The San Francisco call., 1899-12-10
by BRlGADlER GENERAL CHARLIE KING.
oopYrshf b. I. Tennssoo NeeiY-

6=HE STORY c,ens with a scene IN IN.
reE.riertcl camp on Preside Heights.
overlooking San Francisco harbor. Ru-
- uurs 20 moving orders 70 Manila ana
the arrival from New York OF lady visit
orr az headquarters vary the monotony OF camp
routine. The visitors are In search OF nun
away boy who Is believed 10 have entered the
army. ana Lieutenant Gray the most popular
young officer ln his regiment through sup
posed acquaintance with one Of the visiting
party Miss Amy Lawrence. is soN1ed oy MS
fellows. The party. escorted by Colonel Arm
strong. attends a review the drill grounds
and is disturbed b. the sight OF young pTis-
oner who breaks away from his guards near
them and hy a collision snonG the Carriages.
Nrs. Garrison old acouGintAnoe OF Colonel
Armstrong 10 hurt. Private Morton is arrested
on a charge OF stealing money. he appeals 10
Lieutenant Gray - his fraternity for help.
Cray secures the detail of guard over him The
troops prepare 90 faN Cor Manila Nh Serri-
son jo.ns the BED cross Society ana assists AZ
the orabarkfnF. Young Merton and three other
prisoners escape through a tunnel. Gray IL ar
rested charged with having aided the prison
erE. Al West POINT. the summer before, MTn-
Garrison and her younger sister, NitA TeITiss.
has caused much talk. NitA fell IN love with
a prominent cadet. Pat LAtrobe. but Mrs Gar
rison took her away In time 70 prevent an
elopement and marriage. Lairobe deserts. and
hit friend Gouver1leEr Prime who has been
infatuated with Ers. Garrison, runs away from
married Colonel grost. Hna Latrobe followed
her from place 10 place. seeking interview.
until he iE located IN San Francisco and sus-
pecte1 OF being with Morton- A valuable pack
age OF letters has been lost from General DrRy-
tons tent Lstrcbe iH q nephew of The general
Colonel Armstrong defends Gray az the trial
and secures his release. Gray's regiment sails
for Manila, but. stopping at Honolulu. Gray Ia
taken 81. Hrs. Garrison succeeds in sailing on
one OF the Transports nurses Cray through his
IL lrrH Hha rhHn mis- hfrsa 80
Manila. colonel Armstrong sees a growing at
taehnent between The two.
Continued.
She had refused TO leave Hong
kong or come 20 Manila until Mar
Earet arrival. then few 10 the shelter Of
that slsterly wing. Frank Garrison had
been occupying a room under The same
roof with his general. but both general
AND aide de camp were now much afield.
and Frank spent far more days and
nights along tho line OF blockhouses than
he dc a. home. The coming of his wife
was unaAu3LaCeQ and utterly unlocked
Tor. Did a consult my husband she
exclaimed In surprise, when asked the
question one day by The wife OF a veteran
Ae4N oincer 'Merclful heaven, Mrs.
LenoN tlere was no time Tor that ex-
cept by cable, and al 81 a word. No! II
any doubt OI what Frank Garrison Will
cay or CO exists Ia my MINI a so and do
The tAlng al once, then the doubt is set
lied IA be approves, well ana good; IL
he doesn. well then I've had my fun
But il made little difference what Frank
Garrison might think. say OF do when
Sta need came IA question. IL was for
Mia that Margaret Garrison 50 suddenly
SLlieQ The Preside ana haStened 10
Hawaii IL Was for her sake. 10 be her
counsel ana protecuony the elder sister
had braNed refusal, difficulties. criticism,
even armstrong; ; open suspicion and dis
lhe. 10 take the long voyage 10 a hostile
cline. that She Drayed, too, her hus-
band s clsulcasGrc was not a matter of
sufficient weight 10 merit consideration.
She Nas there 10 help Nltai and until that
AaIltea ll-l4 were freed nom peril
tl-t. ever threatening. seemed sapping
Aef very lie, Margaret Garrison meant
10 stay.
For ihe letter that came by way OF
Honolulu had told the elder sister of IN
crca>lns jealousy ana suspicion on the
colonel part, OF his dreadful rage at
Yokohama on learning that even there
The very hour OF their arriNal-when the
consul came aboard with a batch Of let
ters in MS hand, he had one Tor Mrs.
Frost She had barely glanced al its con-
tents before she was stricken with a III
o. trembling, tore a. Iu half and tossed
The fragments ou The swift cbblng tide,
then rushed 40 her stateroom. There she
added a. postscript 10 the long letter
lDnLed 10 MaIsarcl on the voyage, and
the purser. NOT her husband. saw ID safely
started on the Gaelic, leaving FOR san
Francisco VIA Honolulu that very day.
That letter beat thc ordinary mail, Ior
The Queen Was heading seaward. even
as the Gaelic came steamlug 81 the coral
guarded LarbOr, ana "a little packet was
taes,d aboard the new troopshlp Is she
sped away. one mlsslNe ia IL telling
Mitcllc Garrison that the man whose lie
had uceu wrecked by her sisters enforced
desCIton was already in Manila awaiting
her coming, ana telling her, moreover.
tnat tlc packet LACED IN General Dray-
tln AaIds contained only her earlier
lettcrs. lu his wreckiess wrath Latrobe
had told her that those which bound her
10 hlu iy the most solemn pledges, those
that vowed Ludyiug love ano devotion
We're stl lu his hands. ana tnat she
should see nim and them when al last she
icaCnea Manila.
Inrce mortal weeks had the sister been
there together, ane never once IN that
tine did Mia venture forth except when
under escort OF her black-brOU ed hus-
band or tll protection OF her smiling,
MlIlhilp. keL Ylgllant Margaret. Never
once had their house been approached by
amy one who bore the resemblance 10 the
dreaded lover. All along the C2lle Real,
where were the quarters Of many officers,
little guards of regulars were stationed.
FOR black rumOrs of Filipino uprising came
with every lew days ana some men
hearts were failing them for fear when
they thought of the pauclty Of their num-
bcrs ae compared with the thousands OF
fauafical natives go whom the taking OF
human lie was OF less account than the
loss Of game chicken. and ia whose
sight assassinauon was virtue when IL
nd one OF = foe. Already many an officer
who had weakly yielded 10 the importu-
nlN OF a devoted wife was cursing the
folly that led him 10 let her join him. The
outbreak was imminent. ANY one could
zee the war was sure 10 come-eVen those
VINO stIoNe 10 Danish alarm and rcassure
au anxious nation. And when the call 10
arms should sound. duty. honor and law
would demand each soldiers instant an
tTNcr on the battle line, then who was 10
care for the women The very servants
iu each household. a. was known were IN
most cases regularly enrolled in the in
surgeul army. The crowded districts IN
1hc city. the nipa huts surrounding the
wealthy homes ln the suburbs swarmed
with Filipino sold.ery ia the garb Of peace.
Arms and ammunition. both. were stored
in the great stone churches. Knives.
hol1s and pistols were hidden in every
house Through the clergy, In some In
stances, and foreign residents in others,
1he statement was set anO2t that every
Amer lcau officers residence was mapped
and marked. that the Tagals were told of
a. name-so many for each house IN pro-
portion 10 the number OF American in
mates-and day after day, awaiting the
fislal Tor their bloody work. these native
a .f.ea greeted with scrlile bows and
SIN i0i tho habits ~ the officers they were
d.. Hfta go ram upon lu their sleep and
slat without mercy. Even women and
cliidr.r werc not 10 Doc spared. and many
q woman. hearing tEie grCWeOme story.