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

Manila at Iastl Queen city of the
archipelago and Manila again be-
sieged, The loveliest of the winter
months was come. The Luneta and
the Paseo de Santa Lucia, close to the
sparkling waters, were gay every
evening with the music of the regi-
mental bands and thronged with the
carriages of old-tine residents and their
new and not too welcome visitors Span
ish DANES and damsels, invisible at
other hours, drove or strolled along the
roadway to enjoy the cool breezes that
swept in from the beautiful bay. and
Wlstfui peeps at the dainty toilets of
the American bellies now arriving by
every boat from Hongkong. All the
Castilian disdain they might look and
possibly feel toward the soldiery of
Uncle sam gave place to liveliest in
terest and curiosity when the wives
and daughters of his soldiers appeared
upon the scene; and there was one car
rage about which whenever it stopped
little swarm of officers gathered and
toward which at any time all eyes were
dlrected-thaL of the White Sisters
Within the old walled city and in the
crowded districts of Binondo. Ouiapo
and San Miguel north of the PaSig. and
again in Pace and Ermita to the south.
strong regiments were stationed in
readiness TO suppress the first sign of
the outbreak so confidently predicted
by the bureau of military intelligence
In great se1ni-circle Of over twenty
miles girdling the city north, east and
south the outDOStS and sentries of the
two divisions kept watchful eyes upon
the insurgent forces surrounding them.
Aguinaldo and mis- cabinet at Malolos
10 the north had all but declared war
ha obs f-~,sa
city and had utterly forbidden their
leaving the lines of Manila. and seeking
30 penetrate those broader fields and
roads and villages without. Still hug
ging to its breast the delusion that a
semi Malaysian race could be ap-
peased by show of philanthropy, the
government at Washington decreed
that despite their throwing up earth
works against and training guns on the
American positions, the enemy should
be treated as though they never could
or would be hostile. and the privileges
denied by them 10 American troops
were by the American troops accorded
TO them. Coming and going at viii
through our lines. they studied our
force. our arms, equipment, numbers,
supplies, methods; and long before the
Christmas bells had changed their
greeEinG TO that universal feast day.
and the boom of the cannon ushered in
The new year, all doubt Of the hostile
sentiments of the insurgent leaders had
vanished. Already there had been ON
inous clashes at the front; and with
every day the denleanor of the Phil
ippine officers and men became more
and more insolent and defiant Cease
less vigilance and self-control were en-
Joined upon the soldiers of the United
States, nearly all stalwart volunteers
from the far west, and while officers OF
the staff and Of the half-dozen regi-
ments quartereh within the city were
privileged each day to stroll or drive
upon the Luneta, there We're others
that never knew an hour away from
the line of the outpostS and their SUD
ports. Such was the case with Stew
arts regiment far out toward the wa
terworls at the east. Such was the
case with the Primeval Dudes on the
other side of the Pasig. lining the banks
of the crooked estuary that formed the
Rubicon we We're forbidden to cross.
Such was the case With Canker and the
---teenTh in the dense bamboo thicket to
the south. and so ii happened that at
first Armstrong and Billy Gray saw
nothing Of each other, and but little of
the White Sisters, probably a FORUM
ate thing for all.
Ever since that memorable night on
the Queen of fhe Fleet, Gray had stu
diOusly avoided his whilom friend and
counselor, while the latters equally
studious avoidance OF Mrs. Garrison
had become observed throughout the
ship. The dominion and power of that
little lady had been of brief duration
as was to be expected in the case of a
woman who had secured for her undi-
yided use the best, the ARREST and by
far the largest room on the steamer-a
cabine de luxe indeed, that for a weeks
voyage on an Atlantic liner would have
cost a small fortune, while here for a
sea sojourn of more than double the
time under tropic skies, and while other
and worthier women We're swelterine
three in a stuffy- box below, it had cost
but smile. The captain had repentec
him of his magnan5mity before the
lights of Honolulu faded out astern
The general began to realize that he
had been made a catspaw of and. his
amour propre being wounded. he ha6
essayed for a. day or two majestic dig
nifty of mien that became comical wber
complicated with the qualras of sea
sickness. There was even noticeable
aversion on part OF some of the officers