She had approached within a mile or two of the pre-arranged landing-place when over the mangroves had flared9 the blinding white light of a Spanish patrol-boat; like a thief surprised at his work the tramp had turned tail and fled, never pausing until she lay safe among the Bahama Banks.
Now she was feeling her way back, some distance to the westward10. Major Ramos was on the bridge with the captain. Two men were taking soundings in a blind search for that steep wall which forms the side of the old Bahama Channel. When the lead finally gave them warning, the Fair Play lost her headway and came to a stop, rolling lazily; in the silence that ensued Leslie Branch's recurrent cough barked loudly.
"They're afraid to go closer, on account of the reef," O'Reilly explained to his companions.
"That must be it that I hear," Norine ventured. "Or maybe it's just the roaring in my ears."
"Probably the latter," said Branch. "I'm scared stiff. I don't like reefs. Are there any sharks in these waters?"
"Plenty."
"Well, I'm glad I'm thin," the sick man murmured.
Major Ramos spoke11 in a low tone from the darkness above, calling for a volunteer boat's crew to reconnoiter and to look for an opening through the reef. Before the words were out of his mouth O'Reilly had offered himself.
Ten minutes later he found himself at the steering-oar of one of the ship's life-boats, heading shoreward. A hundred yards, and the Fair Play was lost to view; but, keeping his face set toward that inky horizon, O'Reilly guided his boat perhaps a half-mile nearer before ordering his crew to cease rowing. Now through the stillness came a low, slow, pulsating12 whisper, the voice of the barrier reef.
The trade-winds had died with the sun, and only the gentlest ground-swell was running; nevertheless, when the boat drew farther in the sound increased alarmingly, and soon a white breaker streak13 showed dimly where the coral teeth of the reef bit through.
There was a long night's work ahead; time pressed, and so O'Reilly altered his course and cruised along outside the white water, urging his crew to lustier strokes. It was haphazard14 work, this search for an opening, and every hour of delay increased the danger of discovery.
A mile—two miles—it seemed like ten to the taut15 oars16-men, and then a black hiatus of still water showed in the phosphorescent foam17. O'Reilly explored it briefly18; then he turned back toward the ship. When he had gone as far as he dared, he lit a lantern and, shielding its rays from the shore with, his coat, flashed it seaward. After a short interval19 a dim red eye winked20 once out of the blackness. O'Reilly steered21 for it.
Soon he and his crew were aboard and the ship was groping her way toward the break in the reef. Meanwhile, her deck became a scene of feverish22 activity; out from her hold came cases of ammunition23 and medical supplies; the field-piece on the bow was hurriedly dismounted; the small boats, of which there were an extra number, were swung out, with the result that when the Fair Play had manoeuvered as close as she dared everything was in readiness.
Many of these expedicionarios were professional men, clerks, cigar-makers, and the like; few of them had ever done hard manual labor24; yet they fell to their tasks willingly enough. While they worked a close watch with night glasses was maintained from the bridge.
O'Reilly took the first load through the reef, and discharged it upon a sandy beach. No one seemed to know positively25 whether this was the mainland or some key; and there was no time for exploration; in either event, there was no choice of action. Every man tumbled overboard and waded26 ashore27 with a packing-case; he dropped this in the sand above high-tide mark, and then ran back for another. It was swift, hot work. From the darkness on each side came the sounds of other boat crews similarly engaged.
Johnnie was back alongside the ship and ready for a second cargo28 before the last tender had set out upon its first trip, and then for several hours this slavish activity continued. Some crews lost themselves in the gloom, fetched up on the reef, and were forced to dump their freight into the foam, trusting to salvage29 it when daylight came. Every one was wet to the skin; bodies steamed in the heat; men who had pulled at oars until their hands were raw and bleeding cursed and groaned30 at their own fatigue31. But there was little shirking; those whose strength completely failed them dropped in the sand and rested until they could resume their labors32.
Daylight was coming when the last boat cast off and the Fair Play, with a hoarse33 triumphant34 blast of her whistle, faded into the north, her part in the expedition at an end.
O'Reilly bore Norine Evans ashore in his arms, and when he placed her feet upon Cuban soil she hugged him, crying:
"We fooled them, Johnnie! But if it hadn't been for you we'd have turned back. The captain was afraid of the reef."
"I don't mind telling you I was afraid, too," he sighed, wearily. "Now then, about all we have to fear are Spanish coast-guards."
