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O'Reilly, with Branch and Jacket close at his heels, whirled his horse into the first bodega he caeneral merchandise, but its owner, evidently a Spaniard, did not tarry to set a price upon any of it As the three horse out at the rear, and, although O'Reilly called reassuringly after hi of a back door, followed by swiftly died men, those shots, those ferocious shouts from the plaza, were too much for the peaceful shopkeeper and his faarden

There was no ti to the shelves where soan to select those delicacies for which he had been sent The devoted Jacket was at his side The little Cuban exercised no restraint; he seized whatever wasferociously, as befitted a bloodthirsty bandit Boys are natural robbers, and at this opportunity for loot Jacket's soul flaely and he swept the shelves bare as he went

"Hey, Leslie! Get so to carry this stuff in," O'Reilly directed over his shoulder Receiving only a muttered reply, he turned to find that his fellow-countrye straw so to select one that fitted his head

"Oh, look!" Branch murmured "Forty dollars' worth of lids, but-- all too small They must have been et us sorub in Hurry!"

Spurred by O'Reilly's tone and by a lively rattle of rifle-shots outside, Leslie disappeared into the living-quarters at the back of the store A e ar behind him, like a bridal veil, was a mosquito-net, which in his haste he had torn frouess this is poor!" he exulted "Bedding! Pillows! Mosquito- net! I'll sleep comfortable after this"

Fro of a baby-- eloquent testimony of the precipitate haste hich the terrified storekeeper and his wife had fled Du his burden of sheets, blankets, and brilliantly colored cotton quilts upon the floor, Branch selected two of the stoutest and began to knot the corners together

He had scarcely finished when Judson reined in at the door and called to O'Reilly: "We've cleaned out the drugstore Better get a move on you, for we may have to run any minute I've just heard about some Cuban prisoners in the calaboose Gimme a hand and we'll let 'em out"