TIIT3 OMAHA DAILY BJ313 : SUNDAY , OCTOBEH 20 , 18n. ! )
OUNDINTHE
HILIPPINES.
BY Gen..Chas.King.
( Copyright , Is5t , by K TVnnyson Neely. )
S > IM > I ) | of I'rcortllnic ( liniilcrn ,
Th i tory opfnH with i fv , fnc In th repl-
infntfil rnrnp on I'rf1 Ilr llnlRhta. e vcr-
looklni ; H n PrHnrlxn h irhor Humors or
movlnr orders to Manila and the nrrlval
from N > w York of lady visitors fit lif-i < l-
( | imrt r vary thn mono-tony of < nmp
routlno Tbo vlHltors urc In s nrrn ot i
runnwny boy who Is iiell'-ved ' to nave
enl rod thfl urmv. and I.'oiitfnint ' Qray. the
most popular yminir oinror In his rfglment.
through a , mippftml at'iunlnlnnrf w'.tli ' ono
of liho visiting rmrty , Alls * Amy I.tiwrrmo.
Is Mivled by hl frlovv | Thn party ,
nseorlod by r'oloncl ArrnHtronst , nttcmls a
revl w on thn drill grounds iind 's ' dliturlifi ]
by thn sl ht of n you MB prl nnr. . wlio
brenkn awnv from his guards near them ,
find bv n collision among th' < nrrlages
Mrs Harrison , nn old nrqimlnt-iii't' of
Colonel Arjnitrong Is hurt Private Mor
ton Is nrrestrd on a 'hiir e or Rte illng
money ( In appeals to I.'outf ' nanC flrny , of
tiin frnlorrilty , f r h"li > mid ( Iny st-f tires
the ( It-lull uf Kiuinl over him The troops
Vropnrn to Hull tor Mnnlln Mrs ( Jnrrlsim
Joins the litd Crjs not luty nnd usilsts n1
the f-mtmrklni. Younc Morton nnd three
other prison * rfSdipo through a tunnel
Ornv 1 nrrpstt-d , clmrged with having
nlded the prisoner- /vt West Point , the
mimrnrr b fnro , Mrs Uirrlson nnd her
youngnr xlslrr. Nltn Terrl s , had ( niiscd
Jiiucli talk Nltn fell In love with a iiroin-
Innnt railct. Put Lritrolio. but Mrs < ! nrrl-
son took In r iiwny In tlrnc to prevent an
elopement nn l mnrrlni'p Lilroliedrsertf )
nn < i bin Mi-nil. ( louviTiii ur Prlrno. who
had been Infntiinte-d wltti V'2 CJarrlson ,
runs nwnv to i lii the unity lit Snn I-'rnn-
rliwo Nlta innrrlwl < ' ( ilnnel Kiost and
LntrobA followd bfi from jilnr-p to pliu o
ncnklng nn IntiTvliiu , until InIn loc.itis ] In
Rim Piani'fiio and Biispnctcd ( if Im'rig ' with
iMorlmi A viiluablo pick mo of leltus hnn
tier u lout from flnneriil lirnv ton's tent
Lntrohn H it tiephnw of thn K'W ral ( "oldiiel
Arinctroin ; dffeiidn (5ray nt the trliil and
nprnrrs his rpl < is < ' ( Irii ) H regiment culls
for Manllii , but. mopping at Honolulu Ciruv
IH tiktn III Jtr ( larrls n Kiierwds In
f-Mllnif on oneof Ihu tninnportH , IIUTHCB
Oray through Ills HIIIFKS and cons m the
immo shl | > with him t Alnnllii Colonel
Armslninu KPCS u. grovvlng iilUaliniotil liu-
twc-cn lhc > two
t'IIl"l'llHV. .
Manila at lnt > t ! IJiieen city of the mchl-
pelage , nnd Mnnlla again besieged ! The
loveliest of the winter months was come.
The Liienta and the I'anco do Santa Lucia ,
close to the sparkllnK waters , wore g.iy
every inoriiliig with the music of the regi
mental bands nnd thronged with the car
riages of old-tlmo residents and lliolr new
nnd not too welcome vlnllora Spanish
dames nnd damsels. Invisible at other bourn ,
drove or strolled along the roadway to enJoy -
Joy tlio cool br(07es that swept In from the
beautiful bay nnd wistful peeps nt the dainty
itollets < tt the American , belles now nnlvlni ;
liy every boat frnm I long ICong All tlio
Caritlllnn dlHnln they might li ok mid pos
sibly feel Inward thn noldlory of Unelo Sam
li gnvo pliicn lo liveliest Interest and curiosity
I when thn wives nnd diiighteis of Ills soldlirs
nppeated npmi the Rinne , nnd thcro wa cms
carrlnRH about ivhldi , wlinnovcr It otopped , n
llttlo swarrn of cilHeTH gulliered and toward
which at nny limn all r-yes were illipcted
tlutt of the Whlto slsle-iw Within Iho old
nnllrtit nllv nnil In 41iit rrnwilpd illntrletn ( if
Dlnondo , ( } iilnpu nnd San Miguel , mirth of
the PnalK , nnil ngaln In Pace nnd Ilnnlt.i In
< ho south ) strong regliiienlH wcro BtiitlniK'd
tn rnndln * tt lo suppress Iho flrnt nl n of the
outbreak P confidently' predlctcil by Ihn
bureau of mllHnry Intclllgenco In n great
npinlrlrcln of over twenty mlli"5 , gird
ling Ihe city north , cast nnd pouth ,
iho outposts mid senlrles of thn two
divisions kept watehful 05es IIIMUI the In-
inrgpiil forcrc surrounding them. Agulnaldo
nnd bis cabinet at Mnlnlow to ( ho north
had nil bill drclnred war upon the obstlimto
pnHsesFois of tlio city , nnd bad ulleily for-
