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10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUN DAT , NOVEMBER 5 , 189JJ.
OUNDINTHE
HILIPPINES.
( Copyrlcht , ISM , by F. Tennyson Necly. )
ii f Prercillnir Cliniitcm ,
The story opens with n. scene In the regi
mental camp on Presidio Height * , overlooking -
looking San Francisco harbor. Humors of
moving orders to Manila and the. arrival
from New York of lady visitors nt head
quarters vary the monotony of camp
routine. The visitors are In search of a
runaway boy who la believed to have
entered thn nrmy. and Lieutenant Gray , the.
most popular youns olllccr In his refitment ,
through a supposed acquaintance with ono
of Uho visiting party , Miss Amy Lawrence ,
Is cnvlod Iw liln fellows. The party ,
Bcorted by Colonel Armstrong , attends a
review on the drill grounds and Is disturbed
by the sight of n , younK prisoner , who
breaki away from his guards near them.
ind by a , collision amonK the carriages
Mrs. Garrison , un old acquaintance oc
'ColorteL ' Armstrong. U hurt. Private Mor
ton la nrrestid on a charge o stealing
money. Up appeals to Lieutenant Gray , of
Ws fraternity , for help and Gniy secures
the detail o cuard over him. The jtroops
rroparo to sail for 'Manila. ' Mrs. Garrison
joins tha Hod Cross society and assists at
the embarking. Youtifr Morton and three
other prisoners escape through a tunnel.
Gray Is arrested , charged with bavins
aided the prisoners. At West Point , the
Bummer before , Mrs. Garrison and her
younger sister. Nltn. Terrlss , had caused
much talk. Ntta fell In love with n prom
inent cadet. Pat Latrobe. but Mrs. Gnrrl-
eon took her away In tlmo to prevent an
' lopement and mnrrlngc. Latrobe deserts
and his friend , Gouverncur Prime , who
had been infatuated with Mrs. Garrison ,
runs away to loin the nrmy at San Fran
cisco. NIta married Colonel Frost and
Latpobn followed her from place to plnco
Becking nn Interview , until he Is located In
Ban. Francisco and suspected of being- with
Morton. A valuable package of letters has
been lost from General Drayton's tent.
JjatroDe- a nephew of the ptneral. Colonel
Armstrong defends Gray at the trial nnd
B curc.3 his release. Gray'-i regiment sails
Jor Manila , but , stopping at Honolulu. Gray
ta taken 111 , Mrs. Garrison succeeds In
patllng on. ono of the transports , nurses
Gray through his Illness and ROCS on the
name ship with him to .Manila. Colonel
Armstrong sees a growlnK attachment be
tween the two. In the battle of Manila ,
"which occurs not many days after the landIng -
Ing , Gray displays superior bravery.
C1IAPTKR XVI-Coiitliincil.
But , over along the , next lane , a parallel
track through the Umber , there had been as
Btern a check and thai fury "of tllo fire from
the trenches in the. jthlckets forced brave
men to cover and dropped others in their
tracks. "By - , wo must have it ! " almost
ncreamed a tall'cap'tain , pointing with his
word to the flashing blockhouse.halt .hidden
In the trees. "Hoar those fellows on the other
road ? Don't let them beat us. Come on ;
tads , and out > hedarted into the open , an
Instant target for a score of Maifsers. Out ,
too , leaped half a dozen men , one a tall ,
' lithe , superbly built young athlete , wlth > a
( ace aflame with resolution and rage of
( battle. Out leaped Billy Gray from the
corner of the crossroad , and , cheering madly ,
called on others to follow. Down went the
captain , shot through the knee. Down went
the ncarmost man , tbo tall youth who was
f rst to follow. Down went a brawny ser
geant , who had stopped to ralso his fallen
captain , but on swept a score of others ,
iwhllo the bamboos Mazed with the fierce
frolleylng of the Krnge. Forward In scores ,
now yelling like Apaches , rushed the regu
lars , and somehow , ho never just know how
It happened , Gray found himself a moment
later straddling an old field gun In a whirl
of dust and dirt and smoke and cheers ,
was conscious of something wet and warm
dreaming down his side , and of being ten-
'dorly lifted from his perch by brawny , blue-
Bleoved nnnw , given a alp from a canteen
and then half led , half supported back to
where the surgeon was already kneeling by
the tall young soldier , on whoso brow the
last dew was settling , on whoso fine , clear-
cut face the shadow of the death angel's
wings was already traced. The poor fellow's
eyea opened wearily as he sipped the stimu
lant pressed upon him by eager , sympathetic
hands and glanced slowly about as though
In search of some familiar face , and so his
eyes fell on those of Billy Gray , who , forget
ful for the moment of his own hurt , threw
himself by the stranger's side and seized his
clammy hand. A halt smile flitted over the
pale face , the other hand'groped at the
fcreast of his blue ehlrt and slowly drew
forth a packet , stained and dripping with
( ho Wood that welled slowly from a shot-
bole In the broad , white breast. "Olvo to
General Drayton Promise , " ho gasped ,
and pushed It painfully toward Billy Gray.
