Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — Page 7

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1018

RAINBOW'S END A NOVEL

AJJmOR.OT772A/L CQpyRJCrHT; BV HARPER. AND BROTHERS.

I SYNOPSIS. 'CHAPTER I—Don Esteban Varona, a Cuban planter, possesses a great treasure hoard. This wealth has been hidden In £ well on the estate by Sebastian, a slave, and only he and his master know the secret cache. Don Esteban’s wife dies a| 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 laughter, whom he loves dearly and who b the special servant of the twins, sold. CHAPTER.-TI— Through Donna Isabel’s Scheming Don Esteban risks Evangelina •t cards and loses. Crazed by the loss of pls daughter, Sebastian kills Don Esteban and himself. , CHAPTER lll—Many years D ,°n na , l ®“2 be! searched for the hidden wealth of the Snan she had married. A few , y ea ” She seeks to marry Rosa to the rich Don ’Mario, but Rosa Is promised to OReiliy, Th* American, and awaits his return from New York, whence he has gone to break ft? his engagement to his s’J’Plwer s ‘ daughter. Esteban la secretly aiding the Insurrectos. I CHAPTER IV—Donna Isabel is at the of Pancho Cueto, her unscrupulous administrator, who knows the deeds to the plantation are lost with the treas £re. One night she walks in her sleep and meets her death ln th e treasure wellEsteban and Rosa are forced to flee when Cueto denounces them as rebels. * CHAPTER V—Rosa writes to O' l *® l ”* ks their plight and urges him to come and save her. CHAPTER VT—O’Reilly soon lands in buba, but finds he will have hard work to reach Rosa, as communication with the Insurrectos is difficult and dangerbus. (CHAPTER VII— O’Reilly meets Eesll® Eranch, newspaper man, wl }o 's avlctim bf tuberculosis, and they plan a way to Join the Insurrectos together. I CHAPTER VIII—In the meantime Cueto Wans to lead Cobo, a Spanish colonel of (volunteers, execrated for his cruelty, to the hiding place of Esteban and Rosa. j CHAPTER IX—Cobo and his men cap(tore Rosa, but she is Immediately rescued by Esteban, and Cobo is' Injured In the fight. O’Reilly plans to reach the InBurrectos by the aid of Doctor Alvarado, 0. friend of the Cuban cause. CHAPTER reach the Insurrectos, but his plans miscarry. He and Leslie Branch are arrested and sent back to America. Esteban tells Rosa of the coming of General Weyler to “pacify” the Island. CHAPTER XT—Esteban raids Cueto’s [home and kills him, but Spanish troops «ome up and Esteban escapes badly fwoundea. He does not reach home. With CEsteban missing, Rosa, Evangelina and Ser husband, Asensio, with whom Rosa (has been staying,- give up hope and go Snto a Spanish concentration camp. CHAPTER XII—In New York O’Reilly inlang a filibustering expedition to Cuba «nd Is offered assistance by Norine hEvans, a wealthy girl, who Insists on financing the venture and going along as ia, nurse. Soon the expedition starts for Cuba in a small tramp steamer. CHAPTER XHl—The filibusters land In Cuba and O’Reilly learns of Esteban and |Hosa. Norine begins her duties as nurse. Rose, In Matanzas, visits her old home, '■which Is In ruins.

CHAPTER XIV—In a raid Esteban, (dangerously ill, is rescued from a Spanish fprison by O'Reilly and the Cubans. CHAPTER XV—Esteban tells O'Reilly Bie believes the treasure Is hidden in the >ell on the plantation. O Reilly learns ithe town in which Rosa Is held prisoner determines to go to her. • CHAPTER XVf-Wlth Jacket, a Cuban (boy, O’Reilly starts out determined to (save Rosa. After many trials they enIter Matanzas, the City of Death. CHAPTER XVll—After a long searcn fo’Reilly finds Rosa, ill and but a tof her former self. He tells her Esteban its not ® and she partially recovers lier health. O’Reilly determines to search |jor the treasure in the well on the old plantation. r CHAPTER XVIII-O’Reilly finds in the j-well indications that he is on the right wrack but is handicapped by weakness idue to lack of food. Colonel Cobo learns ieomeone is looking for the treasure, and (resolves to Investigate. CHAPTER XIX— O’Reilly finds the (treasure at the moment Cobo reaches the scene. Cobo endeavors to kill O Reilly, but is himself slain by Jacket and falls Into the well. *l’ll tell you.” O’Reilly assumed direction of the conversation. ‘‘There ere three of us brothers, we two and Esteban, a pretty little fellow. He was captured by Gobo’s men and driven In, end we came to find him. But he is tick —dying —” “Of course. They’re all dying—the poor people! It is terrible.” —.» O’Reilly faltered slightly, teo much hung upon the manner in (which Morin would take what he was (about to say. “We want to get him

