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11l mill r^s§§B[ HUf -a ■I 1 ' * ,A jmH - RAINBOWJEN® novel j&EACff— AUTHfta. OF :®w T/2A/L m m 77f££Po/Ls&s - Vf&wrcrrx£&m£r£K. CC't’VmJCyhrr-' by HARPER. AND HROTHEfca. ; /|wi —— . * —*—— ■■■■ - - *■ p • , CHAPTER IX. ;| Marauders. JPhe surprise wa easily effected, Colonel Oobo’a men were aeeom •ditHl In this sort of work. Rosa, itching upon her bench, heard hing, saw nothing, until out of the 1 1 —•-sjwbw? , "" ; p^ra alVv. r~^ T ''' j;| .y y/ * ip - \v\ '-■ v fll ‘‘. ,v> i SJj : • Vj \~lfl <sv \ he Began to Struggle Like a Cat. flows beside her human forms true I iallsed. She screamed once |pg; then n palm closed over hei |*th. and site began to struggle like i i>t iVangellna. who had wnke<l at the t outcry, met the marauders us ; f rushed through tlx* door. There and curses, loudly hel ; |y|¥orders. a great scuffling and IQ ng °* ,r l>on the dirt flnoi ipp hut, the rickety, hark-eevered ifft-l bulged and creaked. Over all i tided the shrieks of tlx* negress (i :11ns in the pitch-black Interim ill an animal In Its lair. Then some ||lj set fire to the thatch; the flames IfbW Up the dead palm leaves to •-. , ridgepole, and the surroundings :) ;>ed Into view. I 'I osa saw a swarthy, thickset man uniform of a colonel of vol iisers, and behind him rancho Cue ? 4 Tearing the hand from lx*r lips :] a moment, she cried* t’ueto’s jie. but he gave no heed, ltosa \ poked his name again; then she rd the oflicer say: Where Is tlx* young fellow? 1 [l& nothing hut the squeals of that [ pmon wench.” i I'ifangeUnn’s cries of rage and tie* ice ceased, and with them the |ds of combat. From the Maxing o ran two armed men. brushing J, , *ks from their clothing. A third | jqved, dragging Evangeiina by o..x* (led arm. |<Mu felt herself swooning, and she nothing of what immediately ] fjjWPd. After a time she felt her* a ahuken, and heard the colonel ad | jflslug her. | I'otne, come!” he was saying. I flpfe is your precious brother and |M black fellow?” '|osa could only stare dully. Seems we missed them,” said rUtto. IfMorP of your bungling,” Coho | j ;e out at him, wrnthfully. “Fool! ll| mind to toss you into that lire.” ®p turned his attention one** more . * itoen, and with a jerk that shook |1 Into fuller consciousness repeat sjf "Where art* they? Speak to me.” j iggled weakly toward Cueto. iiu *; :Ang him* “I’aucho, don’t you know | ** 5 Ydl. we’ve taught hint a'lesson,** { ' Cueto, grinding apprehensively 1 * ?obo. “We’ve accompllshtal some* T- 1 i, anyhow/ eh?” He mshled at ii a. “She’s all that l told you. c at her!” || 1 donel Oobo took time to scruti his prisoner. Ijk’ta! She’s a pretty little spy — |j ?e a prise, truly. Now, then!” thick lips spread; he spoke to i -more gently. *‘l want you to tell p; ahtfcit that brother of yours, eh? [| .to said I would find him hcr\\ u. Still frightened. I see. Well, I ll|'s away with women; I dare say |||fU be glad to toll me everything and by.” Then, seeing that his fy risked a scorching in their [j| ch of the hut and were already k* rteling over the scanty plunder 1| h it affortled, ho turned from T| j to will them away, flf‘ofttlng by his inattention, ltosa ( tghai out of ids grasp and ran to i ngetina, *v ho lay face down in Hi 1 dirt, her limbs sprawled loosely. Chapter Will Appear Shortly---Watch For It--Read It I - She flung liersi-lf upon the prostrate | body * and cried the black woman’s ’ mime, but f he could awaken no re | sponse. ■ ! Tlx* llrst pink of dawn was now ; deepening In the east, and as soon as It had grown light enough to see to travel Colonel Coho prepared to re turn to Ids horses. The rM)f and walls of the Ix-hlo had fallen away to ashes. Its skeleton of pules and its few pieces of crude furniture alone were smoldering when he called his \ men together and gave the word to go. “Come, my sweetheart.” Coho ad dressed himself t<> the girl. “Leave that carrion for the buzzards.” Rosa looked up to find him leering k at her. Six* brushed the tears from her eyes, crying: “(lo away! In dod’s name haven’t you done harm enough?" “Oh, but you’re going with me.” Tlie girl rose; her face was color ; less; she was aquiver with indigna tion. “Leave me!” she stormed. “What have I done to you? Don’t —’’ “Caramha! A temper. And you have strength, too, as I discovered. , j Must I bind those pretty hands or—” i ’ Colon. 