Then the 'brave ' eyes closed , the weary head
Tell back , and Gray , staring as though In
Stupefaction into tbo placid face , found hlm-
elf droop In Ft. too , growing dizzy and faint
nd reeling , but still holding on to his trust ,
"Don't Boine of you know him ? " naked the
Burgeon. "He's past helping now , poor lad ,
Hero , you drink this , Hilly , " and bo placed a
little- silver cup at Gray's pallid llpa.
"He came a-runnln1 from over at Block-
IIOUBO 12 with a note from division head
quarters Just as wo went In. " said a vet-
v ran sergeant , drawing the back of a powdcr-
talnod hand across his dripping forehead ,
then respectfully stopping back as a young
Officer bent down nnd glanced at Gray ,
1 "Much hurt , Billy , old man ? No ? Thank
pod for that ! Look at who ? Where ? Why ,
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CiAt T121l XVII.
In the fortnight of Incessant action that
followed the mad attack of that starlit Sun
day morning there was no place for Billy
Dray. Sorely wounded , yet envied by many
a fellow soldier for tbo glowing words In
which the brigade commander praised hU
conduct and urged his brevet , the boy had
been carried back to the reserve hospital at
Malate. Tbo breezy wards wcro filled with
sick or wounded , and certain of the rooms
of the old convent once lined for study and
recreation had been set apart for officers.
There wcro thrco cots In the ono to which
they bore him , and two -wore already occu
pied. Even In his pain nnd weakness , ho
could hardly suppress a cry of dismay , for
there , with his arm bandaged and In splints ,
his face white from loss of blood , his eyea
closed In tbo elcep of utter exhaustion , lay
Stanley 'Armstrong. ' Tlmo and again the
boy's heart and conscience had rebuked him
lor the estrangement that had arisen be
tween him nnd this man , whu had proved hU
best friend. Tlmo and again he had prom
ised himself that ho would strive to win
back that friendship , but he well knew that
first ho must reinstate himself In Arm
strong's respect , and how could he hope for
that so long as bo surrendered to the fasci
nations that kept him dangling about the
dainty skirts of Wltchle Garrison ? Oddly
enough the boy had hardly bothered his head
with any thought of what Frank Garrison
might think of his attentions or devotions ,
whatever they could be called , to this very
captivating and capricious helpmate. When
a husband Is so overwhelmed with other
cares or considerations that ho never sees
his wlfo from morn till night socloty seems
correspondingly to lose sight of him. Down
In the depths of his heart the boy waa
ashamed of himself. Ho never heard Arm
strong mentioned that ho did not wince. He
knew and eho knew that , coming suddenly
upon them as Armstrong had that tropic
night on the Queen , be must have beard
her words , must have realized that some
compact or understanding existed between
them , which neither Gray nor Mrs.
