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THE RECORD, KENNA, NEW MEXICO.
( J ( A STORY OF TIIE fcr"v, X n A '
V. - FREEING CCUBAj ,-nVn A. O J
8YN0PSIS.
T.leutenant Holton t dptached from hl
Tommand In the navy, at the outt of the
Ppanlnh'Amcrlran war and assigned to
Important secret service duty. While dln
tng at a Waahlngton hotel he detucta a
waiter In the act of robblna- a beautiful
-Young- lady. Bhe thanka film for hla serv
ice and Bivea her name as Mlaa I -a Tossa.
a Cuban patriot. I-ater he meeta her at
a ball. A necret aervlce man warns Hol
ton that the girl la a apy. Benor I
Toexa chides his daughter for her failure
to secure Important Information from
Helton. She leaves for Iter home In
Cuba. Holton Is ordered to follow her,
They meet on the Tampa train. Miss
I.a Tossa tells Holton she Is a Cuban
spy and expresses doubt regarding the
sincerity of the United States. Holton Is
ordered to remain at Tampa to guard the
troop transports. He receives orders to
land Miss Ia Tossa, who Is considered a
dangerous spy. on Cub'.a soil. At era
. be Is overtaken by another warship
which takes Miss La Tossa aboard and
Holton la ordered to return to Tampa.
He saves the transports from destruction
at the hands of dynamiters and reports
' to Admiral Sampson for further duty.
Holton is sent to General Garcta's com
mand In. the milse of a newspaper cor
respondent to Investigate Cuban plots
against the American troops and to learn
the plans of the Spanish navy. He de
tects a trusted Cuban leader In the work
of fomenting trouble among tha Cubans
In the Interests of the Spaniards. Holton
la seised by friends of the spy and later
la ordered executed as a spy. Ha escapaa.
CHAPTER VIII. Continued.
The Bhouts had grown more distant,
and Holton knew that no one else bad
stumbled upon the trail, or at least
that was his belief until he heard be
hind htm the sound of footsteps patter
ing down the clearing. He paused,
curious- to see if It were not one of
the scouts who had located his hidden
alleyway and found his suspicions
true. As the big negro dashed to the
end of the lane, Holton worked his
way to the opening through which he
had Just come and waited, tens, for
the encounter. The man located the
bent branches and with a little grunt
started afresh-on Holton's trail.
It was. the last sound he made for
some time, for, as he burst through,
the American's fist, launched with
bone-shattering forceP) landed JustJwo
inches above hla chin and down he
went, like a stricken animal.
Holton, with a prayer of thanksglv
Ing, leaned over the huddled figure and
was rejoiced to find that the fellow
had a revolver and a belt filled with
bullets, in addition to a hunting-knife.
All these things Holton ' appropriated,
and then leaving the negro where he
lay, pursued his way into the forest.
He had marked his direction before
starting upon his flight, his Intention
being to make the hills over Santiago
bay, ascertain the location of Cervera's
fleet, watch for any signs that might
give hint as to the Intentions of the
Spanish admiral, and then make for a
point where he might signal Samp
eon's flagBhip. r
He had no thought of getting clear
away until he bad made a strong ef-
He Went Down Like Btrlckan Animal.
fort to perform thjB mission upon which
he had been dispatched.
After walking all day. with Infre
quent halts la the torrid heat, making
perhaps ten or twelve, miles, he came
Dear sunset to a tall grove of palms.
One of these he climbed and at length
was able to locate his position in a
general way.
It may have been fever working In
Ills blood, although he felt well, but
through his mind ran something? not a
voice, more an Impulse, which kept
suggesting to him to turn to the left
finally, staggering and stumbling, half
asleep, be obeyed the Inward Injunc
tion, and Is this way proceeded until
at last he fell into a heap, dead asleep.
When he awoke he was shivering.
He realized his weakness but could not
understand it, being usually a man of
undevlatlng health, until It occurred to
him that he bad not eaten anything
for nearly twenty-four hours.
But he bad nothing with him to eat.
and he did not dare discharge his pis
tol at the birds flying all about for tear
of calling attention to his position In
the Jungle. So he arose, tightened ols
belt as he had read Indians used to do
when pressed by hunger, and worked
bis way on, still holding to tbe left.
Continuing thus be stumbled sudden
ly upon a- clearing, which apparently a
large number of soldiers bad left not
many hours before. There were re
mains of a fire and, better still, scat
tered upon the ground were bits of
hardtack, a whole pineapple and an
abandoned kettle with some boiled rice
remaining In It
Despite the suggestions of tbe prox
imity of the Spaniards, Holton sat
down and ate the most satisfactory
meal of his life.
Having eaten, he retired a little dis
tance and lay back in the shadows.
The sun warmed him, and tbe stiffness
caused by tbe damp of the night left
him. If, as he had feared, fever bad
been In bis blood. It bad gone now and
this Inspired him wonderfully.