blddrn their lenvliiR the linen of Manlli
nnil seeking to ppnetnito thosi > broiidor
flnlds mid toads and vIlliiKcn without Still
hilggltiK to Itfl breist Iho diliislmi Hint n
Boml-M hislii'i inee- could ln appousnl by
show of phllmilhiopy , Iho government nt
Washington docieod thnt , cU-spltd lliolr
throwing up earthworks iignlnst nnd li.lin
ing guns on thn Ainuilcaii pnHlllium , tlio
niPiny nhoiild bo trcatod as though ( hey
never could orvould be hostile , and HIA
lirlvllPRPrt. deiilPtl by tlicm to American
troops woio by the American tumps ac-
cordoil In thorn , fomlng and going al will
through our UUCP , they studied our forci ) ,
our nrins , equipment , immlie-is , Hiippllps ,
inuthodn mid long before the ChrUtmiis bells
Imd clmiKrd llu-li gre-otlng ( n that unlverHil
fnast day mid tlic boom of the < nnuon
usheroil In tlio new ) c r , all doubts of
the hrnllle spiitlineiits of Iho IlifliirgMit le-id-
< > ls hnil v inlshed Aliendy them hid been
ominous cl.islii'H nt the flout , mid with
every day the deineiinor of tbo Philippine
cilllei'is and men IICM-IIIIIO moia mid mote
llipnlent nnd defiant ( V'lmnlrflB vlgllmieo
nnd snlf-eiiiilinl were onnlneul ) upon dm
soldiers uf Iho I'nlled htatcn , nemly nil
Rtnlwitrt voluiitvors finm the far went , and
whllei nlllrerH of the stalf mid of Ihn half-
dozen loalineiitH qimili'n d within the cltv
vvoic prlvllrgeil oaeh da ) to stroll or dilvo
tipou tlio liiinoln , them wrro others tlinl
never know an houi iiwuy fiom tlio Hint of
tint oiilpimtn and tlielr Hiippoits. Kueh wnn
( ho ciso with Slo\v \ ill's icfilinenl. far nut
toward Iho watei woil.s at I lie eist Such
' | TS !
BLATZ
THE 3T n
MILWAUKEE
' '
BEER'
'INVOURHPIKEWK.IBESURE
lOPROVTAHtPfTfllCPOSIIION
ONM&NY OCCASIONS.
.SlIALLWEiEKDVOJACASL ?
Oniuhn Branch
1412 Douglas St. , Tel. 1081.
VAl. MJCIL 1IUICW1M1 CO. ,
was thfl conn with the Primeval Dudes on the
othfr aMc of DIP I'a'lg , lining ; the batiks of
the croolceil Miiiary that formed the Hiiblcon
wo wcrp forbidden to cro . Such was the
cmn with f'nnkrv nnil the tccnth In the
clonse Iilrrrboo tlil kct to the south , nnd o
It htppsncil thnt nt flrU ArrrntronR and
Hilly < ! rny saw nothing of each other , anil
hut lltilo of the Whlto slater * , probably a
fortunate thins for nil.
Kver Hlnre that mcmnrablo night on th
QtlOim of the Heel , fJray had Bttullonnly
nvoliloil hl whilom friend nnd coiinvlor ,
wlillo Uio Jailer's equally studious avoidance
of Mrs. flarrlfcon had become otiscrvctl
throughout the nhlri. The dominion nnd
power of that llttlo lady had been of
brief duration , n vai to bo expected In
the cnflo of a woman who had secured for
her undivided tiso the bent , the nlrlcct and
by far the larsest room on the steamer a
c.ililnn da Inxe , Indeed , that for a
voyitRO on nn Atlantic liner would have
a smill fortune , whlln hero for a sei nojourn
of moro than cloublo the time tinder trople
nMc f , and while other nnd worthier women
worn HWfltorlnK thrco In o stuffy box below.
It had ct t but a smile The captain had
repented him of bin mfiRnanlmlty before the
IlKhts of Honolulu faded out nstern The
general brgdn to reall/o that ho hart been
tnado n cnt's-paw of and , hla amour propro
boliiR wounded , ho h.id clayed for a day
or two majestic dignity of mien that became
toinlral when complicated with the ( jualma
of snslcknrw ) There wai even noticeable
avcirslun on part of some of the officers
of the DiidoM , who , having made the Journey
from "tho bay" to Honolulu with the women
IiaraonKcrt , army wives and Hod Croa
niir ( s , naturally licrnmo the recipients of
the vlnws ontortnlticd by Ihmo Indlca Quick
to nee. If KOW | to Keein to ee , Jim. Frank
him lost no tlmo In boRKlng one of the
youtiK soldier wives to Bharo her ble state
room and broad and comfortable bed , and
the liidy preferred the heat nnd discomfort
between decks to heparatlon from her
friend Then Mr Oarlr on tendered both
Ihci riin of linr cabin during the day and
evening. BtiKgeBttd , Indeed , that on hot
nlKhtB they como nnd nlecp there , one on
the bud and ono on the couch , nnd they
lhank < 4 her , but never canic. She toddlcxl
HID general with cool champagne cup when
ho WIIH In the throiH of mal do mer , nnd
held him prisoner with her vivacious chatter
when bo wai well enough to cnro to talk.