Dawn showed the voyagers that they were indeed fortunate, for they were upon the mainland of Cuba, and as far as they could see, both east and west, the reef was unbroken. There was still some uncertainty35 as to their precise position, for the jungle at their backs shut off their view of the interior; but that gave them little concern. Men were lolling about, exhausted36, but Major Ramos allowed them no time for rest; he roused them, and kept them on the go until the priceless supplies had been collected within the shelter of the brush. Then he broke open certain packages, and distributed arms among his followers37.
Even while this was going on there came an alarm; over the low promontory38 that cut off the eastern coastline a streamer of smoke was seen. There was a scurry39 for cover; the little band lay low and watched while a Spanish cruiser stole past not more than a mile outside the line of froth.
The three Americans, who were munching40 a tasteless breakfast of pilot-bread, were joined by Major Ramos. He was no longer the immaculate personage he had been: he was barefooted; his clothes were torn; his trousers were rolled up to the knee and whitened by sea-water, while the revolver at his hip3 and the bandolier of cartridges41 over his shoulder lent him an incongruously ferocious42 appearance. Ever since Norine had so rudely shattered his romantic fancies the major had treated both her and O'Reilly with a stiff and distant formality. He began now by saying:
"I am despatching a message to General Gomez's headquarters, asking him to send a pack-train and an escort for these supplies. There is danger here; perhaps you would like to go on with the couriers."
O'Reilly accepted eagerly; then thinking of the girl, he said, doubtfully:
"I'm afraid Miss Evans isn't equal to the trip."
"Nonsense! I'm equal to anything," Norine declared. And indeed she looked capable enough as she stood there in her short walking-suit and stout44 boots.
Branch alone declined the invitation, vowing45 that he was too weak to budge46. If there was the faintest prospect47 of riding to the interior he infinitely48 preferred to await the opportunity, he said, even at the risk of an attack by Spanish soldiers in the mean time.
It took O'Reilly but a short time to collect the few articles necessary for the trip; indeed, his bundle was so small that Norine was dismayed.
"Can't I take any clothes?" she inquired in a panic. "I can't live without a change."
"It is something you'll have to learn," he told her. "An Insurrecto with two shirts is wealthy. Some of them haven't any."
"Isn't it likely to rain on us?"
"It's almost sure to."
Miss Evans pondered this prospect; then she laughed. "It must feel funny," she said.
There were three other members of the traveling-party, men who knew something of the country round about; they were good fighters, doubtless, but in spite of their shiny new weapons they resembled soldiers even less than did their major. All were dressed as they had been when they left New York; one even wore a derby hat and pointed49 patent-leather shoes. Nevertheless, Norine Evans thought the little cavalcade50 presented quite a martial51 appearance as it filed away into the jungle.
The first few miles were trying, for the coast was swampy52 and thickly grown up to underbrush; but in time the jungle gave place to higher timber and to open savannas53 deep in guinea-grass. Soon after noon the travelers came to a farm, the owner of which was known to one of the guides, and here a stop was made in order to secure horses and food.
It was a charming little rancho. The palm-thatched house was set in a grove8 of mamey and mango trees, all heavily burdened with fruit; there was a vianda-patch, and, wonder of wonders, there were a half-dozen cows dozing54 in the shade. Spying these animals, Norine promptly55 demanded a glass of milk, and O'Reilly translated her request to the farmer.
The man was obliging until he learned that the American lady purposed drinking the milk fresh and warm; then he refused positively. Fresh milk was full of fever, he explained: it was alive with germs. He would bring her, instead, some which had been boiled and salted in the usual Cuban manner. This he did, but after one bitter mouthful Norine insisted upon her original request. With a dubious56 shake of his head and a further warning the farmer directed his son to oblige the pretty lady by milking one of the cows; he made it plain, however, that he disclaimed57 all responsibility for the result.
Johnnie, who was badly fagged from the previous night's work, found a shady spot and stretched himself out for a nap. He inquired idly if there were any Spaniards in the vicinity, and learned that there were, but that they seldom came this way.
"We'd never see them here, if it were not for these sin verguenzas—may a bad lightning split them!—who take money to show them the bridle-paths," the country-man explained. "I'd like to guide them once. I'd lead them into a swamp and leave them to sink in the mud, then I'd go back and cut off their heads. Ha! That would be a satisfaction, now, wouldn't it?"