1 Coho reached forth, laugh- | ing, and her in Ids power- | ful arms. Rosa fought him as shf j had fought at the first moment of des- j peratlon, hut he lifted her easily and I went striding across the Add behind iiis men. *•*•**• Esteban’s party made good time j over the hills and into the Snn Juan, j for Asenslo knew the country well. Mid-afternoon found them in sight ol j La Joya. Cueto’s cane was thick and j high; It was ready for the knife ot j for the* torch. The incendiaries dis mounted in the shelter of a wood and ! removed the bags which they had carried on their saddles. Inside tlx*s< hugs were several snakes, the largest perhaps eight feet In length. To tlx tail of each the negroes fastened n , leather thong, and then to each thong a length of telegraph wire, the end of which had been bent into a loor to hold a bundle of oil-soaked waste 1 | These preliminaries accomplished: : ! they bore the reptiles into the cam j j fields at widely separated places am | ’ lighted the waste. Soon tongues of flame appeared and the green tops of the cane begat. I to shrivel and to wave as the stcml) j oast wind took effect. Smoke bil : . lowed upward and was hurried west . j ward before the breeze; in a dotei | places the fields burst into flame j From somewhere came ;i faint shout | j Ing. then a shot or two, and fiuull} I I tlx* ringing of a bell. i Esteban waited only until he snv ! that his work of devastation was wel under way, then lx* led his follower* , hack toward tlx* hills. : In the shelter of a ravine the part} ; took time to eat supper, their firs | ! meal since leaving home, and it wa. v * j after dark when they finished. Tlx negroes, who were thoroughly tired . were for spending tin* night here, but Estol.au. more cautious than they . i not have it so. Accordingly the men remounted their weary ! horses, though not without sonx grumbling, and set out. At length I j (lxy crossed the summit and worked down toward the Yumuri, hut i( seemed ns if daylight would novel I ; come. Esteban suddenly reined in his > horse. “Look!” said he. “Yonder is ! a light.” ’ I “What is Evangeiina thinking ' about?” As* nsio mattered. * “But see! It grows brighter.” - There followed a moment or two dur ing which then* was no sound except i ; the breathing of the horses and the j creak of saddle leathers as the riders ’ craned their necks to see over the low ! tree tops before them. Then Esteban cried: “Corned I’m —afraid It's our house.” Fear gripped him, but he | managed to say. calmly. “Perhaps there has been an—accident.” * Asensio. muttering excitedly, was trying to crowd past him; for a few yards the two horses brushed along side by side. The distant point of ‘ light had become a glare now; it winked hatefully through tlx* open ' ings as the party hurried toward it. , But it was still a long way off. and the eastern sky had grown rosy he ‘ I fi.re the dense woods of the hillside 1 gave way to the sparser growth of the low ground. ” j Esteban turned a sick, white face | S | over his shoulder and jerked out his r orders ; then he kicked his tired i mount into a swifter gallop. It w*as r j he who first broke out into the ekar -0 ! ing. One glance, and the story was ( told. a The hut was but a crumbling skel u i etou of charred poles. Strung out n j j j 1 nv v... i* . .u. . . i... xL. i Ao.\. .. (./me, \. i L.. v.. I uei\. s u.V t tOb*.h iv>, D ( ■ ■* I across the little field of malangns. | and sweet potatoes were sev- ] eral hlliirioos volunteers, their anus filled with loot /rom the cabin. Be- 1 hind them strode an oflicer bearing Rosa struggling against his breast. Esteban drove his horse headlong through the soft red earth of the garden. Ills sudden appearance seemed briefly to paralyze the ma rauders. It was a moment before j they could drop their spoils, unsling tlx ir rifles, and begin to fire at him, and by that time he bad covered half ] the distance to his sister. A bullet ; brought bis horse down and the boy went flying over its neck. Nothing but the loose loam saved him from Injury. As lm rose to his feet, breath less and covered with the