Hut , after nil , her most serious trouble
scorned to consist In kecplnp ; Illlly Gray at
rr jicotfiil dlfitnnco. Ho fioiiKht her Mrto day
lifter day , to Armstrong'o mild nma/o , na
IJIIH bton said , and when he could not bo
with her was moody , even fierce and ugly
tampered ho whoso disposition had been
the BimnliRt In all of that gray/Khlvcry.
'
dripping sojourn at'tho San Francisco camp.
Illlt onro fnlrly soiled In Manila , the Whlto
sinters seemed to gain all the old tiscoml-
ency Colonel Tiost had taken a big , cool ,
inoiny house , surrounded by npacloui
grnimdB down In Mnlnto nnd cloto to the
plashing vvatern ot the Iny. Dulles kept
him early nnd late at his olllce In the wnllcd
< lty , but every evening , after the drlvo and
dlnnor , i-allers came 'HiroiiKliiK ' in , and all
Wlldilo'n wlthcherles vvero calle < l Into j > lay
to charm them Into blindness nnd to co\cr
Nlta'd lltful and norums moods , now almost
painfully apparent. Frost's face was at
times a thundercloud , and army circles
within ( ho outer i-lrclo of Manila imw plainly
that nil wan not harmony betwixt that vet
eran Hcncdlct nnd that fragile. Hut luring ,
baby wlfo. The bloom of Nltu'a beauty was
gone She looked wan , white , even haggard.
Bho hail refused to lemo Honfj Kong or tome
to Manila until Jlnrgnrct's nnlval , then
How lo the hheltor of that sisterly wins.
Frank ( Inrrlson had been occupying n. room
under 'tho same roof with bin general , but
both general nnd nldo-de-camp were now
much nflc-ld , nnd Frank spent far moro days
ami nights along the line of blockhouHon
than ho did at homo. The coming of hit
wlfo was unannounced nnd utterly unlookcd
for "Did 1 consult my Iimilmmlt" she ex-
( liilinol In surprise ? , when asked the qties-
tlim mio day by Iho wlfo of the veteran Hold
olllccr "iMcrolfiil limvcn , Mrs Lenox , there
was no tlmo for itlmt except by ciblo , nnd
nt four dollnrn a word No" " If nny doubt
of wh.it Trunk UnrrlBom will sny or do exists
In m > mind I go nnd do the thing at once ,
then the doubt Is nettled. If bo approves ,
well and good , If ho doesn't well , then 1'vo
had my fun mi ) nny "
Hut It madn llttlo dlffcioncn what Prank
might think , sny or do when Nlta's
uimu In ( UiL'Htlnii It was for Nlta Hint
iMnigaret Cianltoni H < I sudilonly quilted the
1'nildlo and hastened to Hawaii It wns
foi her snke , ilo bo Imr counsel und protect
lion , the elder Blslcr had braved rnfututl ,
rillllcultlc.s , critic-Ism , uvi'ii Armstrong's open
suspicion mid dislike , to take that longoj -
nRO to u hoslllo clime. That BUG brnvod , too ,
her hUHlmnd's displeasure was not a matter
ot sulllrlciit weight lo merit coiiHldcraUon ,
Bho wns ( hole ) to help Nlta , and uutll that
hnili"w | child wcro fiwil fium peril that ,
( Her ( hiuntuning , M'omul sapplni ; her very
life Mnrgaict ( Jinilson meant to stay
For the li tlor that cnmo b ) way of Unno.
lulu hud told the older nlstor of IncreasliiK
JcmlotiH ) and Riisplclon on thn roloncl't ) part
of his ditMidful rage at Yoliohanm on loam-
IHK that oven tlniru tlio very hour of lliolr
artIval when Iho consul c.uno ubiiurd with
u liilrli o [ li'ttoiB ' In bin hand , ho had onu
for MIH. Frost Sim hud Inrolj glanced nt
Its contents before Mm wan stricken with n
lit of tiembllng , toro It In half and tonsei
Urn fingmrnls on > the snltt obblng tide , thci
rushed to her stnti'ioom Thric she ndded
: i pnutmilpl to tin' ' long letter penned to
Mm Km t > t on Iho voyage , nnil the purser , no
her UuHliiml , PTW It safely started on the
( l.iollo Ic-avliig for Bun Frmidnco via Honolulu
lulu that \ory day That loiter boat the
ordinary mull , for ( ho Queen was heading
innid , even n the ( Inollc camu stramlnK
In tli coial-gunrded harbor , and n llttlo
packet was tossed almard the now traoixihip
MR rim npol avvny , onu mlvslvo In It tollliiR
\ViUhli > Harrison that the man whose life
had been wrecked b ) her slater's ' enforced
desertion nun nlicady In Manila awaiting
hrr routing , and telling her , nion-ovor , that
the pni'kel placed In Or-nornl Drayton'a
Imnds roiitalnod only her unrllcr IcttorH In
his rci'Ui'm wralli l.atrolio had told lu-r ( hat
itliu'p wlilrh bound her to lit in by the most
s lomn pledfirn , thooo thnt vowed undyliiR
! < > \o and dm lit Inn were still In his hnnde ,
mid thai olio nhould si'c him nnd them when
at ln i she ronchod Manila
Thrro mortal wrrks had tlu > cistern been
( here together , and never once In that tlinn
did Nltn vcnturo forth oxoopt when tinder
curort of her black-bioninl husband or the
protrcMou of her nnlllUK , wltclilnn , > et
\lK < lant Margaret Never once hud their
h < Mio bren approached by mt ) ono who bora
rcHomtilnnco to the ilreadrj lover All nlong
the Callo Itrul whrrecro the quarters of
mans officers , llttlo puards of regular * crc
uUtlonnl , for blurk rumori of a Filipino up-
rlflliR oamo with nvrry few ilaje , and some
tnon's licart.i were falling them for foor
when they thought of the paucity of their
numbers as compared with the thoimands of
fnnnttrnl natlvet ( o whom tlin taking ot
buman life was of lf t aooouut than the lou
of iam chicken , and In whcue ilfiht as-
ia < Klnatlon was a , virtue when It rid one of a
foe. Alr idy many an officer who had
weakly yielded to the Importunity of n de
voted wlfo wan cursing the folly that led htm
to let her join htm. The outbreak was Im
minent. Any ono could sec the war wan aura
( o come eveu those who strove to banish
alarm and reassure an anxloun nation. And
vhan the call to arms should sound , duty ,
loner nnd law would tletnand each soldier's
nstant answer on the battle line , then who
was to care for the women ? The very ner-
ranis In each household , It W.IB known , were
n most caws regularly enrolled In the
nsurgent army. The crowded dis
tricts In the city , the nlpa huU
surrounding the -wealthy homes In the sub
urM swarmed with I'lllplno soldiery In the
garb of poace. Arms and ammunition , Imth ,
wcro stored In the great i/tone churches.
