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trip, ami was to take the sergeant with
liim.
"Hp sure and take good rare of the cap
tain," said Mrs. Demand, and the L.ittlo
Tough Sergeant, saluting and al "atten
tion" said never a word.
Colonel Funston had Indeed ordered the
raptaln to take charge of the -scouting
party aud the captain told the Little Tough
Sergeant to select Its members. He lost
no time In obeying, and tearing off the
first ten men from the company as It stood
la line, announced to Captain Uerlrand
that all was ready.
There was a Filipino regiment In the
neighborhood and Colonel Funston wanted
it located.
"Trot up, now!" was the sergeant's com
mand, and the men accordingly trotted up.
All at once the little party almost ran
into the Insurgent regiment It was look
ing for, and, quirk as a flash the Little
Tough Sergeant sent a bullet through the
Filipino officer nearont him a captain.
"Take cover behind that little barricade
of wood!" shouted Jack, and the men flew
to the defense, composed of trees, which
had been erected by the insurgents a few
ilays before. Tho Filipinos, about 100 yards
away, were so surprised they did not fire
a shot until the Americans were safely
behind the barricade, and then the bullets
rattled against the logs In a shower.
"Be careful in your aim berore you
Fhoot," ordered Jack. "You haven't any
bullets to waste."
The Little Tough Sergeant fired care
fully, steadily and calmly, bringing down
a man every time. He was not the least
bit excited, but the ferocity of battle suona
in his eyes, and he was thoroughly happy.
"Surrender!" came in fairly good English
from the Filipino side, across the Bpace
between the battling forces.
"Never!" shouted Jack in answer. That
was not all ho said, but It is enough to
cover his meaning. Everything a man says
in battle cannot be printed in the news
papers. Then a white ting, tied to a small branch
Dens for Bachelor Maids
f EVER was individuality In room
N
decoration so accentuates as at
the present day. This diversity
of taste is a boon to the furni
ture maker and his ally, the up
mm.
holsterer. Between them they furnish up
eld things and invent new ones. One of
the latest fields of their work, the Dutch
room, has been eagerly taken possession
of by the bachelor man and maid.
A typical Dutch den for a man is a square
room of something more than medium size.
Three narrow windows, set together in one
eide and fitted with small diamond panes,
are so high up from the floor that the light
falls from above. Over them are hung
curtains of old gold Shikil silk, and over
these, on the inner side, are curtains of
lorest green velvet bordered with stamped
red leather straps and looped back with tho
anie.
I'nder the window is a settle of carved
bbtck oak with a high back, over which
bangs the cowled head of a monk, as
though trylDg to see his reflection In a
mirror set high in the back. The seat Is
upholstcied in leather.
Hanging above one end of the settle is
K chandelier of black Iron chains, upon
which are fastened pieces of old armor.
The chains support a set of flat brass bars,
each of which ends In a monk's head hold
ing an electrolier. lTpon the sides of the
den are fitted small wall brackets made of
brats heads and surmounted by quaint old
time brass candlesticks, in which electric
lishlB glow.
The black, carved mantel shelf furnishes
the right background for the warm glow of
tall andirons of brass with their comple
ments of gleaming tongs, shovels and
pokers, to say nothing of a square and
richly carved chest of brass, intended in
the old days for wocd or coal, but used to
bold slippers, books, papers and such odds
and ends as men sometimes cast togcthor.
Over the unused gas logs in the fireplace
hangs a great, burnished copper kettle, that
catches all the soft, warm lights in the
room, with never a hint that in its depths
Is a box of cigars. Beside the fireplace a
broad leather pipe rack is suspended. The
leather Is .green and over it strays rich
boughs of pine needles and warm-tinted
brown cones. The brass rings which glitter
over It hold pipes of all sorts and condi
tions, from the unsmokable to the loo
much smoked.
Near by is a cosy reclining chair of
leather, flanked by a carved armchair in
the same style. Tulips are stamped upon
the borders of the leather and upon the
leather table cover on the dainty smoker's
table beside the chair.
This suggestive and artistic design Is
repeated in a long leather scarf thrown
over the carved center table, where gor
geous tulips are stamped upon the green
leather and softly toned in with the gray
green stems and buds.
The carpet la Oriental, In dull shades,
showing red iu the scheme of decoration,
and giving a warm touch of color that Is too
unobtrusive to affect anything else In lh
room. The hassocks scattered about are of
Oriental make in dull green and red leather
patterns.
Three greenith bronze figures, holding
THE ILLU ST
cut from a near-by tree, was hoisted by
a Filipino, and the Little Tough Sergeant
promptly rhot the Improvised pole In twain.
A few days before the enemy had homo! a
similar flag, indicating that a conference
was desired, and when an officer of the
Twentieth walked out of the trenches he
was shot to pieces.
"Do you really mean to tight?" shouted
the English-speaking Filipino.