red dirt, ; there came a swift thudding of hoofs and Asensio swept past him like a rocket. Estel an caught one glimpse i of tlx* negro's face, a fleeing vision of white teeth bared to tlx* gums. (>f j Asensio Slashed Once at Him With His Long, Murderous Machete. distended yellow eyes, of flat, distort ed features; then Asensio was fairly upon Colonel Coho. The colonel, who had dropped his burden, now tried tc dodge. Asensio slashed once at birr, with his long, murderous'machete but the next Instant he was enguged with n trooper who had fired almost in his face. Coho’s men, led by the terrified l an olin Cueto, turned and fled for cover, believing themselves in danger of an nihilation. Nor was the colonel him self in nny condition to rally them, for Asensio’s Made had cloven one full dark cheek to the hone, anil the shock and pain had unnerved him. The field was small, the jungle was close at hand. A moment and the in terlopers had vanished into it, all but one, who lay kicking among the broad i nmlanga leaves, and over whom Asen sio kept spurring his terrified horse, hacking downward with insane fury. This was the first hand-to-hand on 1 counter Esteban’s men had had, and ; their swift victory rendered them fero ! clous. Flinging their guns aside, they 1 went crashing Into the brush on the j trail of their enemies. Rosa found herself in her brother’s arms, sobbing out the story of the out rage and quivering at every sound of the chase. lie was caressing her, and telling her to have no further fears; both of them were fairly hysterical. Evangeiina, thanks to her thick Skull, was not dead. In the course of time under Rosa’s and Esteban’s ministra tions She regained her senses, and when-the other men returned they found her lying siek and dazed, but otherwise quite whole. Then, there beside the ruins of the nut, was a strange scene of rejoicing Asensio recovered now from his burst of savagery, was tearful, compassion ate; bis comrades laughed and chat tered and bragged about their prodlg ions deeds of valor. Over and ovei they recounted their versions of the encounter, each more fanciful than tlx other, until it seemed that they must have left the forest filled with corpses Esteban was grave, lie had heart of Colonel Coho, and, remembering that denim-clad figure out yonder ii the trampled garden, lie knew that se rious consequences would follow. Tlx volunteers were revengeful; theli colonel was not the sort of man t( forgive a deep humiliation. Doubt less he would put a price upon th< l heads of all of them, and certainly h would never allow them another en counter upon anywhere like ever terms. Then, too. the narrowness o Rosa’s escape caused the boy’s hear to dissolve with terror. After a conference with Asensio h decided that they must prepare foi flight, and late that afternoon they nl set out to seek a safer refuge, Evange Hna in tears at leaving her prCciou; garden plot. Their led horse, cne o those Lorenzo had captured, carrle< a pitifully light burden—only sonx tools, some pans and kettles, and a rol of charred bedclothes. • ****•_• Johnnie O’Reilly had no difficulty ii locating the residence of Ignacio Alva rado, but to communicate with hin I was quite another matter, inasmuc! as his every step wap dogged by tha persistent shadow from Nuevitas. One evening, several days after hh arrival, a sudden rain storm drovt O’Reilly indoors, and as he ascendet |to his room that the lamp !n L the hailwsiy and smoked at ev ery gust of w l&j. It was very dark ! i outside; he ro3sn}*d that the streets would be Hastily securing that book whlfh-OAjvarado, the dentist, lux! given him, he4/*.k a i>o>ition close Inside his door. ■ When he heard the spy pass ami the next chamber he stole out hall aud breathed .into the lamp ( chimney. A moment later he was etE’Ajr through the win dow and was w*-rCing his way down ] the shed r* of, haying that his move i in *nts had n>*t ,|k / ><h*u an l that the dies were firm. nimbly sealed the wall, crossed climbed a second wail, and <te>cedt-d into a dark side street. Talent advantage of tlx* ; densest jnd the numerous overhanging baktejales, he sot out at a Irish' trot. .. A light * bowed' .through the barred windows of the tilvi*.rado home, Indi cating that the family was in. After | nine fumbling ipCkeilly laid hold of ibe latch; then. r £i,hout knocking, he opened the flout rf.yjr and stepped in. His sudden a;^;.ranee threw the occupants into nH.Y d: a woman cried out sharply; a whom O’Reilly identified ns Alvarado himself tea I*4*d to his fe* Qitnd faced hiiu, ex dniming: : > * “Who are y<*u?