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Jacket was ratified at the effect of his recital, for children screamed, women shuddered, and men turned shocked eyes upon one another He realized that with a little further practice and a ent attention to detail he could horrify the stoutest-hearted listener, nay, cause hysterical women to swoon He concluded his account in a studiously careless tone; "O'Reilly ca it head first into an old well and dumped rocks upon it There it will lie until Cuba is free That, my friends, was the end of Cobo, exactly as it happened"
O'Reilly saw little of his sweetheart that day, for Norine proirl off to her own quarters and there attended to her needs, theNorine's wardrobe offered little to choose from, but between theure Meanwhile, with a rapidity and a thoroughness delightful to both of theirls caed inhimself presentable, he and Branch talked earnestly, with the result that they repaired later to General Goeneral welcomed them; he listened with interest to O'Reilly's story of the rescue, and to the account of conditions in Matanzas O'Reilly concluded by saying: "I've done what I came to do, sir, but Miss Varona is badly shaken by all she has been through She's very nervous and far fro"
General Goe, and we have arranged to send hio, too"
"When can they leave?"
"Who knows? Not for soular"
"They should go at once," O'Reilly said, positively "That's e came to see you Let us--Branch and me--take all three of them to the United States"
"You, too, El Deeneral
"Yes, sir; if you please"
"But ho can you take toe somehow," O'Reilly declared "It isn't far across to the Baharound--our undersea-- railroad As you probably know, there is a venturesome countryman of yours who carries our despatches by that way He devised the scheme, to keep us in touch with our friends in New York, and he has done us great service He cooes in a small boat, but hohen nobody knows The Spanish patrols are on the lookout for him, and there's a price on his head, so you won't find it easy or safe to cross Beware that you are not mistaken for him"