"What do you suppose we crossed 8.000
miles of ocean for?" sneered the Little
Tough Sergeant, carefully picking out an
insurgent officer and shooting him through
Every man of the gallant eleven proved
himself a hero and made his bullet count.
After half an hour's fierce fighting, with
two men dead and three wounded, Jack
felt that the end was near at hand unless
the regiment came to the rescue.
"It's my turn now!" gaspel the captain,
as he (suddenly reeled and fell upon his
fare. "Go ahead, boys, a scratch on tho
shoulder; that's all!"
Then all at once the Little Tough Ser
geant, who was standing near the south
ern end of the barricade, grew pale, his
face assuming an ashen hue. He said
nothing, but the men knew he had been
hit and their hearts grew faint.
"Hold up as long as you can, sergeant,"
whispered Jack, "I'll soon be able to stand
again. I'm only a little faint."
"Chuck me you hats!" said the Little
Tough Sergeant hoarsely to the men. One
of the wounded was dying, but the other
two Injured men were strong enough to do
as' bidden. The captain tossed his hat, as
did the five yet unhurt.
The Little Tough Sergeant stooped pain
fully and gathered the hats together, and
then placing them, including his own, upon
nine sticks, arose unsteadily. The firing
wns lower than it had been, only occa
sionally bullets spattering upon the out
side of the breastworks. It was evident
that a flanking movement was about to
take place, this being indicated by tho
practical silence of th eneir:'.
above them a dome of green-tinted art
glass fringed with clear glass beads, stands
on the table. On the head of one figure
rests a silver crescent, upon another a star,
while the head of the third droops to one
side and is crowned with popples. The
same green metal Is repeated In the arti
cles upon a Biuatl writing desk of carved
black oak in one corner. Green also forms
the keynote to the ornaments upon the
shelf above the case of books to one side
of the room.
In one corner is a tall Dutch clock, its
woodwork in harmony with the carved
figures of the furniture. This is artistically
flanked by corner ahelvea bearing a collec
tion of Dutch steins.
A carved piece of Dutch furniture stands
In a corner of the room. It has shelves
that turn outward and seem to fold up
when the door Is closed.
The bachelor maid had a room more
delft than Dutch. Blue and white weTe tho
dominant tones, and sunshine and growing
plants made up for the lack of the rich
and sombre coloring of the other den.
Half way up one wall was a long, low
Dutch window, the masterpiece of the
room. It was in four sections, each di
vided into many diamond-shaped panes
The frame, like all the other woodwork
In the room, was white, rubbed to a high
polish. Along the window sill stood a row
of flower pots In a dull blue glaze, filled
with glowing tulips. Sheer white curtains
huug from a rod set cloee to the glass at
the top, and at each corner of the window
upper as well as lower, bung a big wooden
shoe, bucb as the Dutch peasant women
wear. These were filled with growing
vines, whose delicate tendrils made
frame for the window.
The lower halves of the walls were cov
ered in delft blue denim, and the upper In
paper where a blue vine pattern wandered
over a white ground. Between denim and
paper run a white chair-rail, topped by a
narrow white shelf, which furnished a con
venient renting place for many odd vases,
delft plaques and a collection of miniature
btelos.
The floor was painted white and a rug
get of dark blue covered the center. Low
white bookcases, curtained in blue silk
filled one side of the room.
The furniture was of the simplest char
acter, painted white. Beneath the Dutch
window ran a long divan, upholstered In
blue and pil d with pillrms in many shades
of tilue. It wa In reality a box with a
hinged lid.
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"Captain," said the Little Tough Ser- 1
geant, "two of the boys'll take enre of
you; one filler's dyln' so he's out of tho
way; the other two that's hurt can run
wltU two side each o' them. Hreak for
the open! I thing the regiment's com
ing! When I put the hats over the tops
f these logs, yon run!" Hie voice was
very weak.
He raised the hats, there was quite a
heavy volley from the Filipinos, and the
men dashed awiiy. Captain Jack and the
other two wounded ones being asslB ed.
About 100 yards distant another man was
wounded; at 200 yards there was a clearing,
and here, thundering along in open order
came the Kansans, Funston at their head!
A shrill Kansas cheer greeted Captain
Jack and then into the brush the long
blue lines rushed, spreading out like a
fan, and hardly a minute elapsed ere the
firing denoted that the Twentieth was in
action. The Filipinos mad-- but a short
stand, then dived into the heavier under
brush, gained the forest and disappeared,
leaving many of their dead and wounded
behind them.
When the Twentieth returned they f und
tho Little Tough Sergeant In a sitting po
sition, his back against the logs and his
rifle across his lap; In his right hand was
his last cartridge, ready to drop Into l:ue
while In his left was u faded rose.
There was almost a smile upon his fae
as he reclined there In the awful ma'e-ty
of death, the wind slightly stirring hit
Bparsn hair, his features undisturbed by
his last great agony.
They buried him there, and the regi
ment presented arms as the earth was cast
upon tho blanketed form of the Little
Tough Sergeant.
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