the attendant was all apologies. “So you speak the lingo?” marveled Mr Branch. “Welt I can’t get the

hang of it. Don't like IL Don’t like anything Spanish. H—l of a country, isn’t it? —where the ice is ‘yellow’ and the butter is *meant to kill you,’ and does.” O’Reilly laughed. “You’ve been studying a guide book, ‘with complete glossary of Spanish phrases.’ ” Mr Branch nodded listlessly. “Pm supposed to report this Insurrection, but the Spaniards won’t let me. They edit my stuff to suit themselves. I’m getting tired of the farce.” “Going home?” > “Don’t dare” The speaker tapped his concave chest. “Bum lungs. I came down here to shuffle off. and I’m waiting for it to happen. What brings you to Cuba?” “I’m here for my health, too.” The real invalid stared. “I have rheumatism.” ** “Going to sweat it out, eh? Well, there’s nothing to do but sweat” — Branch was racked by a coughing spt sm that shook his reedy frame—“sweat and cough. Bullets ! No mistake about that hospital bark, is there?” When he had regained his breath he said: “See here! I’m going to take a chance with you, for I like your looks. My newspaper work is a bluff: I don't send enough stuff to keep me alive. I came here to cure my lungs, and — I want you to help me do it.” O’Reilly stared at the man in surprise. “How can" I help you?” he asked. “By taking me with you.” “With me? Where?” “To the insurrectos, of course.” The men eyed each other fixedly. “What makes you think —” O'Reilly began. “Oh. don’t say it! I’ve got a hunch! I don’t know what your game is—probably (dynamite: there’s a story that the rebels have sent for some American experts to teach them how to use the stuff, and God knows they need instruction! Anyhow, I can’t swallow that rheumatism talk. I thought you might give me a lift. Take me along, will you?” “And how would that benefit your cough?” Johnnie inquired curiously. Mr. Branch hesitated. “Well. I’ll tell you,” he said, after a moment. “I’m afraid to die this way, by inches, and hours. I’m scared to death.” It seemed Impossible that the sick man’s cheeks could further blanch, but they became fairly livid, while a beading of moisture appeared upon his upper lip. “Heaven I You’ve no idea how it gets on a fellow’s nerves to see himself slipping—slipping. I’d like to end it suddenly, like that!” He voiced the last sentence abruptly and snapped his fingers. “Then, too, I’d like to have a thrill before I cash in—taste ‘the salt of life,’ as somebody expressed it. That’s war. It’s the biggest game in the world. What do you think of the idea?” “Not much,” O'Reilly said honestly. “Difference In temperament. I suppose it is a sick fancy, but I’ve got it. Im a rotten coward, but I’ll fight if the Cubans will take me.” “Where are the Cubans?” “Oh, they’re out yonder in the hills. I know all about ’em. Come over to my quarters, and I’ll show you a map, if you’re interested.” “I am,” said O’Reilly, and, rising, he followed his new acquaintance, (TO BE CONTINUED.) The Tricolor, the French national standard, of blue, white and red, divided vertically, originated during the first French Revolution, in 1789 the leaf plucked by Camille Desmaulins in the garden of the Palais Royal became a rallying sign, and green as to be adopted as the national color; but remembeiing that green was the color of the hated Prince d’Artois, they rejected it on the following day. They at first chose, instead, blue and red, the colors of the city of Paris, and later added the white of royalty, that had been faithfully preserved by the national guard. This new standard was adopted with enthusiasm. A few months after the taking of the baitile, Bailly and Lafayette offered to Louis XVI the three-colored cocard as a badge of the reconciliation with the king. Thus the Tricolor originated as the symbol of the liberty of the French nation, and it continued as such even when afterward the “reconciliation” with the king ended with his decapitation.—New York Tribune. '

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Park County retail grocers have organized to co-operate with the Food administration and as evidence of their sincerity agreed to buy no more candy containing sugar and to sell no more after their present stock is exhausted. The American Hay Company of Goshen contracted to sell hay In South Carolina last fall at $26 per ton. In eight months it Tried to fulfill these deferred contracts at an advance of $8 per ton. The result is that for six months the firm will be without the federal license to enable It to continue business. Food Administrator A. F. Helmkamp of Clark county took over th® Ice manufacturing business of Timothy Asberry, who refused to make and deliver ice to a sweltering public for 5® cents per 100 pounds. The food administrator was commended for his action by Dr. Harry E. Barnard, federal food administrator for Indiana. Asberry will conform to the 50 cents a hundred price or quit business permanently, Dr. Barnard says.