Frank could palliate or explain. It
had not needed that episode to tell
her that Armstrong held her In contempt ,
and yet , when they chanced to meet , she
could smllo up Into his eyes as beamingly ,
as guilelessly as though no shadow ot.sln
had ever darkened her winsome face. But
not EO Gray. He moaned In nccret over the
' , and es
lose of a strong man's confidence
teem. Ho longed to find a way to win It
back. Ho had even thought to go to the
colonel with his trouble , make a clean
breast of It , tell him the truth that he
had fallen deeply as Itwafi possible for
him tofall , In love with Amy Lawrence ;
had hoped his love was returned ; had found
It was not that she had only a frank ,
friendly , kindly Interest In him and that ,
wounded and stung , he had. fretted him
self Into a fever at Honolulu , aided by
Canker's aspersions , and then well any
man Is liable , said Billy to himself , to got
smitten with a woman who tenderly and
skillfully nurses him day after day , and
that's just what Wltchle Garrison did. But
somehow the opportunity to tell him never
seemed to come ; and now , now that Arm
strong and himself were thus thrown to
gether with the prospect of being In the
aamo room day and night for the best of
the month , a third officer , a stranger , lay
there too , and In his presence or hearing
any confidences would be Impossible , even
If Armstrong encouraged them , which he
probably -would not. In this embarrassment
Billy's wish was that the colonel were
fifty miles away. It was fate and a hard
one , thought he , that brpught him ther-
an ever-present reproach. It was luck of
the worst kind that they should be con
fronted under such circumstances , elnce"
neither could retreat. Ho submitted In
anxious silence to the keen , quick exami
nation of the skillful surgeon In charge and
to the re-dressing of his wound. He could
have been proud and happy but for that
shadow on his life , of which Armstrong's
prescnco would so constantly remind him.
Ho could not oven think how his dear old
dragoon daddy would rejoice In the con
gratulations that would surely greet him
when the story of the brave dash of the
teenth , Billy among the foremost , should
reach the states. He could not even dream
how It might affect her Amy Lawrence.
He waa beginning to be ashamed now In
this presence to think how that other-
how Margaret Garrison might be Impressed ,
forgetting that , to the army girl who baa
lived long years on the frontier , tales of
heroism are the rule , not the exception.
He wondered how long It could bo before
she would come to him to bring him com
fort. Surely by this time she knew that
bo had been eerlously , painfully wounded.
Ho did not know , however , that at the
very first sound of battle Frost bad bundled
tbo sisters aboard his launch and steamed
away to the transports. Yet , what comfort
could bet visit bring to him with that Btern
censor lying there , seeing and hearing all ?
Billy Gray that Monday night couH al
most have wished that Armstrong's slum
ber might bo eternal , never dreaming that
before a second Monday should come he
would thank heaven with grateful heart for
Armstrong's presence , vigilance and Inter
vention.
In three daje the colonel was able to sit
up. Within the week he wna permitted to
take air and exercise in the spacious court
of the old college- , his sword arm In Us sling.
But Gray and the young o nicer of volunteers
were too seriously wounded to leave their
pillows. The teenth had occupied a new
line far south of tbo old one , but , one at a
tlmo , several of Bllly'e brother officers bad
dropped In to see him and tell him regi
mental nous , and cne of them , tbe young
West Pointer who had broken down at eight
of the dying face that stirring Sunday mornIng -
Ing , told htm of Latrobe.'s soldier funeral
and of General Drayton's presence and
speechless grief , and Billy's hand groped be
neath the plllaw for that llttlo blood-stained
packet still undelivered , Ue had promptly
caused the Information to be convoyed to tbe
veteran commander that It was his own lost
nephew who had died hU soldier death In
front of the firing line , hut the packet still
remained In his hands , and even before the
tiny thermometer confirmed his views the
keen eye cf the surgeon saw that something
bad heightened Billy's fever that day , and
so , wltfii just at sunset there came driving
Into tbo court the meet stylish equipage In
nil Manila and Mrs , Garrison fluttered up
the broad stairway and confidently asked to
