The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-06-21

houses than he did at home. 1he com.
ing OF his wife was ubnnnouncod and |
Utterly unlocked for. "Did I consult |
my husband!" she exclaimed In sur
prise. when asked fhe question one day |
by the wife Of veteran field officer. |
"Merciful heaven, Mrs. Lcnox. there |
was no time for that except by cable, |
and nj four collars n word. No. II |
any doubt Of what Frank Garrison will
say or do exists In my mind 90 and
40 the thing at once, then the doubt Is
settled. IL he approve, well and good;
" he dOcsnt-well, then I've had my
fun anyway"
But IL made little difference what
Frank Garrison might think. say or do
when Nita's need cnine In question. IL
was for Niin that Margaret Garrison so
suddenly quilted the Preside and has.
tened to Hawaii. IL was for her sake,
TO he her counsel and protection. the
elder sister had bravcd refusal. diilicul.
ties, criticism, even Armstrong; open
suspicion and dislike, 10 take that long
voyage 20 "a hostile cline. That she
brayed, too, her husbands displcGsure
was not n matter of sufficient weight to
merit consideration. She was there so
help Mia; and until that haplcss child
were freed from n peril that, ever
threatening, seemed sapping her very
life, Margaret Garrison meant to stay.
For the letter that came by way OF
Honolulu had told the elder sister Of
increasing jealousy and suspicion on
the coloncl's part, Of his dreadful rage
nt Yokohama on learning that even
tbcre-thc very hour of their arrival
when the consul came aboard with
batch of letters In his hand. he had one
for Mrs. Frost. She had barely glanced
at its contents before she was stricken
with III of trembling, tore IL In hhlf,
and tossed the fragments on the swift
cbbing tide, then rushed to her state.
room. There she added n postscript 90
the long letter penncd 10 Margaret on
the voyage; and the purscr, not her
husband, saw IL safely started on the
Gaelic. leaving for San Francisco via
Honolulu that very day. That letter
beat the ordinary mail, for the Queen
was heading scaward, even as the Gnc.
lie came stcnming in the coral.guurdcd
hnrbor, and n little packet was tossed
aboard the new troop ship ns she sped
away. one missivc in IL telling Witchic
Garrison that the man whose life had
been wrecked by her sisters enforced
dcsertion was already in Manila await
ing her coming, and telling her, more.
over. that the unckct plncrd In Gen.
Drnyton's hands contained ONLY her
earlier letters. In his reckless wrath
Latrobc had told her that those which
boup.l her 10 him by the most solemn
| plcdpcs. those that vowed undyiup love
and devotion, were still in his hands.
and TINT she should see him and them
| when at last she reached Mapiln.
Three mortal weeks had the sisters
been there topether. and never once In
| that time did Nita venture forth cxccpt
when under the escort of her black.
browcd husband or the protection of
her smiling. witcbinp. vet ,ipiInnt Mar.
| parct. Never once had their house been
| aDproachcd by anyone who bore rcscIu.
blance TO the dreaded lover. All along
| the Gale Real, where were the quarters
of many officers, little Guards of regu,
lars were stationcd; for black rumors
Of Filipino uprising came with every
few days, and some mems hearts wer,
| falling them for fear when they
thought Of the paucity Of their mum
bcrs as compnrcd with the thousand.
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 n
virtue when IL rid one of foe. Alrcnd,
many officers who had weakly yielded
TO the Importantly of u devoted wifi,
was cursing the folly that led him 10 le,
her Join him. The outbreak was i'm
minent. Anyone could see the war was
sure 10 comc--cycn those who stroyc "a
Danish alarm and rcassurc nm anxiou,
nation. And when the call to arms
should sound, duty, honor and law
would demand each soldiers inStan,
answer on the battle line; then who was
TO care for the women? The very scrv
ants IN each household. IL was known
were IN most eases regularly enrolled
in the insurgcnt army. The crowded
districts in the city, the nipa huts sur
rounding the wealthy homes in tn,
suburbs swarmed with Filipino soldier,
In the garb of peace. Arms and nmmu,
milton. both. were stored In the grca'
stone churches. Knives, bolos and pis
tolls were hidden In every house
Through the clergy. IN some instances
and foreign residents in others. tn,
statement was set ahoat that every
American officers residence was mapped
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