Knlveii , bolo * and plstoln were hidden In
every houie. Through the clwgy. In lomo
Instances , and foreign rpilclcnlii In olhr > rs ,
thn BUlomont was set afloat thnt every
American officer's residence wan mapped
nnd mtrked , that the Togals were told off
by name no many for each houses In proportion
tion to the number of American Inmates
and day nftcr < lny , awaiting the signal for
their bloody work , Iheso native devotees
greeted with nervllo bows nnd ntudlcd the
hnbHn of the ofllcerq they were ( loBlgnatcd
to fall upon In their sloop nnd slay without
mercy. Bvon women and children wore
not to bo Bparod , and many \vomnn , hear
ing this ffrownomo story , trembled In her
tcrrrnr. POT a time , In dread of this now
peril , Nlta Frost alrm t forgot the other ;
but not so Margaret She ncoffod and scouted
the rumor of a Filipino outbreak. SholauRbol
at Tronl , who all lee cvldenlly believed In
K , and was In hourly trepidation. He begged
that the guard at his ( jinrtcrfl might be
doubled and wan totally unuervod when told
It might even have to bo reduced. Not so
Mrs. Frank. She made friends with the
stalwart sergeant commanding ; always had
hot coffee and sandwiches ready for the mid
night roller ; made It a point to learn the
imrno of each suoceflslvo noncommissioned
olllcor In chnrgo and had a wlnuome smile
nnd word for the sentrlea an she passed.
It wasn't Filipino aggression that ho feared.
The men wondered why aho should BO ur
gently bid them SPO thnt no strangers
Americans were allowed within the mnsslvo
gatc < 3. There were tramps , even In ( Manila ,
fiho unld. When the sister * drove their
natty llttlo Filipino team Hashed through
the Innos nnd strcrls at top spend , the
springy Victoria bounding at their heulH to
the Imminent peril of the cockaded hats
of the dueky coach and footman , If not oven
lo ( ho dents of tlioao trim , \vhllo-coatod ,
big-buttoned , top-hooted , linpasslvo lltilo
Spanish-bred sorvllors , The carriage Mopped
only nt certain designated points , and only
then when a group of olflccrs ulood ready
to greet them. Not once had they been
munacod by any ono nor approached by nny
man even falnlly resembling poor I ntiO'bo ' ;
and \Vltclilo OarrlHon was beginning to take
heart und look upon that threatening letter
as a mad i > loce of "bluff" whoti ono day
the uucxpoctod happened.
The men of the house , Front nnd Garrison ,
weru ucctiitnmetl , when the luttcr was nt
homo , to breakfast togolher qulle early
Then Iho colonel would drlvo off to Iho
Ayuntnnilento In thewnllcd city and Frank
would mount bis pony and rldo anay to
his Ion if day's Jullos , Kater the aluteiH
would havn their leisure ! ) brtuikf.uH , teciiro
In the prott-ctlon ct the guard , would give
their Chinaman chef Ills orders for thu day
and send him oft to mtiko nuch purchntun
an wcin possible In the now scanty market.