O'Reilly agreed sleepily that it would doubtless be a very great satisfaction indeed.
"I'm as good a patriot58 as God ever made," the fellow ran on. "You can see that, eh? But what do you think? I have a brother, a very blood brother, who would sell himself for a peseta. He passed here the other day at the head of a whole Spanish guerrillero." The speaker bared his teeth and spat43 viciously. "Christ! How I would like to cut his throat!"
The shade was grateful. O'Reilly dozed59. He was awakened60 by being roughly shaken, and he found the man with the derby hat bending over him. The fellow was excited; his eyes were ringed with white; his expression bespoke61 the liveliest alarm. Loud voices came from the rear of the bohio.
"What's the matter? Spaniards?" Johnnie was on his feet in an instant.
"No, no! Your senorita!" the man gasped62, "For the love of God come quickly." He set off at a run, and Johnnie followed, a prey63 to sudden sick misgivings64.
Around the house they dashed, and into a group the center of which was Norine herself, a gourdful65 of milk in one hand, a partially66 devoured67 mango in the other. At first glance there seemed to be nothing amiss; but the owner of the farm was dancing; he was trying to seize first the mango, then the drinking-vessel. His wife was wringing68 her hands and crying, shrilly69:
"God have mercy! So young—so beautiful! What a pity!"
The two filibusters70 and the farmer's eldest71 son, all visibly perturbed72, likewise joined in the commotion73, while the smaller children looked on from the background and whimpered.
"What's happened?" O'Reilly demanded, breathlessly.
Norine turned a puzzled face to him, meanwhile warding74 off the farmer's attack. "I can't quite make out," she said. "They all talk at once. Please ask them what I've done." Mechanically she raised the ripe mango to her lips, whereupon the ranchero, with a yell, leaped upon her and violently wrenched75 it out of her fingers.
Facing O'Reilly, the man panted: "There! You saw her! She wouldn't listen to my wife—"
"You must tell her what she has done," said the fellow, in the stiff hat.
"Well, what has she done?" Johnnie managed to inquire, whereupon every one began a separate explanation:
"She will never become your wife. … Look! That's not her first mango.
… Enough to destroy an army. … You can see for yourself. … Wait!
There was a silence while Johnnie translated the question and repeated the answer:
"She says she doesn't remember, they are so nice and ripe—"
"'So nice and ripe'!" shouted the owner of the farm, tearing his hair.
"'So nice and ripe'!" echoed his wife.
'"So nice and ripe'!" groaned the man who had awakened O'Reilly. "Major
Ramos told me to guard her with my life because she is the guest of
Cuba. Well, I shall kill myself."
The country woman laid a trembling hand upon Norine's arm, inquiring, gently: "How are you feeling, my beautiful dove? Sick, eh?"
"What on earth ails6 these people?" inquired the object of all this solicitude78. "I haven't made away with a baby. Maybe they're afraid I won't pay for my food?"
Light came to O'Reilly. "I remember now," said he. "Mangoes and milk are supposed to be poisonous. The woman wants to know how you feel."
"Poisonous! Nonsense! They taste splendid. Tell her I'm still half starved."
It proved now that one of the three members of the landing-party possessed79 an unsuspected knowledge of English, which modesty80 alone had prevented him from revealing. Under the stress of his emotion he broke out:
"Oh, missy! Those fruit is skill you."
"I don't believe it," Miss Evans declared.
"It skill you, all right. Maybe you got a headache here, eh?" The speaker laid a hand upon his abdomen81 and leaned forward expectantly.
"Nothing but an aching void."
This confession82, or a garbled83 translation of it, was enough for the others; it confirmed their worst fears. The farmer volunteered to ride for the nearest priest, but hesitated, declaring it a waste of time, inasmuch as the lady would be dead in half an hour. His wife ran to the house for her crucifix and rosary, which latter she insisted upon hanging around Norine's neck. After that she directed the men to carry the sufferer indoors, her intention being to make her guest's last moments as comfortable as possible. When Norine refused to be carried she was warned that the least exertion84 would but hasten the end, which was, alas85! all too near.
O'Reilly was impressed, in spite of himself, by this weight of conviction, especially when the Cubans ridiculed86 his suggestion that the combination of milk and mango might not prove altogether fatal to an American. Nothing, they assured him, could possibly be deadlier than this abominable87 mixture.