The Lincoln Way Brass Foundry Company of South Bend must find a substitute for the edible wheat flour it holds nepessary for fulfilling government war contracts, or give up the contracts. Food comes before brass, Di>Barnard says. There should be no relaxation whatever in the conservation of wheat, Dr. Barnard announces following a conference with the federal food administrators in Washington. Herbert Hoover advises patriot*#’ people to help store up the harvest that may be needed to tide the world over the periods of lean crops which must Inevitably follow. Poultry and egg dealers, including all retail grocers, and all hucksters who buy eggs from farmers for sale to shippers or commission men must secure federal licenses without delay or quit business. This is in accbrd with the president’s proclamation of May 14. The sale of bad eggs will be the basis for proceedings to suspend license and also is a violation of the state pure food laws, making It a particularly dangerous offense. Inspectors of weights and measures have been directed to examine all’ grain scales before the wheat harvest, to insure the producer and buyer a square deal. This order is from the office of the state inspector who IS a part of the staff of the federal food administrator for Indiana.

Decided reduction in prices for wheat mill feeds have\ been ordered by the Food Administration. Although it has brought about a general downward movement In mill feed prices, the FOod Administration points out that the amount of wheat mill feeds to be obtained is small in proportion to 'the demand and that the most practicable means of reducing feeding costs lies in a more general use of the coarse grain byproducts which may now be had in abundance, Under the new schedule prices are still based on the price of wheat. The maximum bulk price of bran bears the same relation to wheat as formerly—3B per cent, of the average cost to the mill. The price of flour middlings, which was $9 per ton above the .price of bran, has been reduced to a differential of $2.00. Red dog, which bore a differential of sls, has also been reduced to $2.00. Mixed wheat feed prices; which were $4.00 per ton above bran, must now be no more than i $1.25 higher. Shorts, standard middlings, gray shorts and gray middlings now bear a bulk price that must not exceed bran by more than $2.00 ner ton.

OFFICIAL FOOD NEWS

By Dr. Harry E. Barnard,

Food Administrator for Indiana.

These prices are for bulk earloads at the mill. By proclamation of the President, signed May 11, 1918, the class of trade commonly known as the farm implement industry is to bo licensed. This does not affeect retailers doing a business not exceeding SIOO,OOO an? nually. The Secretary of Agriculture is directed to carry out the provisions of the proclamation and the regulations under it. License must be secured not later than .lune 20, 1918, by applying to the Department, License Division, U. S. Food Administration, Washington, 1). C. Among the practices which are pro hibited by the new regulations are: Unreasonable increase in prices or restriction of supplies, resales within the trade without reasonable justification, unjust profits and attempts to monopolize. Inspection of property and records by proper representatives of the Secretary of Agriculture U authorized.

Federal

“Is Jlbway still staying out late every night while his gwod wife sits up and waits for him?” “No.” “You mean he has reformed?” “Not at all. Jibway stays out ns late as ever, but his good wife goes to bed and lets him sleep on the porch If he is unable to negotiate the keyhole with his latch-key.”

“How do you suppose some people spent their spare time before motion pictures were invented?” “I don’t like to appear unkind to those persons, but before they started to spending practically all of their leisure moments in photoplay houses they knew a great deal more about their neighbors’ private affairs than they do now.”

“Misfortunes often bring out the best there js in a man,” remarked the phllosopliid observer. “Great misfortunes sometimes have that effect,” answered the cynical person, “bnt I have yet to see the man who weats an ‘Oh-be-joyful’ expression aftef trying in vain for thirty minutes to get a telephone number.”

“The idea of a rich woman paying SI,OOO for a fur coat!” exclaimed the socialistic observer. “That doesn’t Increase the sum of human happiness.” “You are right, friend,” answered a hard-worked married man. “At any rate, It doesn’t increase the sum of happiness among women who can't afford to buy SI,OOO coats.”

“I think a trip to Europe would dd your wife good. However, I shall call in another physician to see If my diagnosis is correct.” “I guess it’s correct enough, doc. Better call in a dressmaker if you want to hasten th®

Chicago.—One of the handiest men In Chicago with the needle is Sergeant E. L. Van Natta/of the Shakespeare avenue police station. He has mads several sweaters for soldiers, having been taught the art by his wife.

