The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-13

an advance on the enemy rose ana nled BACK
by the long line Of waiting troops. Back
across the valley we went, and over the
river again and up on the hill back OF the
pumping station. where the signal corps had
established its station. 1t was one o'clock
when we got there and after. On top OF
the hill, with his glasses at his eyes, stood
Gen. Lawton, gazing steadfastly out over
the valley to where at a little line OF
cinaguela scrub that marked the presence
OF ditch Halls brigade was still waiting.
FIGHTING BEGINS.
"oh, Harriet. I'm waiting, waiting
alone out here. the special descrip-
tive penman from Chicago softly hum
med to himself as he worked back to
where he could get all OF the Gene
rails six feet four and IA half into one pic
ture. 1t would be a violation OF something
very involable. like the liberty OF the press
or something of that sort. to repeat the
language that was floating around that hill
top, Just as much of the language was
violation of the regulations. When at last
the telegraph operator not only became I'M
able to get any response from Hall to
the kilograms that were sent to him from
the hilltop. but also couldn't even explain
why there was no response-which ought to
be within the province Of any wel-regulated
telegraph system-Gen Lawton went back
in the shade and sat down, communing
with himself and nature and nothing else.
smooth faced and smooth young man
from Indiana. who, by reason OF the fact
that he hailed from the Generals state and
had recently received or obtained marked
noIiticaI had
company the General in a search for bat
tie, announced very softly but with con-
siderable conviction that the General was
angry.
Then. suddenly. without warning OF any
Sort the thing began to untangle itself over
by the ditch. The Oregons swung off to the
right. deployed, and with their battle-hag
flying. turned towards the now nearby hills
again and began to advance. At the same
time two Of Hawthornes guns opened up
From the hilltop the whole performance
was In plain view. as II 1t were a play
actors mimicking out on the stage We
the little clouds Of blue smoke rise
from the guns, and. looking across the
hills, presently we saw the smaller
puffs where the shells burst Then
alleI llllIe We nedTu the reports
OF the guns. 1t was too far to hear
the noise Of the bursting shell. For time
the Smelling continued. The Oregons were
long line OF little brown dots, with the
flag in the middle the simmer and sheen
OF the shining silk the conspicuous object in
the bright sunshine. Slowly this long brown
snake extended itself down the valley, then
rolled sidewise and disappeared into the
woods at the edge OF the hills. The gun fire
kept up. and far over the heads OF the Ore
gon men the puffs Of smoke showed where
the shells were striking we'll up the first
range OF hills. second long brown snake
unwound Itself out of the mass by the ditch
and followed the trail OF the first. The guns
ceased firing, the noise all died away and in
the silent. beautiful. clear day we watched
our fellows advance and vanish out of
sight in the woods
But not all OF them. Two lines went
forward. and We waited impatiently for any
evidences Of fighting. But there was none.
The remainder OF the column that started
out so we'll in the morning still sat beside
that second ditch. We sat up in the shade
OF the old block-h house on the HILL and look
ed on and wondered. AS a picture It was
fine. The day was perfectly clear. Down
through the valley twisted the bamboo
fringed river. cleaning mirror-like through
the interstices In It's shady border All the
valley had been In rice and the second
growth was well on-a light, yellowlsh green.
Spotted all over the level plain were big
dark green mangoes, and now. as we watch
ed. there rose suddenly from the darker
greens OF the wooded hills opposite us, a
bright red spot among the tree tops. a cone
of flame. fringed and capped with smoke.
TRAIL OF THE FIRES.
There they CO." shouted some one, 1.-The
fires are beginning"
1t was the usual evidence that the Filipinos
had run. Almost every time that our men go
through new country. fire follows them.
Sometimes 1t precedes them. the Fllpinos
burning their own places as they go. But
usually, the fires are started by our men,
because the rascally amigos Turk In the
nipa huts, and shoot at the Americans as
they pass by. It was that way now There
was some shooting from the houses. and the
order came promptly to burn everything that
seemed to conceal an enemy. The American
soldier who has campaigned little while In
der, and the fires rose rapidly. distinct and
certain evidence to us on the hill that the
enemy had been met and was going.
Still a large part OF Halls brigade sat out
in the valley by the ditch. Gen. Lawton
strobe in and out of the telegraph office. and
the smooth. young politician from Indiana
remarked that the General was very angry.
The operator. who could not explain why
Gen. Hall had not moved all his troops for
ward long ago. also thought that the Gene
raj was angry. 1t was after two o'clock.
nearly ten hours after the time at which
the plan OF the days work had estimated
that all the troops would be across the VAL
ley. The spurts OF flame and the columns
OF smoke began to climb up the opposite
hills, and We knew that the troops were
going on toward the Antipolo side. No one
could guess what the apparent division OF
the force meant, and no word came from
Gen. Hall about It. At last there seemed