bo announced to Mr , Gray , the steward In
charge of the Hoar was very , very sorry , but
the doctor had given Instructions that no
more vlsttoro uhould see the young gentle
man that day. Mrs. Frank smiled In
dulgently and asked for tbo doctor himself
and beamed on him with all her witchery
and begged for just a lew words , but the
suave , placid , yet Implacabla doctor eald he ,
too , was berry eorry that 'Mr. Gray was not
able to see any one else , but
such was the case , Mrs. Garrison
eatd she thought If Mr. Gray knew
that it waa but perhaps Or. Fr&nk
didn't know It was she who had nurced Mr ,
Gray so assiduously at Honolulu. Dr. Frank
did know that and more , but be did not cay
so , neither did ho yield. There were tears
In her eyes aa she cprnng Into her carriage
again , but they they were tears of anger
and defeat. She dashed them nway the very
next Instant nnd smiled joy and congratula
tion , oven adulation , at ( tight of the tall ,
stalwart officer , his arm In a ellng , who stood
the center of a staring group as her carrlngo
flat-bed by. She would have ordered stop ,
but while the rest of the party had gazed as
they lifted their caps , Armstrong's uninjured
hand performed Its duty , his cap had been
lifted with the others , but not so much na
a glnticc wont her way , and Margaret Garrison
risen , bitter In spirit , drove on down past
the old cuartel to her luxurious quarters
where NIta , a piteous shadow of the "swcel
girl graduate" of tbe year before , waa await
ing her coming , With the Insurgents' re
treat and the ndvanco of tbo American lines
there had been a gradual return of the
refugees among the transports and Frost bat
finally brought his blrdllng back to shore
but NIta dared not drive , she said , tor fear
of again seeing thcuo stern , reproachfu
eyes. The guard at the gate had receive !
ordern to admit no more of the rank am
file , even when they came as messengers , am
so the child was safe , ald Margaret. As for
bed with orders not to let him out of his
Ight a second ,
Mrs. Garrison appeared at the hospital
hut very evening and heard of the episode ,
md reached Hilly Gray's bcdsldo looking
larasscd , even haggard. During the last
three days she had been accorded admis
sion , for Gray vas so much Improved
there was no reason longer to forbid , but
on each occasion the wounded volunteer
officer and the brace of attendants present
had precluded all possibility of confidential
talk. She must bide her time. Gray would
bo up In a few days , said the doctor ; and
then nothing would do , said Mrs. Garrison ,
but ho must be moved to their big , roomy ,
lovely house on the bay side , and bo made
strong and \\c\\ \ \ again made to glvo up
those letters , too , thought she , for sbo bad
wormed It out of a bystander that a packet
of Bomo kind had been given by the dying
soldier to the lieutenant , nnd she well knew
what It must be. She had even penned
him a llttlo note , since not a whisper could
be safely exchanged , and headed It "Give
this back to nio the moment you have read
It. " In It she reminded him of his promise ,
nnd did ho need to bo reminded of hers ?
She know that packut of N'lta's letters had
been Intrusted to his care. She assured
him uho had It straight from the surgeon
who attended both Latrobe aud himself , and
they must reach the hands of no man on
earth , but must como to her. Would he not
give them at cnco or tell her where she
could find them ?
He gave back the note , but closed his eyes
and turned away. In the presence of Arm
strong day after day , and In recollection
of Latrcbo's dying face and the last parting
touch of his Btrlckcn hand , Gray's eyes were
opening to his own deplorable weakness.
She plainly saw her power was going , If not
gone. Ho had wrapped a silk handkerchief
about the packet and still kept It , with his
watch and purse , beneath his pillow. Ho
credulous face ; nnd then , with An awful fear
checking the beat of her heart and turning
her veins to Ice , she grasped At the flimsy
framework that supported the netting over
the cot and stood swaying and staggering : ,
her eyes fixed In terror on the man In the
uniform of a colonel , who , quietly enuring ,
stood between her nnd the door , two papers
In his halt-extended baud & man whose
voice , long and too welt known , cut her to
the very quick as hc heard , In calm And
measured tone , the words :
"Mrs. Qnrrlson , hero arc two reasons why
you will do nothing of the kind. Shall I
hand these to General Drayton or to your
husbandt"
CHAl'TEH XVIII.