^ “I’m a frit nd. Don’t be alarmed.” Tohnnle ?is most agreeable ! smile, then he pxten*led the sodden i onckago he had fcrxrricd beneath his tiii. “I c*u >e w'r.im your brother r**mas. IL* ask?d me to hand you this hook and toCv that ho is return ing it with his s.” “What are y Plainly the ! speaker did nots coinprehend; there ! was nothing but 'apprehension in liis voice. % O’Reilly tore thy wet paper from the volume and laid Alvarado's hand. "Look at it. plcnsJ. and you’ll titxler itend. I didn’t tape time to knock, for fear I might ho l^diowed.” Alvararlo starec'j: first at the hook, then at his caller. After a moment he made a sign to ht*4lf’, who left tlx* room. Wetting lips, he inquired, with an effort. “\yfi* do you want?” j O’Reilly told a few words. Alvarado showed- relief; he even smiled. “I see, bjft—Oaramba! You i gave me a start. Xni this book! Ha! Tomas will have you took precautions, for I am under surveillance. I’ll >ulp you. yes! But you must not again. Return to your hotel and-- Lot me think.” Senor Alvarado in deepest thought; then he s'v-ji’: “1 have it! Ev ery morning at haHT p:it nine a man wearing a Panama hat and a gray necktie with a gold pin will pass along the sidewalk across the street from the ls!a d.\ (’ul)a. You will know him. One how soon, he will hat thus, and i svij)e his face. Good. Follow him. He wCfl give you final di rections. You kno|** Munln, the drug gist? Well, you talk to him, and he will keep you posited as to our prog ress. Now go before someone comes.” O'Reilly wrung flij Cuban’s hand. Then he stopped ojit into the night, leaving u pool of on the clean blue tiles where liquid to<xL (To Be Continued) STORY OF ‘THK BRAT,” PICTURE j The Brat, a years, loses | :her “job” in the ehpnls on account of her shabby appeaf; uce. As she is leaving tlu* unusual beau ty attracts Stcpher a dis splute young spendthrift, and he of-j tors her new dottles’- for a consid eration. This she scornfully refuses. On her way stops before a lunch-room, purse is empty. Steph n. .*oto has followed her, again offers heHi;ioney and upon her refusal, becomes insulting. She slaps his face; a c - Kt>v l gathers and she is arrested and't’ilicn to the Night I Court. * j MacMillan Forrester, a successful I author, has dropped into the court in j search of local colejr vand meets the j Brat. MacMillan find's keen inspira tion in her ready wit ami fiery nature. The Brat and Stephen meet, again and she finds that tv" i R MacMillan's younger brother, fi v One day Stepheifc. "comes to his brother for money. Jdnc.Millan, after giving tlie money (*u Stepehen re j turns the key to tj£j girl and she drops it into her p*jfljjpt. Stephen is 'hard pres#e<l by a tCbiiev lender and I is drinking heavily. to save ] Him. the Brat tnkesjihe key from the icellarette and puts‘> ; . in her pocket J with the other. i ** Stephen and Ang^S® l are both in tensely jealous of tjy MacMil lan is becoming more‘keen ly interested in her. ’* The Brat is asked jjK'tho Bishop to dance for a charitj nazaar. As the i Brat runs up the *i*irs he sees her land demands the kef .to the collar ette. She throws i;. if him, remark ing that he can to death if he wants to. Stephen finds that-the hey is not for the cellarettee but the safe. Owing to a Crick of Angela's ’the Brat’s dance failure and, not ! waiting for the others, she rushes home in shame. S£x. finds Stephen rifling the safe and (xrfes the money from him. Stephen confesses ivs'guilt and the i ißrat is cleared of $ luspicion that ha 4 gathered roundLi v *r i i r — — I Silence is goldett,, Especially the jkind that is paid !“?