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of here —we must do so, br weTl lose him. Will you help us?” “I? In heaven’s name, how?" “By taking us away in your charcoal schooner.” “You’re mad!” Morin cast another apprehensive look over his shoulder. “I’m a poor man. All I have Is my two boats, the vlvero, which brings fish, and the volandra, which sails with charcoal. Do you think I’d forfeit them and my life for strangers?” O’Reilly leaned closer. “You say you’re a poor man. I will pay you well.” Morin eyed the ragged speaker scornfully ; It was plain that he put no faith in such a promise, and so O’Reilly took a piece of gold from his pocket, at sight of which the fisherman started. “I, too, am a poor man, but I’m willing to buy freedom for my little brothers and myself.” “How many coins like that have you?” “Um-m —more than one; enough to pay you for several cargoes of coal.” “For the sake of Miguellto,” Jacket urged. “Caramba! What a hard-heart-ed father begot .that boy !" “Hush!” The fisherman, was scowltag. To O’Reilly he said. “You do wrong to tempt a poor man.” “My brother Esteban is sick. He la a frail little ladjvlth a crooked back. God will reward you.” “Perhaps! But how much will you pay?” “Ten Spanish sovereigns like this—all that T ’■ “No! It Is not enough." O’Reilly' took Jacket’s hand and turned away. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I wish I might offer you more.” He had taken several steps before Morin hailed him.

“Come back tomorrow," the fisherman cried, crossly. “We will try to talk like sensible people.” The brothers Villar were back at Morin’s fish stand on the following afternoon and they returned dally thereafter until they at last prevailed over the Spaniard’s fears and won his promise of assistance. That much accomplished, they made several cautious purchases, a coat here, a shirt there, a pair of trousers in another place, until they had assembled a complete boy’s outfit of clothing. At first Rosa refused absolutely to desert her two faithful negro friends, and O’Reilly won her consent to consider his plan of escape only after he had put the matter squarely up to Asensio and his wife and after both had refused to enter info it.

Then, and not until then, did Rosa begin her preparations. First she made Evangelina cut her hair, a sacrilege that wrung'sighs and tears and loud lamentations" from the black woman, after which she altered the suit of boy’s clothing to fit her figure, or rather to conceal it. When at last she put it on for O’Reilly’s approval she was very shy, very

"My Dear, You’ll Never Do,” He Told Her.

self-conscious, and so altogether unboylike that he shook his head positively. “My dear, you’ll never do,” he told her. “You are altogether too pretty.” “But wait until 1 put* that hideous hump upon my back and stain my face, then you will see how ugly I can look.” “Perhaps,” he said, doubtfully. ,_A moment, then his frown lightened. “You give me a thought,” said he. "You shall wear the Jewels.” “Wear them? How?” “On your back, in that very hump. It will be the safest possible way to con?eal them.”

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■ Rostf mapped her hands In delight. “Why, of course 1 It is the very thing. Wait until I show you.” Profiting by her first moment alone —Evangelina and her husband being still in ignorance of the contents of the treasure box —Rosa made a bundle out of the jewels and trinkets and fastened it securely inside her coat After a few experiments she adjusted it to her liking, then called O’Reilly once more. This time he was better satisfied. An application of Evangelina’s stain to darken her face, a few tatters and a liberal application of dirt to the suit, &nd he declared that Rosa would pass anywhere as a boy. There came a night when the three of them bade good-by to their black companions and slipped away across the city to that section known as Pueblo Nuevo, then followed the road along the water front until they found shelter within the shadows of a rickety structure which had once served as a bath house.

