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For an instant Rosa made no sound and no effort to escape The apparition robbed her of breath, it paralyzed her in both one stark mad, but she had felt Cobo's hands upon her once before and after her first frozen moment of amazement she realized that she was in her fullest senses A shriek sprang to her lips, she tried to fight theof a bird Cobo crushed her down, strangling the half-uttered cry

Terroras to be unendurable In Rosa's case a row black, fall away; felt herself swing dizzily through space

O'Reilly looked upward, inquiring, sharply, "What's theof feet above hihtened you? ROSA?" There was asuspense, then he put his shoulder to the timbers he had displaced and, with a violent shove, succeeded in swinging thean to hoist hione but a little way, however, when, without warning, his support gave way and he fell backward; the rope caain in a voice thick froht Followed an instant of silence; then he flattened hiainst the side of the well and the breath stuck in his throat

Into the dim circle of radiance above a head was thrust--a head, a pair of wide shoulders, and then two arnized the swarthy features of that man he had seen at the Matanzas railroad station There could be no doubt of it--it was Cobo

The men stared at each other silently, and of the two Cobo appeared to be the aze fixed itself upon the opening into the treasure-chamber and remained there As if to make entirely sure of what he had overheard, he stretched his body farther, supporting it by his out-flung arms, then moved his head from side to side for a better view He seee, fat, black spider He was the first to speak

"A? Or--have you really discovered that treasure?" he queried

O'Reilly's upturned face was ghastly He wet his lips He ed to whisper Rosa's name

"The riches of the Varonas! Christ! What a find!" Cobo's teeth shone white in the grin of avarice "Yes, I see now--a cavern in the rock Well, well! And you are the spirit of Sebastian, chained in the bowels of La Cuan to chuckle, but the sound of hisof a drunken man