The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-29

/ Iure developments. j n an agony OF fear,
i Colonel Frost had hidden his driver 10
land SO like the wind to Ma.
late. but the appearances OF the
Hong ranks Of sturdy infantry resting on
their arms and beginning to look bored,
EIueasurably treasured him before he
+ reached his hone. Once there however,
1.-The sight of Mia, clinging Historically
4 to her sister and moaning on her bed
was sufficient to- determine his first
move, which was to wire for his launch
to- come around to the bay shore and
/ take them of to- the fleet. The next
Was to send and ask for an officer and
twenty men from the Quartet, on re-
4 ceiving which message the major COM
handing, standing on the dusty road
/ way in front of his men, gTinned under
his grizzled nustache and said. stF'rost's
Sot en- again. Here, Gray. you go over
and tell him to keep his hair on, thar
its nothing but fake alarm. And
/ Gray, glad enough of the chance to- go
again into the presence of the woman
| who so fascinated him, sped On his mis-
SION He was in q. fury over his recent
| humiliation in her very sight-he, q
commissioned officer. tossed aside like
a child and outwitted by this daring in
4 tFuder in the shape of a. private soldier
! he and his guard brushed away and
/ derfded by a young fellow in some
strange regiment-wllo had easily es-
capped along the beach to am adjoining
/ Enclosure into which he darted and
was no more SEEN The streets were
full of scurrying soldiers, and it was
the simplest thing in the world for him
to mingle with them and make his way
to his own command. OF course, Gray
we'll knew who the man must be-Nita's
troublesome lover of whom Witchie
had told him SO much. There was his
chance to recover the letters and claim
the reward: but man and letters both
had escaped his grasp; and when he
pulled up, blown and exhausted after
fruftless chase, he was brought to his
senses by the sight of his own men
falling in ''for business and he had
to scamDer for his sword and join
them.
That was miserable evening. Mar
garet Garrison was the only member
of the household who seemed to have
her wits about her and her nerves un-
der control. for Frank, her Iiege 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 tossed aside. A warn
ing finger was laid upon her lip. Not
one word of what has happened while
~ is' Ai%A q 4lEGItEiGNis anu ii LlDu
of her fluffy head toward the perturbed
colonel told plainly that the chief of the
| household really had no place in the
family councils. To the sisters that
alarm was blessing in disguise. 1t
was all sufficient to account for Nita's
prostration. To the rash and reckless
lad, who, claiming to be an orderly with
letter from the colonel, had been
passed by the gate guard to the open
/ q of Ill l.
escape, when, alarmed by Nita's cry,
Gray and the corporal came springing
to her aid. To Gray himself it gave
only few minutes forgetfulness of his
trouble, for, smarting under the sting
of woman's only half-hidden disdain,
he would have welcomed with almost
savage joy some fierce battle with a
sklllful foe, some scene in which he
| could compel her respect and admira-
ton. He was still smarting and stung
When at last that opportunity came
Long will Manila remember the night,
II Followed c4oSe upon the heels of warn
lnSs That Tor weeks held every officer and
man 70 his post of duty The insurgents.
| eroWd!ng upon our outnosl15 in froni of
santa Mesa on line nCrtn and OF Santa
Ana on the south side of the PaS.g had
hedped insults upon our silent sentries,
compelled by orders. to the very last to
submit to anything but actuaG attack
rather than bring on a battle. The Amer
lcans are afraid, was the glsaful cry of
ASulnaluc.S OthcerS the jGer and tluuf of
his men. The regulars were soon to CONS
ana reraace those volunteers, said the
wlseacre of his cabinet, tinerefore' strike
now before the trained and o.Sciplfneed
troops arrive and sweep these Zig boJI5
INTO the ssa. And on the SELL Starkit
night, sooner perhaps than his confes1er-
afeS wfth1n the walls intended. the reinel
leader struck, and long before the dawn
OF the lovely Sunday morn THAT followed
the hre flashed from 10000 rifles in tdg
seln4-circle around Mania, and the long
expected battle was on.
Hours after GAVIN, hours after the attack
began, tha,-te2nth were in exterl1ed hat
Tie order to the south of Maiate con-
nonted by tt15cKets of bamboo That fairly
SWdrEneu with insurgents, yet only by the
incessant zip and W NEW OF tneIr deadly
missiles anu the ceaSS-ess crackle of rltte
nre could uhlS be determined Ter vita
Ihelr sanolfeseSt powder ana their Indian
IKE skill IN cofceafInent nothing could be
seen OF phe4r array. over To the west
ward on une placid waters of the bay the
huge Mo1adn0ck was driving shell after
SneI INFO Tine dense UnderprUsh across
abandoned rice fields and the marShy flats
that lined the shore. over. TO the east re-
sounding cneers and crashing YoheyS
punctuatei by the sharp reports of fed
guns, told that the comrade brigade was
heavily engaged and. apparently driving
Ule enemy terore them. TO right ana leLL
thalr volunteer supports were banging
INFO the DruSn with their heavy SplIng-
NEEDS; and still there seemed no symptom
OF weakness along the iIlrnedlate front
no sign OF Yielding. If anything the fury
OF the lhSdrgent VotIeylng Increased as tine
sun Climbed higher, and all aIong the
bue-shArted line men grit their tessbn ana
swore as pney crouched or lay full Length
along the roadside. peeIIug JrlrotIE}1 rha
himy veil that drlfted slowly across tI1eir
fronI-rhe smoke from the Springriel1s of
tine volunteers. TO lie there LONGER with
the DUETS buzzfng close overhead or bit
ing deep into the low embankment, some
Tunes tearing singing palh through
human flesh and bone, was adding to tine
nerve strain OF the hours gore by. To
rush heaolong across unat intervening
open space. through deep and muddy
pools and stagnant aitch and hllrl gtnesrn-
selves upon the lurking enemy in the barn-
POO copse beyond, mad been the ardent
longing OF the ZINE since 0ay1igfic came to
nIutnlne the t1eld before Inen. Yer stern
orders withheld: Defend but do not .ad-
vance, said Ttle generals message: and
tine Whisper Went along from man 70 man
There is trouble in town behind us AMI
the chief may need us there
But as 8 O'Clock passed with no word
OF uprising in tine rear ami the cheering
over over toward santa Ana grew louder anu
iOuuer, the nerve strain upon the -CGenlIn
became wSl4-ftsla intolerable for Gods
SAKE, can We be dong something in
stead OF lying. here firing into a hornets
nest! was the murmur that arose in
more than one company along the fmna !
trent line; and the gruff voices of yetefan
sergeants could be heard ordening silence.
WaliAe' moving up and down behind their
men, the Tine officers cautioned agalnsl.
waste OF ammunition and needless ex-
posure Lie fiat, men. Keep down.
We're tle words We won't have to stand
this forever. You'll soon get y0ur
chance" '
And presently it came. The Cheering
that mad died away, far over TO rhe LETT
beyond the wooded knobs iinat s,1i.rol1T,J
ed s4nga4on and book house r. was sud
denly taken UP nearer at hand Then
crashing volleys sounded along the mar |
row roadway I'm rn.a aget nj t...@n-