The long wait for the coming of the bis
traneports with the regulara s over. For
the first tlmo In history America was sending
her soldiery past the pyramids and through
the Indian sea , landing them , after forty
days and nights of voyaging , upon the low ,
flat shores that hem Manila bay , and shoving
them out to the hostile front before their
sea-legs could reach the awing and stride of
the marching step , yet , to all appearance ,
aa unconcernedly at homo as though they
had been campaigning In the Philippines
since the date of their enlistment. This , to
be sure , In the case of , more than half their
number , would have given them scant tlmo
In which to look about them , since raw re
cruits were more numerous than seasoned
men. But no matter what tnay bo his lack
of drill or preparation , the average Anglo-
Saxon never seems to know the time when
ho doesn't know how to flght. So , with all
the easy assurance of a veteran , our Yankee
"Tommies" wriggled Into their blanket rolls
and trudged away to the posts assigned
them'and once more the army assumed tbe
aggressive.
There wore changes In the composition of
OUT LEAFED BILLY GRAY , AND , CHEERING MADLY. CALLED ON THE OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
herself , she must drive , she must see Will
Gray.
But the Instant she re-entered the house
iMru. Garrison knew that during her brief ab-
"sence some now trouble had come. Good
heavens , could she never leave Nlta's side
that harm did not befall her ? At the head
of the broad flight of stairs stood her ,
brother-in-law , a black frown on his brow. ,
"Go In and do what you can for her , " he
briefly said. "I thought she'd bo glad to
know that that fellow would trouble her
no more. "
"That fellow ? " she gasped. "You
mean "
"I mean yes Latrobe killed and burled
a whole week ago. "
"And you told her ! " she cried , clinching
her little hands In Impotent wrath. "You
brute ! "
lAnother week rolled by. The tldo of battle
had swept inland and northward , and all
eyes were on the plucky advance of Mac-
Arthur's strong division , while far out to
the south and east the thinned and depleted
lines of Anderson held an Insurgent force
that forever menaced 'but ' dared riot attack. |
The Primeval Dudes , sorely missing their i !
calmly energetic colonel , had drifted Into a ,
war of words with their nearest neighbors j i
on the firing line , a far western regiment I 1
gifted with great command of language and
small regard for style. The latter had ,
crowed mightily over their more rigorously
disciplined comrades because of the compli
ments beetowed on them In an official report ,
wherein the Dudes received only honorable
mention. It was Captain Strieker of the I
volunteers who bad led tbe dash on the
rebel works acroao the Trlpa. to the left of
Blockhouse 12. It was their Sergeant Flnney
who whacked a Filipino major with the butt
of his Springfield and tumbled out of him
the 'batch ' of reports and records that gave
the numbers and positions of every unit of
Pllar's division on the southward zone. It
was their Corporal Norton who got the
Mauser through the shoulder Just as , fore
most In the rush , ho bayoneted the last
Tagal at tbo Krupp guns in tbe river re
doubt. It was his devoted bunky , Private
Latrobe , who volunteered to carry tbe di
vision commander's dispatch across the open
rlco field and the yawning ditches that sepa
rated the staff from the rest of the charging
tccntb , and who died gloriously in the rush
on tbo rebel works , Man after man of tbo
woolly westerners had been referred to b )
name , while the Dudes had nothing to shovr
but their wounded colonel's modest report
that "whero every officer and man appeared
to do bis whole duty Itwould be unjust to
make especial mention of even a limited
few. " The Dudes were cottlng hot over the
taunts of the I'Toughs , " as some one had misnamed -
named their neighbors , and one night , when
there was more or loss Interchange of pointed
chaff in lieu of a fight with a common foe ,
there was heard a shrill voice from the flank
of the rifle pit nearest the westerners , and
what It said was repeated In wonderment
over the brigade before the Dudes were an
other day older ,
"Well , dash your thiovln' gang ! Wo made
our record for ourselves , anyhow. We didn't
have to rely on any dashed deserters from
the regulars as you did. "
And that was why Sergeant Sterne
of the Dudes was sent for by tbe field
officers of both regiments the fol
lowing mornlug and bidden to ex
plain , which he did In few words. He was
ready to swear that the wounded Corporal
Norton was the very same young man ho
saw in the adjutant's office of the teenth
regulars at Camp Merrltt , and was then
called Morton. And that evening the vet
eran sergeant major of the teentb was bid
den to report at the reserve hospital In
Enulta , close to the Malate line , was con
ducted to the bedside of a pallid young
soldier whose ticket bore the name of Nor
ton , and waa asVed to tell whether he had
ercr teen him before.