Then reading , writing , receiving callers of
lliolr own oex would fill up the morning ,
There would bo a brief siesta after luncheon ,
nn hour or so on thn broad veranda over
looking the sparkling bay , then dr u mid
the Incvltnbln drive Of Armstrong they
had HCCII nothing , heard next to nothing
Ho was busy with his men over toward
Rast Pace Of Illlly Dray of late thny had
een rather too much On ono pretext or
another he was now former coming to the
liouso and Wltchlo was beginning to wish
that ranker had hail bin way ; but Canker
hn < l failed dlsmnlly The witnesses ho
counted nn proved dumb or departed and It
hail pleaeml the general In chief to send him
with a regiment of Infantry nnd a brace ot
guns ( o garrison an Important point on an
ndjacent Island and to tell him that Inlovv
of the Impossibility of his substantiating Ills
charges against ( Jray the yoiinpsti-r had
eomc 'hnrtow of exeunt1 for hli violent out
break liatlier than bring up n scandal It
was best to drop the matter entirely Oray
hid been sent to dutv with the tecnth
before bo was thoroughly ivpll , and n good-
bearteil battalion eommnnder. taking ply
on bin obvious rhangn for the worie , tmd
found occasion after his flrnt ten days at ( he
front to send him back to Malate , Instead
of Inreteantly on duty along the threatened
line toward Blngalon church , and , whllo ho
seldom came In the evening when numbers
ofIMtoro were present , Uio boy had a way
of dropping In bet wean 3 and 4 , when ho
could generally count on a few momenta nt
lentit with Mrs Frank. Shr had nurred him
well tn hli slow convalescence , had made a
deep Impression o'n his boy lab. heart , lacer
ated ho conceived tt by a dlatppolntmcnt
nt home She bad won htm to her service ,
as she thouiht , until she felt turn be
vru ready to do almcM anything
( or her cake , then IDC bad put him to
f
tha test , ami he had failed her Believing '
a * she till , that the boy well kne-v th
whercnbouu of the alleged deserter , Morton ,
and hli friend , Ntla'B recklws lover , she hail
connled on him to wrln from them the let- !
t rs poor I ntrob * declared h still poisewed ,
but the three weeks had passel wlthour i |
slRn , and It wns becoming evident to her
that Gray had lost trick of them entirely j
One brilliant afternoon as she lay on tha
|
Brand , cane-bottom el beiistPftl , with Its j
overh nilng canopy of film ? netting. he
drowsily heard the corporal peeling the ne v
sentry In the marbled corridor bclOA * . nnd
then marching the. relief to the rear g-\te
opening ti the bcacb Nltn was already up
nnd moving about In her room Mirgtrct
heird the rustle of her nklrts and the light
patter of her tiny feet as she pe < l over the
hardwood floor of the mnln snlon She heard
her throning back the sliding shutters lint
kept out the slaro of the sutl In the mornIng -
Ing hours , and knew that she was gnjlns out
over the trce-dotlMl lawn toward the gate
where the guard lounged through the warm
afternoon All of a midden , quick and stir
ring , a bugle sounded over on the Callo
N'ueva , where the North Dikota'v. had a
strong detachment The- call was repeated ,
and , army woman though she wan. she did
not recognize It She could not remember
ever having heard It before. Then up the
street , from the * Engineer btrrark , there
came the thrllllnir echo , nnd there was a
sound of movement and excitement nlons
the dusty thoroughfare. She heard Nlt\
calling her name , nnd Ihen the child's quick ,
nervous itcp along the hallway toward the
stairs. Thrn came a sudden stop , a gasping ,
walling cry ! nnd , springing from her bed and
to the door , Margaret found her sister cower
ing before a tall , slender man In the rough
dress and field equipment of a private- sol
dier With n little packet letters , appar
ently held forth In ono hand , whllo the
other grasped her wrist Ilollln Lntrobo
stood sternly ga/lng nt the girl shrinking at |
his feet.
The tableau wan over In another second.
Springing up the broad rmirble stilrs came
Illlly Oray , the corporal uf the- guard nt his
heels , and Latrobe t.ivr his danger In a dish.
Throwing little Gray aside r he would a
terrier , the young athlete whirled on the
stalwart regular There wns the sound of n
crashing blow , followed by n hca\y fall. The
corporal went rolling down the steps with
Latrobe bounding over the tumbling form ,
THK YOUNG ATHLKTG WHIRLED ON T Hi : STALWART RROULAH.
and the next Instnnl ho had vaulted over the
ledge of the open window on the lower floor
and vanished thioiigh the gateway to the
beach. And now all along the Callo Heal the
bugles were sounding "To arms ! "
CH Vl'TKll AVI.
That was a wild day In Manila. Far over
near the Kscolla somebody shot at a vagrant
doe lapping water from a lltilo pool under
ono of the many hydrants. The soldier pollco
PHsayed nn nmsl , the culprit brolio and ran ;
tbo guard Ilrcd , a lot of coolies , Inking
alarm , fled Jabbering to the river side. The
natives , looking for trouble any moment ,
rushed to their homes. Somn Bolilloi.i on
PUCH and unarmed tumbled over tlio tables
anil chairs In thu Alhamhro. In their dash for
the open street. A Htampc'dcd surgcMtit told
n bugler to sound to arum , and In the twink
ling of an ejo the call vvns taken up from
barrack to barrack , and the nuvvfl went Ilanh-
IIIR out by wire to Iho cxtrcmo front The
idiopkccporn hn-Ully put up their ishullern
and bolted tliulr doors , Culm , calls , qullez
nnd rairomaltas even the troet car were
limtnnlly Helled by the soldiery scattered allover
ever town , nnd utilized to take them tr.irlng
back to Join their reglincntn In ( Uo inlnuttn
the business streets dawn town were do-
fcerteil. Ohlncso cowered within their
crowded liuls The nutlvc'.s , mon and women ,
either hid within tbo shelter of their homes
or Hod to the Hanctuary of HID nmn >
churches. All o\er the great city Ihu nlann
spread llko wlldllro The Imltnlloim formed
under arms , those nuaiest the outer lines
being ninrched at once to their poKltlons In
support , thoiio nearer the wnllcd city wait
ing orders Foreign rrtdiluilH look nmtteig
more cooly ( ban did tliu Asiatic , ( iormau
phlegm , ISnBlloh Imposslvenees nnd Yankee )
devil-may cat elshncss preventing n panic.
