Captain Jinks, Hero

the

nos, but it was thought that their resistance for the future would be of a guerrilla nature. There was, however, one savage tribe to the north which had terrorized a large district of country, and the gen

after the battle. "I've got the general in a tight place, and all

do you

to do with the San Diego fi

ha

it is. You see somehow Colonel Burton got the orders mixed up th

ders there in the Third Brigade, and why I took all day to find San Diego. I wonder

t too, and he got a statement from the native servant of all the general intended to do. He got the news to Gomaldo by midnight, and before sunrise the Cubapino forces were ready to meet each of our columns when they advanced. They had ambushes prepared for each of them. If the orders had gone ou

I have," said Sam. "But he's a great ge

e," answe

attles are won lik

s friend. "And then the generals

want you to answer me

wit

o do with winning

don't know whether you did or not. But The Lyre will s

and made no

of San Diego. For a whole day they marched northward unmolested, and encamped at night in a valley in the mountains with a small native village as headquarters. There had been little incident during the day. They had burned several villages and driven off a good many cattle for meat. Sam was surprised to see how handsome the furniture was in the

"Make war as bad as possible and people will

olonel James and Cleary ate with them, for Cleary was still true to his friend's fortunes and determined to follow him everywhere. After an evening of smoking and chatting, Sam, Cleary, and Colonel James bade the general go

l James as they walked on together. "What do you think of darkies as soldiers? I have

opinion get out for a good deal, but I'll tell you in confidence. They m

that? It's most sur

being ordered about and kicked and cuffed, and they don't mind it. Besides, they're accustomed from their low social position to be subordinate to superiors, and rat

lower a man is in the scale of so

ese darkies are great hands at carrying concealed weapons, too. If it isn't a razor it's something else, an

and take the moonlight view bef

right. It was much more of a climb than they had expected, and whe

lose our way, and it isn't safe here. The Moritos are kno

ther," said Cleary, and th

n the lead. "This must be the top, but I don't see

nd they began to retrace their steps.

id Cleary, who now led. "I don't underst

or a short distan

on, still

be any path here," said

e obliged to admit

e top of their voices, but there was no reply. An hour must have elapsed whil

ches move. They have sent out for us, thank fortune! I didn't like the idea of

aptives were securely bound, the captors began to discuss the situation in their own language, which was the only language they understood. There was evidently some difference of opinion, but after a few minutes they came to some kind of an agreement. The legs of the prisoners were unbound, and they were made to march through the jungle, each one with two guards behind him, who pricked him with their lances if he did not move fast enough. Their only other arms seemed to be bows and arrows. The march was a very weary one, and through a wild, mountainous country which

s a native hut, looking like a huge bird's nest. A small crowd of natives, including women and children, ran toward them shouting, and now for the first time the men of the returning party began to talk too. Some of them tied the legs of their prisoners again and sat them down

id Cleary, for there seemed to be a

part of the country," said Colonel Ja

erest, especially the women and children. Two women now came running from the grou

" said Cleary, as he g

eat it!"

ou'll offend them,"

ritos ruled the entire region, and that they were prisoners of war; that he had learned Castalian as a boy from a missionary in the mountains when the land was at peace; and that a palaver would be held on the following day, to which the heads of the neighboring villages would be invited, to determine what to do with them. He showed special interest in Sam's r

me to time to walk about. Most of the morning they passed in much-needed sleep. In the afternoon Carlos visited them again with some of his men, and set to work to satisfy his curiosity as t

those?" he asked, pointing to

house nearly a quarter of a mile long and twice as hi

stonishment as this inf

eat house for?"