The victim herself, however, remained skeptical88; she alone treated the matter lightly, and although she did finally consent to lie down, it was merely to please the others and because she was tired.
"They have set their minds on seeing me expire, and they're such nice people I'm almost ashamed to disappoint them," she confided89 to O'Reilly. "But really I'm too hungry to die. Now don't forget to call me when dinner is ready."
"Honestly, do you feel all right?" he asked of her.
"Never better."
The meal was slow in coming, for not only were the cooking arrangements primitive90, but the apprehensive91 housewife could not long remain away from the sick-room. She made frequent visits thereto, and after each she reported in a whisper the condition of the patient. The lady looked very white. … Her breathing was becoming slower. … She was unconscious. … All would soon be over. … It was better to let her pass painlessly to paradise than to torture her with useless remedies. Realizing that the poison had at last begun to work, the men tip-toed to the door and peered in compassionately92, whereupon the sufferer roused herself sufficiently93 to call them "a lot of rubber-necks" and bid them begone.
"Her mind wanders," explained the man of the house; and then to cheer O'Reilly he added, "She is young and strong; she may linger until evening."
The meal was set at last, however; the men were stealthily attacking it. Suddenly the sick woman swept out from her retreat and sat down among them.
Then, as she ignored them and helped herself liberally to the food, their own appetites vanished and they pushed themselves away from the table.
With a twinkle in his eye O'Reilly said, gravely, "Dying people have strange fancies. Pray don't thwart95 her."
Indifference96 so callous97 on the part of a lover shocked the Cubans. They rebuked98 O'Reilly silently; it was plain that they considered Americans a barbarously cold-blooded race. Meanwhile they apprehensively99 watched Norine's every mouthful.
When, after a time, no ill effects having appeared, she suggested departing, they whispered together. They agreed at last that it was perhaps the course of wisdom to humor her. She was the guest of their Government; it would not do to displease100 her. Inasmuch as her end was inevitable101, it could matter little whether she died here or elsewhere. Accordingly they saddled their borrowed horses and set out.
All that afternoon Norine was an object of the tenderest solicitude on the part of her three Cuban guides. They momentarily expected to see her stricken. Then when she gave no sign of distress102 they marveled, and expressed great admiration103 at her fortitude104 in enduring pain.
That night was spent at another farm-house. When on the next morning Norine not only was seen to be alive and well, but insisted upon making her breakfast of mangoes and milk, the fellow in the derby hat flung his hands on high and told O'Reilly:
"It is no less than a miracle, but now she courts the wrath105 of God, senor! As for me, I shall never again associate with eccentric persons who delight to fly in the face of Providence106. It is my opinion that all Americans are crazy."
The party had penetrated107 to the foot-hills of the Sierra de Cubitas now, and as they ascended108, the scenery changed. Rarely is the Cuban landscape anything but pleasing. For the most part green pastures sown with stately palm-trees and laid out as if for a picnic alternate with low rolling hills, and in but few places are the altitudes at all impressive. It is a smiling island. It has been said, too, that everything in it is friendly to man: the people are amiable109, warm-hearted; the very animals and insects are harmless. Cuban cattle are shy, but trusting; Cuban horses are patient and affectionate; the serpents have no poison, and although the spiders and the scorpions110 grow large and forbidding, their sting is ineffective. But here in the Cubitas range all was different. The land was stern and forbidding: canons deep and damp raised dripping walls to the sky; bridle-paths skirted ledges111 that were bold and fearsome, or lost themselves in gloomy jungles as noisome112 as Spanish dungeons113. Hidden away in these fastnesses, the rebel Government had established its capital. Here, safe from surprise, the soldiers of Gomez and Maceo and Garcia rested between attacks, nursing their wounded and recruiting their strength for further sallies.
It was a strange seat of government—no nation ever had a stranger—for the state buildings were huts of bark and leaves, the army was uniformed in rags. Cook-fires smoldered114 in the open glades115; cavalry116 horses grazed in the grassy117 streets, and wood-smoke drifted over them.
The second evening brought O'Reilly and Miss Evans safely through, and at news of the expedition's success a pack-train was made ready to go to its assistance. Norine's letter from the New York Junta118 was read, and the young woman was warmly welcomed. One of the better huts was vacated for her use, and the officers of the provisional Government called to pay their respects.
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