Hut those who bad families nnd owned nr
could hire carrhiKcs nnd launches were not
nlow In decking for their households the
irfugo of thg licet of traiuports I ) Ing placidly
nt anchor In Iho bay , vhoieDevsey'a bluo-
Jackrts nhlftcd thyli quids , wont coolly to
thcli stations and , grouped about their guna ,
quietly awaiting fuitlu-r ilnvilopmento In
nn agony of fear Colonel JVost hnd
bidden his driver to lajth the
to a R\llop and go llko the wind to
Malate , but the appearance of the
long ranks of sturdy Infantry resting on
thr-lr arms anl b Rlnnlnic 'o ' leek bored ,
measurably reassured him before he roaehej
his home Oncn there , however , the sight
of Nlta , clinging hysterically to her slater
and moaning on her bed was sufficient to
determine his first move , which was to
wlro for his launch to come around to the
bay shore and t/ike them off to the fec ! < t.
The next was to send and ask for an oftVeer
and twenty men from the Cuartel , on re
ceiving which mes ito ; the major command
ing , standing on the- dusty rondwty In front
of his men , grinned under his grizzled
mtisUchp and said , "Frost's n > > 'em agtln
Here , Oray , you go over and tell him to
keep his hair on , that Us nr thing but a
fake alarm. " v\nd Gray , glad enough of
the clnnco to go again Into the presence
of the woman who st > fascinated him , sped
on his mission HP waa in a. fury over
l.l.s recont. liutnlllstlon In her very sight
he , a commissioned officer. toseil nsldo
llko a child and outwitted by this daring In
truder In the Jhnpo of a private soldier
he and his guard brushed away and derided
by a young fellow In some strange regl-
) ment who had easily escaped nlong the
beach to am adjoining Inclosuro Into which
ho darted and was no more seen. The itreets
\verr > full of scurrying soldiers , and tt wan
the simplest thing In the world for him
to mingle with them nnd make his way to
his own command. Of course , Gray well
knew who the man must be N'lta's trouble-
Fomo lover of whom Wltchle had told him
so much. There was his chance to recover
the lo.tors nnd claim the reward ; but man
nnd letters lioth had escaped his grasp , and
when he pulled up , blown and exhausted
after fruitless rhasc , he was brought to
his senses by the sight of his own men
falling In "for business , " and ho bad to
scamper frr his sword and Join ithem.
That wns a miserable evening Margaret
Garrison wan the only member of the house
hold who seemed to have her wits about her
nnd her nerves under control , for Frank , her
liege- lord , had his duty elsewhere , and not
until hours later trotted slowly home. Mar
garet plainly let Gray understand how he had
fallen In her estimation at being so easily
to ° cd aside , A warning finger wan laid upon
her lip. "Not one word of what has hap
pened while ho Is here , " flho mutlered ; nnd aced
cod ot uer fluffy head loward the perturbed
colonel told plainly that the chief of the
household really had no place In the family
councils. To the Bistort that alarm wns a
blessing In disguise. It was all sufficient to
account for Nlta's proBlratlon. To the rash
and reckless lad , who , claiming to bo an
orderly with a lotlcr from the colonel , bad
been pasFcd by the gate guard to tbo open
stairway , It afforded ample cover for escape ,
when , alarmed by Nlla's cry , Gray and Ihe
corporal came springing to her aid To Gray
hlmoelf It gnvo only a few minutes' forgot-
fiilncss of his trouble , for , smarllng under
Iho flllng of a woman's only halt-hidden dl -
daln , ho would have welcomed wllh nlmost
havago Joy some flerco batllc wllh n skillful
foe , sonio scene In which ho could compel
her respect nnd ndmlralion. Ho was still
Rinaillng and stung when at last that op
portunity came
I-OUK will Manila remember the night ! It
followed close upon the heels of warnings
that for weeks held every officer and man to
bin post of duly Day after day the strain
Increased. The Insurgents , crowding upon
our outposts In front of Santa Mesa on the
north and of Santa Ana on the south sldo of
the I'aslg , had heaped Insult and threats
upon our silent scntrlcH , compelled by orders
to the very last to submit to anything but
actual attack rather than bring on n battle.
"Tho Aint'rloans arc afraid , " wns the * gleeful
cry of Agulnaldo'a oflleorB , the Jeer and
taunt of his men. The regulars wcro soon to
como nnd replace those volunteers , said the
wlsoacro of his cablnel , therefore strlko now
before * the trained and disciplined troops nr-
rlvci and sweep these big boors Into tbo se.i.
\nd on the Btlll , starlit night , sooner perhaps
than his confrdoiates within the walls In
tended , the rcjiel lender struck , and , long before -
fore lhi > dawn of thn lovely Sunday mom
that followed , the fire flashed from 40,000
rlllca In the big semicircle nround Manila ,
and thn long-expected battle wns on
Hours nftcr dawn hours after the attack
begin , the tenntb were In extended Intiln
order to the south of Mnlnto confron'ed ' by
thldvols of bamboo tint fairly BWarmed with
yet only by the Incessant zip
nnd "whlpw" of their deadly mrsslles and
the ceaseless crackle of rltle fire , could this
be determined , for wV h thtlr smokeless
powder and their Indian-like fklll In con
cealment , nothln ; could be seen of their
array Over to the westward on the plac'd
waters of the buy thehupe Mosadnock wa
driving shell after shell In othe dense un
derbrush across the- abandon rice fields
nnd the marshy flats lhat lined the shore
Over to the past trfoundlng cheers ml
crashing volleys , punctuated by the sharp
report of field guns , told tht the omrado
brigade wns heavily engird and , apparently ,
drlv-lns the enemy before them. To the
right and left the volu.-tcer supp-ms were
banglnn Into the brush with their heavy
SprlnRfislds , and a'111 there seemed no
symptom of weakne s along the Immedlato
front , no sign of yielding If anything , the
fury of the Insurgent vollevlns Increased
AS the sun climbed hlRh r , nnl all along
the blue-shlrted line men grit , their teeth
and sworn as they crouched r lay a.full
length along the roadside , peering throujth
the filmy veil that drifted slowly across
their front the smoke frcm the Spring-
fields of the volunteers To lie there longer
with the bulletts burzlnc close overhead or
biting deep Into the low embankment , some
times tearing a stinging path through hu
man flesh and bone was adding to the nerve
strain of the hours gone by. To rush head
long across tlut- Intervening open space.