He was about to descend when the
flash of something below caught his
eye almost beneath his feet. He looked
closely and caught the flash again, fol
lowed by another flash, then by sev
eral. A flash In this jungle meant pol
lshed metal of some sort, and metal of
any sort here meant only one thing
soldiers.
He strained his eyes downward and
then caught glimpses of a trail, partial
ly bidden from bis view by bushes. On
the - side of the trail nearest ' to the
eastward the land fell sharply away
Into ,wtde valley, the opposite sides
of which were bush and tree-covered
hills Just as on his side.
And now as he looked, the situation
dawned clear upon him. For he could
see men moving, falling bosk along the
trail, and eventually debouching Into
bushes on either side.
- Holton's heart beat quickly. Ha re
membered what the Spaniards had said
of Americans marching from tbe direc
tion of Siboney, and be knew that
right- before bis eyes the Spaniards
were arranging an ambush for them
But what could he doT Almost any
moment a detachment of Spanish sol
aiero might come upon mm. his
slightest movement would tend to at
tract the attentlonof some of them
What was happening? Suddenly
from the distance there came what
sounded to Holton like tbe clatter of
steel on steel. He at once recognized
It as the sound a scabbard makes
when It rArlkes against a spur.
Hastily he looked down at the Span
tsh position, tut not a sign of a soldier
could be see. The trail was deserted,
the surroundings were as quiet.
peaceful as the heart of a Jungle. It
was too quiet, Holton thought.
Suddenly tbe situation dawned clear
his countrymen were walking into a
deadly trap! And he was powerless to
help them.
Then, as though a voice had whis
pered In bis ear, h started up. Was
be helpless T Yes, If be was consider
ing himself. If fear of consequences
to him personally were to be weighed,
he was perfectly helpless. But not
otherwise. Providence could not have
smiled more benignly upon the Ameri
cans than In placing him Just where
he was provided he Justified the
providential processes with the nerve
of a hero.
He rolled half on his side, loosened
his revolver in Its holster, and then
drew It out. No more sounds come
from the trail, and yet, somehdw, there
was the Impression of movement down
there, a subconscious feeling of the ap
proach of meu.
ovMolton, hla eyes strained ahead, hi
ear . alert for the slightest sound
started convulsively as a campaign hat
appeared for an Instant through a rift
In the high grasses on the valley !de
of the trail.
Then, flattening himself rigidly upon
the ground, be pointed his pistol In
the direction of the Spaniards beneath
him, and pulled the trigger. The sharp
report of the forty-four tore through
the dead stillness with nerve-racking
violence. It clattered across the val
ley In a hundred echoes. And then, as.
though both nature and man had been
shocked into inanition, there followed
few seconds of pulseless silence.
Again Holton's pistol rang out. This
time, from the direction of the hidden
advancing forces, there came several
short, sharp commands. As Holton
lay bidden, thankful that the Spaniards
had evidently attributed the shots to
some overanxious soldier on their own
side, he saw two Cubans steal along
the trail and behind them a gigantic
young sergeant In the uniform of a
Rough Rider.
Close behind htm were four men.'
They were picking their way stealth
ily. There was no question that Hol
ton's Aots bad the desired effect
Then, aa he looked, several long.
lancelike lines of flame darted out of
the bushes In which the Spaniards lay.
Tbe valley resounded with a racketing
uproar. He saw the big Rough Rider
sergeant stop short with a look of sur
prise upon his face, saw his Jaws set
grimly, saw him advance a step, and
then heave forward on his face, block
ing the trail with his body.
The bushes beneath Holton were
now darting sheets of flame and the
gases from the smokeless powder drift
ed upward and Into his nostrils.
From the American side he heard a
crashing as the main body rushed up
Into action or deployed Into the grass
to the eastward of the trail and then
suddenly out of the thicket came the
roar of the Krags. Holton thrilled
with pride as he noticed that the aim
of the Americans was low and that the
shooting discipline was excellent.
The firing was Incessant and Holton,
whose activities with his revolver had
brought a volley or two In his direc
tion, now ceased firing and began to
work his way Into the valley toward
tbe American position. He had not
gone far when the advancing lines
swept upon him.
"Hello, Bud," cried a tall, swarthy-
faced sergeant from a New Mexican
ranch, "what're you doln way out
here?"
Holton smiled and was about to re
ply when a red light sudde'y flashed
before bis eyes and be clapped his
hand to his forehead, for It seemed as
though a red-hot brand had suddenly
been clamped upon it Then merciful
ly came darkness.
And as he lay thus In the tall grass,
his eyes closed, blood streaming down
his cheeks and coagulating In the hot
sun, the Rough Riders met the regu
lars from across the valley, while four
companies revolved around tbe left
end of the hidden enemy and then, as
the Spaniards later put It, "they start
ed to catch us with their hands."
