Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28

the line of blockhOuses than he did at
home. The coming of his wife was unan-
nOunced and utterly unlocked for. Did /
consult my husband"' she exclaimed in sur
prise. when asked the question one day
by the wife of a veteran field officer. "Mer-
ciful heaven, Mrs. Lenox, there was no
time for that except by cable, and at 81
word. No! If any doubt Of what Frank
Garrison will say or do exists in my mind
l go and do the thing at once, then the
doubt is settled If he approve, well and
good; if he dOesn t-well, then, I've had
my fun, anyway"
But it made little difference what Frank
Garrison might think. say or do when
Nita's need came in question. 1t was for
Nita that Margaret Garrison so suddenly
quilted the Preside and FASTENED to Ha-
wall. 1t was for her sake. to be her coun-
sci and protection, the elder sister had
braved refusal, difficulties criticism. even
take that long voyage to hostile cline
That she braved. too her husbands dis
Pleasure was not a matter of sufficient
weight to merit consideration. She was
there to help Nita,: and until that hapless
child We're freed from a peril that, ever
threatening, seemed sapping her very life
Margaret Garrison meant to stay.
For the letter that came by way of Hon
oiulu had told the elder sister of increas-
ing Jealousy and suspicion on the cooners
part, of his dreadful rage at Yokohama on
learning that even there-the very hour of
their arrival-when the consul came aboard
naDd,
one for Mrs. Frost. She had barely glanced
at its contents before she was seized with
fit of trembling, tore 1t in half and tossed
the fragments on the swift ebbing tide
then rushed to her state room. There she
added postscript to the long letter pen
ned to Margaret on the voyage; and the
purser. not her husband, saw II safely
started on the Gaelic, leaving for San
Francisco via Honolulu that very day
That letter beat the ordinary mall for the
Queen was heading seward, even as the
Gaelic came steaming in the coral-guarded
harbOr, and q little packet was tossed
aboard the new troop ship as she sped
away, one missive in 1t telling Witchfe
Garrison that the man whose life had been
wrecked by her sisters enforced desertfon
was already IN Manila awaiting her coming
and telling her, moreover. that the packet
placed in General Drayton's hands con-
tanned only her earlier letters In his reck-
less wrath Latrobe had told her that those
which bound her to him by the most SOL
emn pledges. those that vowed undying
love and devotion were still in his hands
ana that she should see him and them
when at last she reached Manila
Ihree mortal weeks had the sisters been
there together. and never once in that time
did Nita venture forth except when under
escort of her black-browed husband or the
protection of her smiling, witchng, vet
Vigilant Margaret. Never once had their
bore resemblance to the dreaded lover All
along the Gale Real. where were the quar-
ters of many officers, little guards of reg;,-
lars were stationed; for black r1lmors Of
Filipino uprising came with every few DAVIS
and some mems hearts were failing them
for fear when they thought of the paucity
or their numbers as compared with The
thousands Of fanatical natives to whom the
taking of human life was Of less account
than the loss of a game chicken, and in
whose sight assassination was a virtue
when II rid one of a foe. Already many an
officer who had weakly yielded to the i'm
portunity of a devoted wife was cursing
the folly that led him to let her Join him.
The outbreak was imminent. ANY ore
could see the war was sure to come-cvel
those who strove to Danish alarm and re-
assure an anxious nation. And when the
call to arms should sound duty, honor and
law would demand each soldiers insta MT
answer on the battle line. then Hho was
to care for the women? The verv servants
IN each household. IT was known, we're In
most cases regularly enrolled In tire inS,lr-
gent army. The crowded districts in the
city. the nipa huts surrounding the wealthy
homes in the suburbs, swarmed with Fill
Pine soldiery In the garb of peace. Arms
and ammunition, both, were stored In the
great stone churches. Knives, bolos and
pistols were hidden in every house.
Through the clergy, in some instances and
| foreign residents in Others the statement
was set afioat that every American ofIict,. IS
| residence was mapped and marked, thai
| the Tagals were told off by nane-so many
Tor each house in proportion to the num-
| Der OF American inmates-and day after
| day. awaiting the signal for their bloody
work. these native devotees grseted with
| servile bows and studied the habits of the
officers they were designated to fall upon
In their sleep and slay without mercy.