I khrouph deep and muddy peels and stag
nant dltchr-s. and hurl Ibemsclves upon the
lurking enemy In Ihe bamboo ccpao bo-
vend liail been thp ardent longing of he
to Illumine the Held
line since daylight came
u. . . n.- v inrn . . orders wl hhelu
I L DH. .
D < .ore iiieui.
Defend but < lo not advance , said the gen
eral's messaRC , and the whisper wont along
"Tbr-ro is troubleIn
frcm man to mani.
town behind us. and the chief may need
us there "
' with no word of
passed
Hut as S o'clock
an uprising In the rear , and the cheering
over toward Santa Ana grew
the -tecnth
strain upon
louder , the nerve
Intolerable. "For God <
became well-nigh
instead ot
sake , can't ne be doing Himcthlng
' ncaf1 was
hornet's
lying here firing Into a
In more than one
the murmur that arose
company along the Impatient line , and the
gruff voices ofketeran scrgetnts could be
hoard ordering silence , while , moving up and
down behind their men , the line officers
cautioned against waste of ammunition and
needless exposure. "Lie tint , men Keep
"We won t have to
down' " were the- words
st-ind this forever , "iou'll eoon get your
chance "
And presently It came The cheering thnt
had died away far over to the- left bejond
the wooded knolls that surrounded Slngalon
nnd Block House No. 12 , was suddenly taken
up nearer at hand Then crashing vdllcjs
sounded along the narrow roadway to the
cast , and a bugle rang out shrill and clear
above the noise of battle ; and thc-n closer
otlll , though unseen In the gloom of the
dense thicket In which they lay , the men of
the Second battalion , strung along a Filipino
trail that led away to the rice fields , swung
their big straw hats and jelled for Joy. A
young officer , his ejes Hashing , his face
flushing with excitement , came bounding out
from the grove at the left of the crouching
line- and made straight to where the vcterai
battalion commander knelt in ths rear of his
cenler. It waa Dllly Graj , adjutant of the
Thlrn battalion , acting that day as adjutant
to the regimental commander. The bullets
whistled by his head as he darted sprlng-
Ingly nlong , nnd In their Joy at sight of him
o\cn old hands forgot the re er\e of the
regular service and some man shouted
"Now we're off ! " and the popular query
"What's the matler wtiu Lleulenant Gray ? '
At any other time , under any other cir
cumstances both questioner and respondents
who gleefully shouted , "He's all right1 !
would ta\o been promptly and sternly sup
pressed , nut the senior captain at their
head well knew the excitement tingling in
the nerves of that long-suffering line , and
only nmlled and nodded sympathy. He saw-
too , that Gray was quivering with pent-up
feeling , as the boy hilled short , salutexl
and , striving to steady his eager voice , said :
"Captain , the colonel directs that ) ou
open sharp flro on the- woods In your front
nnd occupy the enemy there. Ho Is aboul
to charge with the third battalion am !
drlvo them out of the trenches we've located
over jonder , " and Hilly pointed eagerly to
the left front the southeast.
The captaln'e grizzled face took on a look
of keen dlsappolnlment. "You mean we'vo
got to stay here , and sec you fellows go In' "
"Only for a few minutes , sir. The colonel
caj a that for you to charge before bo's got
onto their flank would cost lee many men
You'll gel the nerd as Boon no he's got the
works. "
" Vell .said , Dllly boy' That soundn al
most epigrammatic. Hullo ! You hit' Stoop
down , bore , man. Don't try to get per
forated "
"My hat only , " was the answer , as the
lioy stoopcxl quickly to hldo the Irropresalbln
twlchtng about iho muscles of his Up A
Romlngton bullet had ripped from side to
side , tearing a way through the curly hair at
the top of his head and almost scoring the
scalp. To save his soul ho could not quite
suppress the trembling of his kneefl , but ,
sleadlng himself by great effort , ho con
tinued : "Tho colonel Ba ) to commence fir
ing by volley the moment our bugles sound
the charge. Now I must get back "
"All right , youngster. Tell the colonel 1
savoy , and wo'll do our level best only ,
let us Into It as quick as you can "
Hut Gray heard only the first part of the
sontenco. Ho was panting whc'ii ho readied
bin placid , grny-mustached chief , and could
only gnap out "Thu captain understands ,
clr. " And then the regimental commander
simply turned to the battalion leader , stand-
InK'Hllent at his left tn a lltllu clumn ot
Umber another \oter.nn crown gra ) an him
self In long , long jenrs of service
' 'Now's our time , old man' ' Pitch In'
Oi.iy , no'll go wllh him "
All along the line from right lo left
thorn ran the cross-country toad connoetin.i
U o broider highway , frcm Miilnto lo San
Rafael aud 1'nrannqiio on Ihu vvosl , nnd fr nn
\Vr t Pdco by way of Slngalon to I'niu ) In
front of the ilghl wing WIIH all snamp m > -
I as > or rlro fields In front of tlio loft \\\ng \
nil v .is el'He ' , dtnse bmnboo nnil jungle muo
where lh < > brmi , stralg'it rradwuj led on
past blockhouse 11. or the narrower cart
track stretched southward , ovenrchrd la
pltrr * by spreading branches , and com
mand * ! 11 Its narrowest path by the swarm
of dusky fluhtcrs In blockhouse U A year
before- the blueshlfis stormed thwe forest
strongholds from the south and trik them
from the troops of ? ptlti N w they were
compelled to turn and storm Ihfn from Ui
north , for Ju t na Stanley Am tronic sail
at San 1'rancUcr. the Filipino * had turned
upon their ally and wouU-be friend. Asuln-
alilo hal hcarded t'ncle Stm
And while the vo'untiws and regulars to
he right could onlv rfiriln In support. It
ell to iho iw of 4he left wing of thl bravo
> rl ; do to a iault In alni" < st Impenetrable
toslllon an enemy armed with mngnzino
'Iflrs ' or bre/echload-'fs , tnd entirely at
home' Thp b'igles ran ? the lgnil the offi
cers In sllenco took their stations , and.