The refugees waited a long time; they were beginning- to fear that old Morin’s nerve had weakened at the eleventh hour, when they beheld a skiff approaching the shore. It glided closer, entered the shade of the bath house, then a voice cried : “Pset! You are there?" It was Morin himself. Hastily the three piled aboard. Morin bent to his oars and the skiff shot out. “You were not observed?” he inquired. “No.” Morin rowed in silence for a time. “When do you sail ?” O’Reilly asked. “At dawn, God permitting. You will have to remain hidden and you mustn’t even breathe.” He brought the skiff alongside a battered old schooner, and his passengers clambered aboard. There was a tiny cabin aft and on it, sheltered from the night dew by a loose fold of the mainsail, were two sleeping men. The newcomers followed Morin down into the evil little cabin, where he warned them in a hoarse whisper: “Not a sound, mind you. If anyone comes aboard, you must shift for yourselves. Creep into the hold and hide. Of course, if we are searched —" He muttered something, then groped his way out on deck, and closed the hatch behind him. Now that they had actually embarked upon this enterprise and the girl had given herself entirely Into his hands, now that an Imminent peril encompassed them both, Johnnie felt that Rosa belonged to him more absolutely, more completely, than at any time heretofore, so he held her close. Rosa lay relaxed against her lover’s shoulder and in halting murmurs, interrupted many times by caresses, she told O’Reilly of her need for him, and her utter happiness. It was the fullest hour of their lives.

With daylight, Morin routed out his men. There was a sleepy muttering, the patter of bare feet upon the deck above, then the creak of blocks as the sails were raised. A few moments, then there came a hall which brought their hearts Into their throats. Morin himself answered the call. “Good morning, countryman! Have you caught any of those accursed filibusters since I saw you last? So? Cayo Romano, eh? What have I aboard?” Morin laughed loudly. “You know very well —cannon and shot for the rebels, of course. Will you look? . . . No? . . . Then a cup of coffee perhaps?” O’Reilly peeped through a dirtstainqd cabin window and saw that the volandra was slipping past the stern of the Ironclad, so he withdrew his head quickly. Of course this was but one danger past and there were many more ahead, for Morin’s schooner was liable to be stopped by any of the numerous patrol boats op duty to the eastward. Nevertheless, when an anxious hour had gone by and she was well out toward the harbor mouth, the- refugees told one another they were safe. (TO BE CONTINUED.)

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“Mains-Made”

By IMES MACDONALD

(Copyright, 1»18. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Within five minutes of the same time, at least five mornings out of the week, Westly Mains reached the corner on Fifth avenue and turned Washington squareward. His punctuality was so noticeable that the little maid in the kitchen of the great house at the corner involuntarily glanced over to see If her clock was right, and quite often the people of the great house lunched and dined according to the time set for them by the modest Mr. Mains. Mains believed In sunlight and air as a brain stimulant, and he scheduled his day so as to cater to that belief. At eleven every morning he stopped his work, and at two he was usually before his desk or at his drawing table, ready to begin his afternoon’s labor. To look at Mr. Mains one might think he was a rather well set up stenographer or shoe clerk, or possibly n shipping clerk—or Just a clerk. As a matter of fact, he was none of those. Not a single man you might meet from Washington square to Columbus circle would be likely to know who you meant if .you mentioned Westly Mains —yet if you asked any reputable architect in New York, he could tell you In a minute. But Mains wasn’t an architect, either. In a few of the houses on upper Fifth avenue and Riverside drive might be found a room that contained some such furniture as could

Sitting Before the Dressing Table.