•! j Pride goeth i thermometer isn’t et*uck up as it I ! was. “ -a. , ■ • AIR OF MYSTERY IN ABDUCTION OF 9-YEAR OLD GIRL (Continued From Page One.) ;he is of the colored race, although he [is o L very fair complexion, ami would | easily pass as a white man. On the other hand, there are a number of [persons about the city who know Lowe, because he has made frequent visits to Simms whom he has known for two years or more. He is of striking soldierly bearing, tall and I *rect. and well-mannered. He has been a member of the llegular Army for several years, and did not enlist after the United Statees got into the World conflict as many persons had supposed. On the contrary, he has seen duty along the Mexican border, at Galveston. Tex.. El l*aso, Tex., and also in Chicago. He went overseas with the American troops, and ac cording to what has been learned here, he expected soon to receive his discharge from the service, and would then take over the care of the girl, speaking of her as "his daughter." ■Only last night, Simms received a telegram from him from Camp Up ton, N. V., in which lie asked that the poiic> forces be requested to use every possible effort to “recover Mil dred.” He did mX know that the girl was safe at the time. Lowe expects to arrive in the city some time this afternoon. A representative of THE CAPITAL visited the Simms home hist night, and found Mildred playing about as happy as could be. She was asked a number of questions and answered them in a very intelligent way. She is in the fourth grade at St. Mary's Parochial School, her education and I constant attendance at St. Mary’s (Church being among the things which her supposed father requested be done in his absence. Talks About “Dadd)” The little girl began to sob. but soon regained herself, and related a number of things concerning her life. She said she had been told that her mother died when she was a baby, land expressed her love for her father. | whom she had always referred to as I Daddy.” Asked whether sho liked ithe woman who had taken her away from Annapolis yesterday, she replied in the affirmative, but added that “she beat me at times and then I didn’t like her her.” The child showed plainly the re sults of h r day's experience and was sleepy. Sho added, among other things that she had lived at Galves ton. Tex., and Chicago. To Chicago, the Lowe woman had planned to take It he child yesterday, because it was j learned that she made inquiries at a i local railway station concerning the trains to Chicago. Arrested In Hallimore When the Lowe woman was arrest ed in Baltimore yesterday by Head quarters Detective Cooney, the woman was arraigned - before Justice Johann sen in the Central Police Court and was delivered to Deputy Sheriw W. 1). K. Lee, of Anne Arundel county, who brought her and the child back to Annapolis. Determined To (Set Child Felicia Lowe told Justice Johann sen that the child had been reared by her since it was loss than a year old and that two months ago, when Clifford Lowe, colored, her husband, returned from France, he told her that be would place Mildred in a home. ; Felicia Lowe went to Camp Upton to i visit her husband, and there she learned that the child had been placed with Hattie Simms. The woman frankly admitted to Do-’ tectivc Captain McGovern that she was determined to/get possession of the child. She came to Annapolis yesterday morning and found Mildred it Mass at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Mildred willingly fled from • hij town with Felicia Lowe, and caught a car. She said that Mildred was a niece of David Rhodes, a pa trolman of flic Chicago Police De partment. and that the child’s mother died when she was a few months old. Norfolk Airplane Stops Here Accompanying the N-C 4 which was returning to Washington after having been in Baltimore the past several days, were two planes, one from Ana costia, piloted by Ensign Marston. and the other from Norfolk, Va , piloted by Ensign W. Slicknev. The latter plane stopped at Annapolis last even ing and circled the city and Naval Academy before continuing its jour ney to Washington. i ** It's all right to take time by the forelock, but don’t rest on your lau rels before yon have any. — With everybody striking for more pay the wages of sin still plug along the same old schedule. 16799 DIED ; f * in New York City alone from kid ney trouble last year. Don’t allow yourself to become a victim by neglecting pains and aches. 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