stepping Into th narro- pathway through
he Jungle , crouching alonp the roulwavM
or cMsMng through the ftlff bamboo , ths
ilueshlrts drove ahr-id Twe three mln-
itci ! . and tb > lr purple seemed undiscov
ered. Thoa suddenly blockhouse U blared
with flro and a storm of bullets swpt the
real The earthworks In the thickets to
therlsht and left seemed to bo crowded with
a runnlni ? fame nnd dovn en their faces
'ell the foremost soldiers , their inllant
! f idcr shot through and through , plunging
hondlone yet In his dvlni ; nsony waving his
surviving men to get to cove-r Vengefully
now the "Kmss" rpcnril tn reply to Rem
ington and Mauser The blueshlrts Rtrug-
gled on In-h bv In-h through the network
of bamboo. Still the storm swept up the
roadway and no man could hope to fuco It
xnd liveUut. . little by little , the low-
almc-d. Blend ) \oll s. driven In by sound
and section through the einebrake. nr by
company nnd platoon across the- westward
swimps , told on the nerve nnd discipline
of the little brown men In the b.tmbno
Tholr shots flew avvl't. but wild nnd higher
Then a darlns lid , In the rough field uni
form of a FUbaltern of Infantry , -sprang llko
a cat Into the fire-tlashlni ; lane and. revolver
In hand and a squad of devoted fellows at
his heels , dashed stnlght at the wooden
walls ahead In frantic haste the occupants
blazed shot after shot upon hint and his
heroic followers One after another three
went down ; but In another Instant , the lieu
tenant leading , they reached thp blockhouse
and darted through the open doorway , the
last of Its Rarrlscn being In pnnle before
such unheard-of daring and determination.
And thc-n came the rush of comrades cheerIng -
Ing down the lane tumbling over the earth
works nnd the luckless gang that still
crouching there held to their position , and
all the southward leading road was ours
To be Continued )
V
"A tnpo irorni eighteen feet lone at
least came on the sccno nftcr nn taMnetno
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GOOD SABVaARBTAN BR8S\SGS \ CARDUB ,
27 Abcrcorn l. ( Cor , St. Julhn , Savannah , Ga. , Jan 4 J899
Having read In our daily papers so much about Wine of Cardul I concluded ( o fd a bottle of it for'mv sislcr
Mrs. Lull DeLyons. She had suffered untold agonies from female complaints. My father had very fklllful phvsiciins with
her , but all thy could do was to patch her up for a while. None could effect a permanent cure. The first boltLof Win. nl n
Cardul showed a change for the better. Now the has taken three botl ( and is entirely cured. She keeps it in he houJ
valuable r pa"tions she would be childless.
In taking her suffering slater a bottle of Vfint of Cnrdui , Mrs. White rendered n ternce Ihot can hardly lie repaid. Her svninalliv
her sister jn jiain led licr to nn act of practical clmrity which had far-reaching rcsulU , ' '
In thnt home ( he difference between j ear after year of lonely , ngonirim ; suffering which phvsicmns' skill \vits uiiohle to rc-hcve mid n
happy coiilentcd mother , surrounded liy n devoted father nncl t\vo lovely children , is represented Iv a bottle of Winu of Cardui lirounht there
by tins devoted \voniBU. No wonder they iintned the children for the great inedicinc , fo largely insliuineiitnl in 1iriniiiii ; them into the world
In helping to make Mrs. Del.yons o happy vtomnn Mrs. White has done u vvork tvorihy of miy good Samaritan. In hrr s steily sviniuthv she t
brought the one cure that would free her sister from pain and suffering. There is hardly a woman wno rends thu paper who does nut know of -
some case that Wine of Cardui Will cure. Other friends nre sending Dowers and delicacies , which cat ) only please lor u moment while Wine .
of Cnidtii , the one thing that will bring permanent health ia on the shelf of every drug store Any wouiuii cnu go on a mission of mere v with a }
bottle of Wine of Cnrdui , or even with just a Mord calling attention to that phenomenal remedy. ' ad
1'or advice in cases requiring special directions , address , giving symptoms , the "Ladies' Advisory Department , " The Clmt(4iiooca 3
Medicine Company , Chattanooga , Tenn.
