The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-29

| many churches. All over the great city the
oatqr ne ee' 6eius F at 70 hsP
residents took matters more soe!Iy than did
slveness and YANKEES devil may -Carlshness
panic d But th2 ss. who had a
their Households the refuge OF the fleet
T"y %Ssro DsweS bneakes sSed
their guilds. went coolly TO their stations
sS ER IN an a akohy
81 fear Col. frost had hidden his driver 70
ts 70 but Re "a" INC o s
long ranks OF sturdy infantry resting on their
arms and beginning to look bored mEe1s a h
Once there, however, the sight Of Mia, cling
ing hysterically to her sister and moaning on
CONS around 4; The bay shore and take them on
receiving Which Message the .iaS command
his men, grnned under his Grizzlsd miIstache
and said. 'Frost's got EN- again. Here. Gray.
that it's nothing, but a fake alarm And
Gray. glad enough Of the chance TO go again
mated him. sped ON his mission. He was in
| fury Oyer his recent humiliation in her very
ike a child and outwtted By this daring in:
| truder in the shape OF private soldier, he and
| ms guard brushed away ana uefiueu by young
| fellow in some strange regiment who had
easily escaped along the beach to AN adjoining
enclosure. Into which he dartsd and was no
soldiers. and it was the simplest thing in the
world for him to minsle with thom and make
| his way to his own command Or course. Gray
blesome lover. Of whom witchie had told him SO
ietteTs and claim the reward. but man and let.
both had escaped his ara when he
| chase, he was brought to his senses by the sight
o. his own men TALL ing in "for business. and
%as shas
Garrison was the only member OF the house
sSdf Tno to haze cn h,T T r hsF
,ieGe lord had his duty elsewhere. and not until
p"ny e let Cray ,ouS n how he had e%
IN her estimation at being so easily tossed aside
wor 81 Gsst Tf b,s ad p heT he
here. she mpttered: and q nod Of her iin1y
| that the chief OF the household really had no
place in the family counclls. To the sisters
that alarm was blessing in disguise: TWAS
be an orderly with letter from the Colonel; Ind
way. II afforded ample cover for escape when,
alarmed by Nitas cry, Gray and the CORPORAL
gave only a few Minutes forgetfuness OF his
o %spS 9nde5 s as sn s. OF oJ
fierce battle with ski!fnl foe, some scene IN
|
ration, He was still smartng and stung when
at last that opportunity came ,,o .,a,., :.
followed close upon the heels of warnings that
for weeks held every officer aud man to his post
ay Psg s a tn. strain Sr
front Of Santa Mesa on the north and Of Santa
An, o. the south ont sid. OF the pHIG had
tries, compelled by orders TO the very last to
submit 70 anything but actual attack rather
afraid" was tho glseful cry OF ARuinaldos
officers, the iser and taunt of his men. The
therefore strike now before the trained and
night. sooner perhaps than his contEderates
struck. and long before the dawn o. the lovely
Sunday morn that iolIoowed, he nrs dashed he'd
around Manila. and the long-expected battle
was on.
Hours after dawn. hours after. the attack be-
to the south q Maate: confronted by thIckets
q rifle fire could this be detsrmined: Tor, with
see. Of their array. Over to the west.
huge R s padfd "a 1:s dvas
after shell into the dense gnderbrurh across the
cheers and crashing vollevs, punctuated by tho
Brigade swasheaviIy engaged and. aHparentiy,
driving the enemy before them. To right and
II. brs.h %ith their heaVy SUPPLEMENTARY and and
still there seemed no SYMPTOM OF weakness
q" fnry Of thu .s G
increased rs the sun climbed higher. and al
snG % es or
along the, roadside. peering through the fllmy
ys er rd d5 ted sHTS The
To lie there longer with the bullets buzzing
close overhead or biting deep into the low EN-
through human flesh and bone. was adding to
the nerve strain Of the hours gone by. Torush
tSrquGh dssp and muddy pools ana .tasnsnt
ditch and hurl hsm.elves ppon the lurking
e came s' tc iIu% 1 the sd bsors sSs% w
vance. said the Generals message; anil tho
whisper went along from man to man "Th.r.
is trouble In town behind u.s. and tho chief
Il But. as O'Clock passed with no word OF ur-
oMafd sans fHss
the nerve n; strain uETn tn: teenth besaTe
sn @e ben aSns something rks
lying here firing into hornets nest 4"
the sn that Go IN
ana The frntr voices Of Veteran ser ssorsants
d .%d R
to stand this forever. You'll soon get your
chance"
And presently 1t came. The cheering that
had died away, far over to the left beyond the
wooded knobs that surrounded Singalon and
Block House II. was suddenly taken up nearer
at hand. Then crashing yolleys sounded along
: the narrow roadvayto the east. and bugle
rang out shrill and clear above the noise OF
hattie aud then closer still though unseen in
the gloom OF the dense thcket in which they
, lay. the men OF the second battalion. strung
along a Filipino trail that led away to the rice
llelds. swung their big straw hats and yelled
for iov A young officer. his eyes flashing, his
face flushed with excitement. came boundin ing
, out from the grove at the left Of the crouchng
J line and made straight to where the veteran
battalion commander knslt in rear Of his centre,
, II was Billy Gray Rdiutant OF the third bat
! TALON acting that day as adjutant to the regi-
mental commander. The bullets whistled by
. his head as no darted sprlnRinRly along; and
in their Joy at sight OF him even old hands for;
. some man shouted: Now we're OF !" and ths
: popular question What's the matter with
Lieut.. GrayY
At any other time under any other c!rcum-
! stances. both questioner and respondents who