The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-01
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= The Only Time His Soldiers Ever Saw the Great
General Affected


as smooth as glass Lawtor looked at
his men.
Their temples were white under the
tan. The troopers bent forward in the
saddle, clutching at the horn Or the
name OF their mounts Their faces were
as eXpresstOnlesS as putty, and their eyes
roved distantly like men whose thoughts
are unconnected. They wouldn't dis
mount without command. for 1t was hard
oh, so hard, to regain the saddle again.
Races like this We're those which Law
ton saw that day In the heights before
BlacDa-Batc. Such men were not able
| to carve with knives and sticks a trail
down the mountain side. The general
turned to his scout. the civilian, and
what he said no man heard. Orders were
given to the troops to unsaddle and
search the country for food. Titan
Young disappeared.
He returned ten hours afterward driV-
ing in front of him three natives of a
strange type. They were naked and
maudlin with fear. 1t could be plainly
seen that they We're not Of the TagdlOs,
who were in the citadel above. A small
| body of picked men staggered out with
| the natives in Young's charge, and at
night came back with many more ma
tives, each carrying large cuts Of cara
| bao meat. Then the men Of LawtOn's
| command yelled.
The natives proved to be the Ygerottes
! who are now allied with the Tagalos
against American arms They made the
trail possible down the mountain side,
and though wholly animals in nature
and understanding, they did LawtOn's
force a good turn that day. But IT was
Young who found them.
| Just once was the big scout seen angry.
One midday the troops were painting and
almost mad from thirst. A soldier spied
huff 10 vyal 10
trail. 1t contained a few cuptuls OF
warm stuff reeking with break-bone ma
Iaria and covered with greenish slime
The soldiers fought around the puddle
like fends Young sprang into them,
pushed them away roughly and said.
There is good water d mile ahead.
! The soldiers wonder to this day how he
| knew it, but there was water where
! he said.
! LawtOn and the big scout see any change
! in the strange civilian trailer. 1t was
| weeks before Lawton got near enough
| to Manila to get a shave and a bath,
| after leading his division fearful race
| down toward Tarlac; weeks before he
| crossed the NeValtches trail, and mar
shaded his men on the banks of the Mar
| aquina in that raining dawn.
Titan" Young made u mistake Tho
! troops had taken a town in the morn
| ing, and there was rebel force ahead.
| The big scout suddenly dropped from the
! saddle and fired The forward troops
! marched forward faster, curious TO see
| what he had landed. native only part
| Iy in uniform lay dead on the trail, and
! a little baby girl Crawled out from the
thicket, sat down by the side Of the
! body, and stared up. unfrightened at the
| big white troops. The native soldier flee
! ing in front of the American column had
come to take the child, or perhaps ne
was the father.
Titan" Young's face was brick color.
/ He picked up the native infant, not much
! larger than his hand and it chung to
| him without uttering a sound. The big
| scout used his Mauser no more that day
Two days afterWard the troops were
| outside of a big town and a fight was
| promised directly. The tiny baby girl was
Stll in the hollow Of the scouts arm.
| She had slept there and stayed there
and seemed quite cOntented for two days.
! halt was given the column by the gen
eral. The scout surrendered the child
to soldier for the first time, dismOunt-
ed and ran ahead some distance toward
little bridge. He kneeled upon it and
! took aim At this moment the town spit
out heavy VOlley.
And the men forming as skirmshers
saw the figure Of the mighty trailer
drop forward on the bridge-and rest
there. Lawton and his staff dashed to
the spot. "Titan" held his hand out
toward the general. He was smiling a
little.
Look out for yourself, general-and
The bullet had struck the kneecap.
| glanced upward and emerged from the
top Of the scouts shoulder. LawtOn led
| the way to the town. He was Gercer
than men had seen him before and no
male thing was left living when the
| troops finished their work in the town
| that day. The general stayed apart from
| mis- star when camp was struck for
| weeks afterward. He would pace up and
| down alone at niSht-aIways alone.
/ The thick, black wet night was pass
! ing slowly as life sentence. The horses
| and ponies of the cavalry were sucking
! and sp,ashing in the ooze Of tie
| Novaliches ricelands. Tt was the only
| sound which the advancing column made
| Lawton was in front of the staff a
| giant in yellow oilslSins and a white he'll
| met. The general turned his head slight
| ly and said:
THE Titan would find better trail
And this is only a few moments in
the lives of these two giants who silent
| ly rode together.