Sensible Man.

Cutting Down Gossip.

An Exception.

Makes Them Envious.

HUBBY’S VIEWS.

Cop Knits Sweaters.

CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT. SOUND, PURE BBED STAXiLIOIT. Magellan d'Hondzocht. No. 3153. (Laws of Indiana, 1913, Chapter 28.) The pedigree of the Stallion Magellan d’Hondzocht, No. 5636 American, Vol.-XVll, P. 543, Foreign; owned by North Union Belgian Horne Co., P. O. Rensselaer, Ind., R. F. D. county Jasper, described as fol* lows: Color and Bay, star ■* r ’ EkßbK. — l,l forehead; breed r ; FtWS JBl. Belgian; i'ouled In '’W' iSr ll "' J'' iir April 7, 19US, has been < xamhied of- — lice of the Secrebiiy "I I he Indlana St.illinn flnrollment , Board (Not exact Likeness) and it is hereby certified 1 that th® said Stallion is of PURE BREEDING and Is registered In the American Association of importers and Breeders of Belgian Draft Horses fcltud 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 ths 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 11. E. McCARTNEY, Secretary. Void after January 1, 1919. MAGELLAN was foaled April 7, 1908, and was imported from. Belgium Feb. 6, 1911, by the May wood Stock Farm Importing Co., of Indianapolis, Ind. He lias 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 14 mile west of Virgie, 2 miles north and * miles west of Aix, % west, of Faylor bridge, at $15.00 to Insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with mare or moving- from couety, 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. ® CERTIFICATE OF ENROLLMENT t BONILLIANT ' Sound PURE BRED Stallion. No. 1551. (Laws of Indiana, 1913. Chapter 28) The pedigree of the Stallion Bonllllant, No. 27158 American, owned by L L. Jones, P. 0., Rensselaer, Indiana, county Jasper, described asi follows: Color and JggHHHk •»- ma iks, red roan; ___ breed, French Draft; foaled In ■' 11 I'*o7. has been f ' HF* examined In th® 1 h'iary ~f the Indl!|na Stallion Eiirollrrn nt Board, and it Is hereby certified that th® . said stallion Is of (Not exact likeness) 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 stallton has been examined by Dr. 11. J. Kannal, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and la certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible imsonndnesses specified as such In the Indiana Stallion Enrollment law. (Seal) C. M. McCONNELL, Pres. (’. H. ANTHONY. V.-Pres. Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCARTNEY. Secretary. Renewed in 1918 within the tim® specified In Section 8 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. Void after January 1. 1919. TERMS - $12.50 to Insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with mare or moving from county, fee becomes due and payable at once. ■ ■ ' . . JACK HIGH ROLLER Sund PURE BRED Jack 'No. 1059. (Laws of Indiana. 1913, Chapter 28) Tlx- pedigree of the Jack High Roller No 2336. owned by I. L. Jones, P. 0., Rensselaer, Indiana, county Jasper, de- ». scribed as fol- . IJk ■ lows: Color and. marks: Black with mealy points; breed year the office of the w •’W Secretary of th® 18, r- Indiana Stallion Enrollment Board. an( j j t j S hereby (Not - exact likeness) certified that the said Jack is of PURE BREEDING and is registered in a pedigree register association or company recognized as standard in accordance with Section 4 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. The above named Jack has been examined by Dr. H. J. Kannal, a duly qualified licensed veterinarian, and 13 certified by affidavit to be free from the transmissible unsoundnesses specified as such in the Indiana Stallion Enrollment' Law. (Seal) C. M. McCONNELL. - Prea. C. H. ANTHONY. V.-Pres. Not good unless countersigned by H. E. McCARTNEY. Secretary. Renewed in 1918 within the tfrn® specified in Section 8 of the Indiana Stallion Enrollment Law. Void after January 1,. 1919. i , • Bonilliant and Jack High Roller will stand for the season of 1918 at my place 1-4 mile west of Pleasant Ridge. TERMS—SIS.OO to insure colt to stand and suck. Parting with mare or moving from countv, fee becomes due and payable at once. ; JQNE3 Subscribe for The Democrat.

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