only be produced by an artist with a constructive genius for the application of art to utility. And underneath somewhere on each table or chair, you might find burned with a close pressed red-hot iron this simple legend: “Mains-Made.” Many an unscrupulous Imitator has branded his own things in the same manner, but all to no purpose, for in each one of the Mains designs there Is an Identification key, some trick in the design or some piece inlaid in the making, known only to Mains and recorded in the little book that lies In a certain, safety deposit vault. So the Mains-Made things are made on the Integrity of Mains, and are, and will be for a long time to come the highest achievement of art in furniture. At eleven o’clock oh a certain morning the young mistress of the great house at the corner banged up the receiver of her telephone on Its hook and stamped her foot angrily. She had just been In conversation with her architect and, as a consequence, she was disgusted and disappointed beyond measure. It seemed that, although her new summer honie out on Long Island would be completed within the time specified, there was one thing which the architect had been unable to do. She had set her heart on a MainsMade music room —and Mains had refused to take the job. He had Informed the architect that the limited capacity of his shop would prevent his taking any more work for the next two years. “Then why doesn't he enlarge the capacity of his shop?” demanded Irene Wedgewood, savagely. ' i “Simply because he doesn’t want to,” said her architect. “Offer him double money,” she urged. “I did," said the architect, crisply, “but money means nothlng to Mains.” “Perhaps if I see him,” she suggested, with visions of her past success as a persuader of men. “You might succeed,” conceded the architect wearily, “but I doubt it” So a few moments later the Imperious Miss Wedgewood sailed down the steps of the great house. At this moment, however, the mind of Mr. Mains was on other things, and his belated effort to dodge the young woman who came charging out of the gate with head down was a trifle too late. “I—I —beg your pardon,” Irene Wedgewood had the grace to say. “I —I wasn’t looking where I was going.” ‘Tm entirely uninjured,” smiled Mains, amusedly, looking down Into her anger-clouded eyes. “Somebody’s

going to catch ft,** he grinned to himself humorously, as he passed on, “from that spoiled darling of the rich.” And Miss Wedgewood’s temper was not soothed by the little Jap servant who Informed her that Mains would not be in until two o’clock. It was an outrage. It was his business to be in. However, she was determined to see him, and she went back promptly at two o’clock. It was said of Mains that nothing could surprise him, but he was surprised when Irene Wedgewood was ushered into his studio that afternoon. “Why—why,” she caught herself saying, “you’re the man I ran down this morning.” ' “And you were terribly angry when you did it,” laughed Mains. Irene Wedgewood smiled up into Mains’ eyes, engagingly. “I’ve come to —to persuade you, Mr. Mains, to persuade you to —to reconsider, and undertake the furniture for my music room. I’m Irene Wedgewood, and Mr. Howard Colby is my architect.” “Yes, Colby spoke of that yesterday,” said Mains. “Awfully sorry, you know, but I don’t operate a furniture factory, Miss Wedgewood—just a little shop down below Eighth avenue. I only employ twenty men, although they’re the highest paid artisans in the world. I’m sure you understand that if I do not restrict my output Its value will deteriorate. I really cannot undertake any more work for a long time."

But she was paying little attention to what he was saying as she moved about the room eagerly touching this piece and that, wondering and exclaiming ovex 1 the loveliness of bls things. “And you made them all?” she asked. “Yes, most of these are originals; made by my own hands,” he smiled. “I have other things here. Would you like to see them?” “I’d love to,” said the once haughty Miss Wedgewood. And he led her down the hall where there were other rooms containing odds nnd ends of Mains-Made things. But Just then came a man who must be seen, and Mains excused himself and left her to roam about as she chose. Ten minutes latex' he returned, to find her in the back room, where was the ornngewood boudoir set. She had flung her hat away and was sitting before the dressing table whore the afternoon sun streamed through the window. Mains was startled to see her there, for he usually kept this room locked. These things were sacred to Mains, and not for the eyes of the casual observer, but when he caught the picture of her there as her rogal young head dropped slightly under the weight of the halo of her pale bright hair, he stopped In the doorway. “You are the first woman," he said, softly, “who has ever looked on these things.” “Oh, I’m sorry," she glanced up startled, nnd arose contritely. “They — they are the loveliest things I’ve ever seen.”

