The Afro-American advance., 1900-10-06
Won Beneath The Yellow Flag
Prince T. Woods.
Ill RICHMOND had surrendered 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

nIi, Out tHOSe 10 WHpm 1Att bAg bfen
unkind. TO shelter from the fIery lanees
OF old Sol.
Al Gray Manse the members of the
family had sought comfort In the cool.
er air on the wide, vine. powered piazza
and the serving people might be
found seeking the same solace In the
grove back ot the cook house The
evening papers were filled with ae-
counts OF victims OF he invaders fury
and told Of the hospitals filed with
persons Overcome by the heat"
But Madam Grey and her daughter.
Janet, we're more concerned about the
dispatches from Mexico. yellow
Jack" was raging along the gulf coast.
The latest news reported that the vii
lagos along the Tula river had been al
most wiped out Of existence. The tenn
porury hospitals flying the "yellow
flag" 1T Panuco were overcrowded.
Physicians were not plenty and were
overworkedi nurses, there were none,
but the natives.
The newspaper correspondent wrote
that no news had been received for two
weeks from the outlying plantations
and that IL WAS feared that the plant.
ers had succumbed TO the yellow
plague.
Az Janet Grey read the dispatches 10
her mother her face whItened and In
the Tightening lines about her mouth
Madam Grey thought she read the
birth OF some new resolve which no op-
position could weaken.
Then rs the soft moonlight illumlned
the younger womsn's face, and In that
pale light there seemed something al.
most divine in the inspiration that
shone from within the being Of her
sweet southern bthuty, she broke the
sileBcei Mother. must go to him"
The mothers answer came softly. re.
slgnedly. but with no reproaeh, AT
onre, love, Poor Jackl" Then two
pairs OF hands became as one and the
pale moon pceplng between the leaves
wondered at two women weeplnr In
each others arms.
Next morning among the passengers
on the fast express fying swiftly
southward was a young woman who
might be rs and whose sweet. sad face
con'rasted strangely with the air Of
eager impatience which cnvelopcd her.
A grip az her feet bore the initials ~
a." Sixty miles pn hour seemed slow 10
Janet.
Five years before Janet Grey. nm
only daughter. had been a student IN
ihe New York training school for
nurses. Not because she needed pro.
fesSion, she told herself. but beca use
she wished To bc able 10 be useful. n
Was a hobby, firmly rooted hobby. of
. young woman who was 10 be some
cay owner Of some OF tho finest land in
Virginia.
SO when Jack Masters, n rhiidbood
playmate end the on Of an old family
friend. sought her love and tN Ice asked
her to become his wife. she. though she
was very fond OF him. had twice nut
him OF aud had refused 10 eonklter
ma'rirnony as a serious possibility un.
I'll she had won her diploma ss a
trained nurse.
Furthermore, she had hintcd TO Jack
that she vac not sure OF his caustauey
and that she had doubts about his busi.
ness ability; for II was common prop
sr'y that, though Jack had Inherited a
most desirable estate. the young Rsu.
tleman had not Zone all that mlght hs
expected OF him as landed pronrip.
tor, and that Masters hall was not the
hall of the old time.
Madam Grey had enlisted under nj.
standard and had fought nobly for
him; but Janet remained arm In her
resolve, nv she usually cid. She said
that II he was of the same mind when
abe had completed her four years
training a. nurse he might again
seek 10 win her. She would hear NO
more on the subject until then,
In a ht OF What he considered rfyht.
sous Indignation at this decree. Jaek
sald out Masters hall, purchased a COT.
Zee plantation near the banks Of tho
Inla river In Mexico. and had taken
himself OFT. Before his departure he
had broken taboo, aud has aeatn
sought 10 win Miss Grey from her rssn.
luton, but she remained obdurate. us
left SowinE To prove himself man Of
business, and that he would return Ia
fise years. and would then carry her
eff whether she would or not.
Five years, because that time was
needed TO put his new purchase in ,he
lest paying coneition. also year
longer than Janet's taboo, because the
youag man sought 20 ouido her In the
matter of obstinaey. Somehow he fe4t
sars that Janet losrd hlm, al an, rate
she loved no ons else.
Letters passed Go aud fro frequently
during the first four years. Young
Masters always sent his love aud re.
speets TO Mother Grey" but never
oncs showed any disposition Ia again
break taboo. For some reason this was
act al TO the liking OF Miss Janet. she
had discovered soon after he lefs for
Mexico that sAe did love him, and that
her profession Was not just what she
wanses most. after all; but abe was toe
proud TO say 20. and she completed
hew course and became a fun.nrswea
s4saef Of the HE'D Gross Ia due time.
K&ris in the fifth year somsthing had
AAyEeasd. Something seemed 10 pun
serssssly At Janei's heart strings. Let
ssra came but frrsgalarly from MeAioa.
cad daring the sHss tea naeaths me- let.
ssss wEFs rscslssG from ssAaiersA Two