The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-10-04
Won Beneath The Yellow Flag

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At Gray Nsnsr the members Of the
family had sought comfort in the cool
sr air On the wide, vine bnWeres pias1a
end ihe serving people might be
found seeking the same solncc in the
grove back Of the cook house The
evening papcrs were filed with nc
counts o; victims Of the invaders fury
and told of the hospitals filled with
persons Overcome by the heat"
but Madam Grey and her daughter.
Janet, were more concerned about the
Gispaichcy from Mexico. yellow
jack vsIs raging along the gulf coast.
The latest news reported that the vii.
lagos along the Tu,n river had been a..
most wiped out Of existence. The tenn.
porary hospitals flying the yellow
flag at Panuco were uvcrrruN Grd.
Physicians were not plenty and we're
oyrrw urkcd. nurses. there were none.
but the natives.
The newspaper correspondent wrote
that NO news had been received for two
weeks from the outlying plantations
aut that 70 was feared that the plant.
ers had EuccumbrG to the yellow
plague.
A. Janet Grey read The dispatches to
her mother her face whitcncd and In
the tightening lines about her mouth
Madam Grey thought she read the
birth Of some naas resolve which no on
position could weaken.
Then 40 the soft moonlight illumfnrd
the younger wuWau's face. aud In tha,
pale light there seemed something al.
most divine in the Inspiration that
'houe from within the beng Of her
sweet southern beauty, shc broke the
silence; Mother must ~ 20 him"
Ih" mothrr's answer came suftIy. ~.
fRu'f.y, bu, with no rcproach: AT
once, love. Poor jack" Then two
pairs Of hands became as ono nnf the
ra.c moon Pccping between the leaves
""nDrred at two women weeping ia
each others arms.
Next morning among the passengers
On 'b" fact express Ming swiftly
son'hwarc was o Young woman who
might be- % and whose SWEET. sad fac,
conirastcG strangely with the air ~
eager impaticnce which cnvclopcd her.
a grip at her feet bore the initials IL.
G. Sixty miles an hour seemed slow 10
Janet
fi'r years before Janet GREY. an
only daughter had been q student In
The New YORK training school for
uur.rs. Not because she needed pro.
frs,Iuu. she told hrrssl'. bat because
she wished to Doe able ~ be- useful. II
was hobby firmly rooted hobby. Of
q Young woman who va- 20 be som.
cay owner u some Of the finest land in
Virginia
So when Jack Masters. childboof
playmate and the sam 81 an old family
friend, sought her love aud twice askrd
Lrr 'o become bis wife, she. though she
was very fond of him. had twice put
him on ana had refused ia cobsiFcr
as serious possibility nm
I'll she had won her diploma Az a
trained nurse.
Furthermore. she haG hintcG 10 Jark
thai she WAS not sure Of his copstapcy
nna that she had doubts n bout his husi.
ncss ahi.ity; for IL WIS common prop.
rril That. though Jack had inherited n |
most desirable estate. the Young zen |
iirman had not Gone all that might be
expected Of him as q landed propric-
or and that Masters hall was moi the
ial, ~ the old time.
Madam Grey had enlisted upJer his
and had fought nubl, for
nm, but Janet remained firm in her
esulvc, az she usually did. She said
hat II he was Of the same mind when
he had completed her four years
a. nurN he might again
eek 10 win her. She would hear no
more on the sub eci until then.
In nj OF what he considered ripht.
Gus Indignation at this decree. jsck
Old out Masters hall. purchased a cot
ce plantation near ia, banks of the
.ula river in Mexico, and had taken
imseif OF, Before his departure he
ad broken taboo. and had again
ought TO win Miss Grey from her reso-
Ition, but she remained obdura,r. lie
III vowing 10 prove himself a man Of ,
usincss, and that he would return In
We years, and would then carry her ,
n whether she would or not.
Five years, because that time was ,
eeded 10 put his new purchase in the
ri paying condition: also year
niger than Janct's taboo, because the
ouug man sought to Guido her in the
after of obsiinacy. Somehow he felt
are that Janet oyed him, at auy rate
le loved no one else.
Letters passed 20 aud fro frequently
lriug the frs; four years. Young
astcrs always sent his love and re- >
'ects 70 Mother Grey" but never
Ice showed any disposition 20 AGAR h
'eak taboo. For some reason this was
II all tO the liking Of Miss Janet. She d
ID discovered soon after he left for !
cNlco that she Did love him. and that o
r profession was not just what she :
antec most, after all; hut she was too -
'oud TO say so. and she completed
r course and became a fuH.hedgs6
ter of the Red Gross in due time.
Early in the fifth year something had =
ppened. Something seemed to pull u
raBgeiS at Janct's heart strings. let g
RS came but irregularly from Mexico. "
q during the last ten months no let u
ra were received from .Ansfera, Two q
her own letters remained upAn- y
erred and third had been returned ''
her by the post Office, A letter sent 10y
the Mexican postmaster brought no 81
ply, and nov this dres6fu yeLnw
rer plague had stricken the land n
lere Aasters planta ton was located. NJ
Vow. AS she was speeding swiftly -
er the rails toward Mexico. she y
noered over these things. Did she. -
uld he, think II unwomanly of her.
7 70 seek him unasked7 She would
believe that, for had no. her own n
'ther agreed that she must 70 at
rey Poor Jack. was he suffering
me out there among strzngers7 Was n
alives A long, sad journey full of ! II