“Yes,” he said, looking down Into her eyes, “I wanted them to be. For seven years I’ve been making them, bit by bit, In my little shop upstairsmaking them, you know, for the dream girl who might some day be foolish enough to —love me." He smiled wistfully. “She would have —have to be a very wonderful dream-girl to be worthy of —of such thoughtfulness and—and sense of beauty,” said Irene Wedgewood, as she stepped hesitantly past him into the hall. And a few moments later she left, the original intention of her visit to Mains completely forgotten. Two months later when Irene Wedgewood went out to superintend the arrangement of the furnishings of her new house, she found a certain or-ange-wood boudoir set already unpacked in the room adjoining her bedroom. For an instant she held her hands over her surprised eyes and then looked again. Star-eyed and with flaming cheeks she went to the telephone, before which she sat for some moments in deep thought, then suddenly she changed her mind, for she slipped into her coat and drove her car furiously back to town. At five that afternoon she entered Mains studio rather breathlessly. “I’ve come," demurely said the once imperious Miss Wedgewood, “to pay for—for the boudoir set.” Mains smiled down into her eyes, standing close. “It was a fancy of mine to send It. You were the first woman to see It, and—and so were entitled to have it. It’s value is—ls entirely other than financial—so you see, money cannot pay for it.” “I—l didn’t mean money." A tear slipped down her cheek. “I thought— I—might be the —the dream girl—and —and pay for it with—love.” She stood there with bowed head and warm, flushed cheeks. Whereat Mains reached out and gently cuddled her to his heart, collectIng his first payment promptly. And the present Mrs. Mains will tell you any time that Mains-Made happiness Is even more wonderful than Mains-Made furniture.

First Fireplaces.

The earliest fireplaces had no grates and the flue Instead of extending up Into a chimney merely terminated In a narrow slit which was cut through the wall not far above the fireplace. These fireplaces were far from being things of comfort. At the beginning of the seventeenth century Investigators began to realize that most of the heat went up the chimney, and attempts were made to conserve it by building air passages on either side of the chimney. From this gradually developed the Idea of our present-day radiators.

MEAT INCREASE AT TIME NEEDED

Producers Responded Nottf When Demand Was Shown _ to Them. ? CATTLE AND HOG FIGURES. Government Justified In Pork Polley Which Nov/ Provides Chief Bvpply to Meet Three Billion J Pound Fat Shortage. , In line with the general plan of servatlon formulated by the U. S. Food Administration immediately following the entrance of the United States Inta the war the contribution made by tha meat producers of this country to tha war program Is of particular significance, as It demonstrates the hearty co-operation accorded the Food Administration by the meat producers of the country. According to reports of the U. &. Department of Agriculture, there was an increase In cattle of !0,238,000 head and 12,441,000 hogs, these figures compiled to January 1 last. In the same period there was a decrease of 810,000 head of sheep, but indications are thia decrease will show an Increase following the latest reports. Since January 1 unofficial information Indicates an increase in hogs of not less than eight per cent, and not more than fifteen per cent, compared with*one yqsr ago, with an Increase in average weight. Following the request of the Food Administration for Increase In hog production for the fall of 1918 and tho spring of 1919 the Increase may yield not less than 1,000,000,000 pounds more of pork products than were available last year. Without this increase the shipping program arranged by Mr. Hoover regarding animal food products would have been Impossible. The dressed hog products during ths three months ending September 80, 1917, amounted to 903,172,000 pounds, while for the same months of 1918 ths production was 1,277,589,000 pounds, an Increase of over 374,000,000 pounds for the quarter.

During the same period in 1917 Inspected slaughter records of dressed beef showed 1,203,000,000 pounds as against 1,454,000,000 pounds for tha three month period ending September 1, this year. We must Increase our meat shipments, especially our pork products, to meet the added demands of the millions liberated fromJarman oppression. And at the same time we must look forward to the rehabilitation of the European meat herds. The policy which guided our meat program in ths past year has been fully Justified, for only the heavy pork production which It has brought about will enable UM even partly to satisfy the Increased demands on us for the coming year. There will be n world shortage In fat% and It is to the United States that BJi> rope must look to supply Its deficiency. At the same time there will contlnue to be heavy demands for beat Owing to the limited refrigerator shipping capacity European Imports of beef for some time will be limited. The United States, Australia and Argentine will be able to maintain a supply that will keep all available freezer vessels operating at capacity.

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