lunatic

is t

r lunatics

t is a l

lain what a lunatic was. Th

s to hold the lunatics; they are splendid buildings. There was one not very far from the college whe

prison," as

either? It's a house in which we lock up

"You mean your enemies whom

ur own fellow citizens

s kill each other and steal fr

ople who do so are bad men, bu

rose among the nativ

?" asked Colonel

t believe this, as they have never heard of m

es we have policemen to keep order; that is, we have sol

n astonishment. "Who ever heard of such a thing? I do not understand it," and, altho Sam repeated the informati

civilized they are,"

nanas in your coun

mes, but we live on gra

to work very

ometimes twelv

nd is there enoug

alw

y when they work so hard

metimes people are so unhap

ha

ey kill th

another heat

say?" asked

ssible for people to kill themselves. I di

lligences they hav

ner, "that if you are condemned to death, they wish one of

Sam," said Cleary, but Sam

am very sorry that we may have to kill you, for I like you; but wh

h. "If that is their law, and they have always done it, of course from their p

n't tell him what you think. Let's keep him feeling agreeable by our conversation. He's fallen in love with yo

d Sam. "It's a serious piece of business. There's

my kodak with me ei

d Carlos. "Did you not know how powerful I

e we were order

are ordered to, whether

urse w

thing. I tell my men here what I want to do, and if they agree to it they obey me, but if they don't I give

m. "It requires centuries of c

l your prisoner

ill them,"

aid Cleary in English. "We didn't

the same language. "We didn't ta

him, tho," a

to execute an enemy for an

em with rifl

that

nterposed Cleary. "That's a hint to him," he

, and he turned to his men and explained the

saying?" aske

will adopt it. They think civilization is a great

weren't cannibals!

l minutes, and Carlos smooth

d Cleary. "Say something, Sa

am, who was thoroughly vexed at

these mountains and now

ywhere. They are in all the is

by your langu

language. That makes no difference.

said

heir chief men wear feathers on their heads. That is the second. And the third mark is that they are tattooed, as I am," and h

you got those East Point p

thrusting his han

OF A

ARE FOU

ld allow, threw his arms about his neck, and cried ou

s drew their knives, and for a moment the

Colonel James. "It seems to me that your pleasantries are

ent on crying, "Oh, my broth

rage. "I will give you one minute in which

tos. We are your people from a dis

the chief, looking a

it," whisp

is true," replie

ll three die to-night. I am no

torture. We have passed through the torture. My friend will show you the pictures taken of both of us when we were ab

d handed them to Cleary, who held them in hi

n our faces. These men standing around are our elder brothers who initiated us. It was done by night in a sacred grove wh

tern-light effects, and studied it, comparing the faces with those of his

they believe you speak the truth. But how do

when he was young. We all carry them with us as long as they hold together.

u as well as for you. You have no feathers in your heads there, and you

est men wear feathers. When we reach home and grow old and wise and valiant, perhaps we shall all have feathers. This old warrior of ours has feathers

"What are you driving at. We'

eary. "Give me that photo of the dress-parade

at parade-rest and the band in full blast going through its evolutions in the foreground, with a p

ibited it

g the national war-dance of our people. There is the tom-tom," he added triumpha

and he made a guttural

when you are at home?" h

ed the colone

d with his forehead three times. "But," he added, as he rose to his feet, "you hav

ieces of the artistic boatswain. A cry of admiration went up from the assembled savages. Ca

am. "My nose will be worse than Saunder's, an

while Cleary showed the modest tattoo-marks on his arms, and Colonel James exhibited equally insignificant symbols on h

ary, as he collected the photographs. "This is my friend again with his head in

ked at it

ther just as we do. You are tattooed just as we are! You have bigger feathers and bigger da

od was set down in the midst, and they all began to eat with their fingers, the chief picking out the tid-bits for his guests and putting them in their mouths. They were so much delighted with the

We will generously give you part of it for yourselves. You see how we all love you, the aged warrior and the red-headed chief as well as I. Why will you not come with us when we set out on ou

mpressed by his style as well as by his argument. They palavered together for some time; then

not want to have the Castalians come here and rob us. We did not want their beads and their brandy. We wanted to be let alone. But you are our brothers. You are greater savages than we are

provided comfortable blankets on the ground and had a fire built for them in a secluded place near the vi