"I have , air , " said the veteran , sadly and
gravely , "He is a deserter from the
teenth. Hla name on our rolls was Mor
ton. " And that night Colonel Armstrong
cabled to "Primate , " New York , tbe single
word "Found. " Nor was It likely the lad
would coon be lost again , for a sentry with
flxtd bayonet ttood within ten feet of bis
would not tell her where It lay. She smiled
archly for the benefit of the attendant , but
her eyes again eagerly claimed a look from
his , her lips framed the word "tomorrow. "
But neither on that morrow nor yet tha
next day came her opportunity. The gallant
fellow -who had lain there 'for days , dumb !
and patient , but a .barrier to bcr plans , had I
taken a turn for tbe worse , and she was j
again denied admission. Then came tbe
tidings that tbo 'barrier ' was removed , the
long fight was over , and the heartless woman
actually rejoiced. Now , at last , she could
talk to Will Gray , and when midnight came
she knew that now , at last , she must , for
Frank Garrison , worn and weary , returning
late from the front , briefly announced that
General Drayton purposed visiting the hos
pital the following afternoon , and long be
fore noon long before visiting hours , in
fact she was therewith flowers as win
some as her smile , and some jelly as dainty
as her own fair hands. She was there , and
the Instant the hour sounded was ushered
In , and Billy Gray , propped on his pillows ,
was writing to his father , and alone. No
time was to bo , lost. Any moment the at
tendant might return. She threw herself on
her knees besldo the homely , narrow cot ,
seized his hand In hers and looked him In the
face. "Whero are they , Will ? " she pleaded ,
"Quick ! I must have them now ! " But well
she realized that the spell was broken that
the old fascination had died its death. Then
it was useless to hint at love , and In a tor
rent of Impassioned words she bade film
think of all he owed her , appealed to hla
sense of gratitude and honor , and there , too ,
failed , for , admitting all she claimed , he
clumsily , haltingly , yet honestly , told her he
saw now that it was all for an object , all
done in the hope that he might become her
I Instrument for the recovery of these com-
I promising letters , and now that fate had de-
J llvered them Into his hands ho was bound
( by honor and his .promise . unheard , un
spoken , perhaps , tout all the same his prom
ise to the dead to give them to General
Drnyton. .
Then rising In fury nnd denuncia
tion , she played her last trump. Trembling
from head to foot , palo with baffled purpose
and with growing dread , she bent over him ,
both hands clinched ,
"You mad fool ! " she cried. "Do you
know what I can do will do unless you
give them to me here and now ? 'As ' God
i hears me , Will Gray , I will glvo'that other
packet to General Drayton myself and swear
that Colonel Canker was right that you
were the thief he thought you and that I
got these letters from you , "
For a moment she stood there , menacing ,
at bis bedside , looking down In almost
malignant triumph on his amazed and in-
the forces even before the move began. The
Dudes and the "Toughs" parted company ;
% and the former , with Stanley Armstrong
once more riding silent at their head , joined
forces with Stewart's riddled regiment up
the railway toward Malolos. Colonel Frost
had oucceeded In convincing the surgeons
that be would be as out of place as his name
Itself in such a clime and climate , and was
In dally expectation of an order home. Billy
Gray , mending only slowly , had been sent to
Corregldor , where the bracing breezes of tbe
China sea drove their tonic forces through
hie lungs and veins , and the faintly rising
hue of coming health back Into his hollow
checks. The boy had been harder hit than
seemed the case at flret , said the fellows of
the teenth ; but the wise young surgeon of
the "Second Reserve" and a grave-faced
colonel of Infantry could have told of causes
little dreamed of In the regiment were
either given to telling the half of what he
knew. '
That something most unusual had occurred
in tbo room of Mr. Gray the day that the sad-
faced , kind old general visited tbe hospital
at least half n dozen patients could have
told , for an attendant went running for one
of the women nursee and tbe doctor himself
hurried to the scene. It was on his arm
that , half an hour later , Mrs. Garrison slowly
descended the stairs , her flimsy white veil
down , and silently bowed her thanks and
adleux as the doctor closed the door of her
carriage and nodded to the little coachman.