For a mile and a half these men,
who had marched into what approxi
mated a deadly surprise, chased the
Spaniards, sent them flying hastily
from three successive barricades until
finally, In utter route, they abandoned
all thought of further interference
with the American movement and fell
back on the trenches before Santiago.
But Holton did not witness this
triumph of Quasimas. Long after the
thin blue line had swept on up the val
ley he lay as he had fallen, vultures
flying over him and terrible land-crabs
rattling about, seeking for that food
which death alone makes palatable to
them.
CHAPTER IX.
Before 8an Juan.
Ages seemed to have passed when
Holton was aroused by a pleasant
voice and the -sensation that some re
vivifying fluid had been forced down
his throat. Some very sympathetic
hand was touching his head and a
genial voice was addressing him.
"Come, old man, you're all right The
bullet Just clipped your very thick
bead and glanced off."
Holton opened bis eyes and saw a
tall, broad-shouldered surgeon bending
over him.
"How do you feel now?" he asked,
"Bully." smiled Holton. "I think I'll
get up, If I may."
"Ob, you can get up Just as soon as
you think you feel sufficiently strong,"
replied tbe surgeon. He looked at
Holton closely. "You're not of our
outfit Correspondent, aren't you?"
Holton smiled and shook his head.
"No, my name la Holton, a lieuten
ant In the navy."
"The navyl Gaa! You must have
been spoiling for a landlubbers' scrap
then."
"I came In from behind Santiago,'
volunteered Holton, "and ran Into this
fight by accident. I have Important
information for Admiral Sampson, If
you think I ean get to the coast"
"You certainly can. I am sending a
couple of wounded men down to Sibo
ney now on horesback. I have anoth
er pony which you may borrow re
member, borrow," laughed the surgeon.
"Be careful to keepthat first-aid
bandage on your head and by tonight
you'll be all right. Not even a head
ache." "Thanks." Holton, aided by the sur
geon, got upon his feet, swayed weak
ly a moment with the other's arm
around him, and then, getting his
swimming head to rights, he walked
slowly toward the trail.
A hospital attendant stood there
holding two horses, and one of these
the surgeon took and assisted Holton
Into the saddle.
"You can leave the nag at our camp
In Siboney and III gfit him," he said.
"By the way, my name is Church."
"Bob Church, of Princeton?" ex
claimed Holton, recalling now that he
had seen that broad-shouldered young
doctor on many a hard-fought gridiron.
"The same," was the smiling reply.
"Well, Bob Church, I owe you one,"
A Red Light Suddenly Flashed Before
His Eyes.
rejoined Holton. "I used to try to emu
late your deeds on the eleven at An
napolis, but I don't think I ever suc
ceeded."
"Oh, yes, you did!" exclaimed the
surgeon. 'Holton Holton Tommy
Holton I place you now. I think
they put something like All-America
end after your name, a degree they
never conferred upon me."
Holton blushed; and then, thanking
his .benefactor, once more be passed
on down the trail. In company witn
two privates, wounded In the legs.
As Holton wandered down a line of
tents, he ran Into Aldrldge, Buxton
and Fisher, all of the flagship New
York. He fairly flung himself Into
their arms, and, overjoyed at seeing
them for themselves not only, but be
cause of the opportunity it gave him
of getting the Information he had ob
tained through to Admiral Sampson.
After lunching with his friends as
guests of the Junior officers of the
Third cavalry, Holton made his way
to General Shatter's ' headquarters.
The general was sleeping and could
not be awakened, but Holton retailed
his Information concerning the spy to
Lieutenant Mlley, who received It
with great politeness and apparent
gratitude, but obviously with little
faith either in the fealty or tbe ef
ficacy of the Cubans a state of mind
that Holton found prevalent among
most of tbe officers of tbe army..
The army had - been ordered to
move to KT Paso, or rather in the di
rection of El Paso, and there was
much to engage Holton's Interest.
The trail leading Into the Jungle was
congested with light artillery, ambu
lance wagons and marching men.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Possible Explanation.
Some prophets are without houor
In their own country for the reason
that It Is harder to fool people wheu
they are well acc.ualuUt' vltt you.
Of 'Ml i
DRUG HOUSE ENJOINED
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Judge Jeremiah Neterer, of the
United States district court, to-day
granted a permanent Injunction In be
half of the Centaur Company of New
York, the manufacturers of Fletcher's
Castoiia, agalnBt the Stewart ft
Holmes Drug Company of this city.
The controversy arose from the sim
ulating of the labels of this well-known
preparation, and from the evidence
filed in the case it was shown that the
infringing label was first discovered
on sale In Honolulu, and was traced to
Us origin here In Seattle.
The defendant company Is one of
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kind In the Northwest.
The decree carries with It an order
that the Stewart & Holmes Company
recall the goods which are on the mar
ket under the Infringing label, and to
pay all costs In the suit and damages
assessed at $100. Seattle, Wash.,
'Times." Adv.
Its Kind,
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This
has a velvet
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