It waa the doctor who suggested to Colonel
Frost that Manila air was not conducive to
hla wife's recovery and recommended Na
gasaki as the place for bqr recuperation un
til he could join her and take her home.
Tbe Esmerelda bore the White Sisters oven
Hong Kong way within a. week , and they
left without flourish of trumpet , with hardly
the flutter of a handkerchief ; for , since the
battle of the 5th of February , neither had
'been ' seen upon the Luneta. Their -women
friends wore very few ; the men they knew
wcro mainly at the front. The story got out
somehow that Garrison had asked to be. re
lieved from further duty as aide-de-camp
and returned to duty with hla regiment , and
that Drayton would not have it. Tbo gen
eral's manner toward that hard-working
staff officer , though often preoccupied as o ;
old , grew even kinder. He did not see the
sisters off for China he " '
, was "far too busy'
was the explanation ; but he offered Garri
son a fortnight's leave and urged hla taking
It , and was obviously troubled when Garri
son declined. "You need rest and the
change of air more than any man I know , '
ho said ; but Garrison replied ) that change
of scene and air would not help him.
There were two young fellows in khaki
HEALTH OF POPE LEO XIII
A Matter of Solicitude to Many
Millions of People.
EIGHTY-NINE YEARS OF AGE , YET VIGOROUS , '
COLD MEDAL CONFERRED.
Inlow of the pope's continued strength
of mind and body , aa recited In recent cables
to tba papers throughout the country , the
folowlng artlcla will be Interesting to all ,
regardless of religion , as Protestants and
Hebrews as well as Catholics highly esteem
thin grand old man.
When , during recent years he was at
tacked by Illness , It was astonishing how
rapidly be regained his health and strength.
The message contained In the folowlng let
ter from his eminence , Cardinal Rampolla ,
will be somewhat of a surprise to many , as
It In so extremely rare that praise and honor
are bestowed In such gracious manner from
ono so highly placed :
Letter from HI * Eminence , Cardinal
nampolla.
ROME , Jan. 2 , 1898.
"It boa pleased Hie
Holiness to Instruct mete
to transmit In his aug-
gust name his thanks to
Monsieur Marlanl , and
to testify again in a
ipeclal manner his grat
itude. His Hollnees boa
even dolgned to offer
Monsieur Marlnnl a gold
medal bearing his Ten-
erablo Image. "
"CARDINAL RAMPOLLA. "
uniforms landed from the hospital launch
on the back trip from Corregldor one warm
March day. Ono wore the badge' of a subal
tern of the teenth Regulars , the other the
chevrons of a corporal and the hatband of
a famous fighting regiment of volunteers ;
y t the same carriage bore them swiftly
through the sentineled streets of the walled
city and the .guards at the Ayuntamlento
sprane to their arms and formed ranks at
sight of It , then dispersed at the low-toned
order of Its commander when It was seen
that , Instead of stopping at the curb and
discharging an elderly general officer , It
whirled straight by and held two youths In
field uniform.
"One of 'em's young Gray , of the teenth ;
ho that was hit in the charge on the
Pasay road , " flald the officer of
the guard to a comrade. "Bill who
the devil's the other ? Ho had cor
poral's chevrons on. Some fellow just got
a commission , perhaps. " And that was the
only way the soldier could account for a
corporal riding with a commissioned officer
In a general's carriage. They had a long
whirl ahead of them , these two , and the
corporal told Gray , as ho .already had the
general and Colonel Armstrong , much of
the story of his friendship for "Pat" Latrobe -
trobe , of that poor fellow's illness at San
Francisco , and all the trouble it cost his
friend and chum. There was a strong bond
between them , he explained , and the blush of
shame that stele up in the face of the narrator
rater found instant answer in that of Billy
Gray. Determined to eee service at the
front and not return to punishment In his
regiment , never dreaming that , in quitting a
corps doomed , apparently , to Inaction at
home and Joining one going straight to the
enemy's country ho was committing the
grave crlmo of desertion , "Gov. " Prime had
spoken to some men ID Stewart's regiment
and wae bidden to como along and fetch his
friend , for they were just as Ignorant as be.
Having still considerable money , "Gov. " had
bought civilian clothes and all the supplies
they needed while about town and hired a
boat that rowed them , with certain Items
contraband of war , to the dark side of tbe
transport aa nightfall came , and they were
easily smuggled aboard and into uniforms ,
and then , during the tow days' stay at Honolulu
lulu , were formally enlisted and no embar
rassing questions aekcd ,
And now poor Pat was gone and Prime's
father bad been cabling for him to return
home ; but there was that awkward mater
about the desertion. General Drayton was
trying to have It straightened out at Wash
ington ; for ho bad been kindness Itself the
day of his visit to the hoepltal , where almost
hli first act had been to seek out the
wounded young soldier who had been his .be
loved nephew's boon companion , and at ono
Emperors , princes , physicians and prelfttat
have sounded the keynote- praise la grati
tude for benefits obtained. It baa been *
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and now , as a crowning teetlmoalxl , comes
the message of gratitude from hla hollneM
the pope , .who , having used Vln Martini ,
found It sustaining and health-giving. Not
satisfied with merely expressing thanks to
Monsieur Marlnnl , as will be seen from th
above letter , his hollneaa has been pleased
to graciously confer a most beautiful cold
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health-giving Vln Marian ) .
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Her majesty , the empress of Russia , taken
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time sole support. The sentry was relieved
of his surveillance , and Corporal Norton
transferred to Corregldor to recuperate ,
and now that both lads were well on the road
to recovery Drayton had sent for them.
Strictly speaking , some one ehould have seen
to it that Corporal Norton of the volunteers
Vasv shifted back to Private Norton of the
teenth , "and tbo chevrons stripped from his
sleeves ; but no ono had cared to interfere
where the worsted was concerned , especially
as the boy had won such praise for bravery
at Concordia bridge. So there tbe chevrons
stood when the two wcro ushered into tbe
presence of the gray-haired chief ; and ho
arose , and stepping forward , held out a hand
to each.
"I want you boys , " eald he , "to be ready
to take the next transport home. The doc
tors say you need a sea voyage , Gray ; o
there Is the order. The doctors say your
father needs you. Primp , and the record will
bo duly straightened out In Washington
the charge of desertion , no doubt , will be
removed. It's a matter of Influence. To
night you dine with me here , and I bavs J
asked your good friend. Colonel Armstrong , Ate
'
to come. "
Again the blood roeo guiltily to Billy's
cheek. Not yet had ho made his peace with
his conscience , and that-valued counselor and
invaluable friend from whose good graces he
seemed to have fallen entirely. Not once
had opportunity been afforded in which to
epeak and open his heart to him. As for
writing , that seemed impossible. Billy could
handle almost any Implement better than a
pen. But even In the few minutes left htm
in which to think bo knew that now at least
he must "face the music" like the man tot *
father would have him'be , oven though It
took more nerve than did that perilous dun
on the Tagal works that Sunday morning.
Billy would rather do that twice over than
have to face Armstrong's stern , searching
oyea , and hear again the cold , almost con
temptuous tone in which the colonel said to
him the day the doctor led his vanquished
and hysterical charmer from the room :
"Don't try to thank , man , try to think what
you risk what you deserve to lose for put
ting yourself in the power of such a woman. "
( To bo Continued. )
FASCINATE
COMPLEXIONS
That soft , smooth , ro -
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ae > slrd ctnio obtilnad bv ih
WOODBUJKY'S Facial % oij and
Cream. Thay posieis mwvefoui pow r for
bTlrhtenlnr the color , jrlvlngr nw life an !
tone to the akin ; beauhryJnerVnd pretervln.-
the
Almost Dead Now Happy as a GirL
Irarue , Ark. , March 10 , 1800.
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