The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-04-20

"Nly hat only" was the answer, al the |
boy stopped quickly TO hide the ire
, pressibe twitching about the muscles
of his lip. A Remington had ripped
from side to side, tearing way through |
the curly hair at the top of his head |
and almost scoring the scalp. To save
his soul he could not quite suppress
the trembling of his knees; but, steady- !
| ing himself by great effort, he contin-
ued: "The colonel says to commence
firing by yolley ;he moment our bugles
sound the charge. Now l must get
| back"
All right, youngster. Tell the col
one, | savoy. and Wen DO our level best
only, let us into it as quick as you
can"
But Cray heard only the first part Of
the sentence. lie was painting when
he reached his placid, gray-mustoched
chief. and could only gasp ouG "lhe
captain understands, SIR And then
the rcgimeutal commander simply
turned to the battalion leader, stand
ing silent at his left in little clump Of
cr-uuothcrNotegau captain grown
gray as himself in long, long years Of
service;
"Now's our time, old man! Pitch in!
Gray, wen go with him.
All along the line from right TO left
there ran the cross-couutry road con-
Meeting TIE broader highway, from Ma
late TO San Rafael and larauaque on
the west, Cud.from raco by way Of Sin
gallon to Iasay. Ia front Of the right
wing all was swamp, morass Or rice
fields. In front Of the LEFT wing all was
close. dense bamboo and Jungle. save
where the broad, straight roadway led
on past Block House 10, or the narrow
er cart track stretched southwark, over
arched in places by spreading branches,
and commanded at its narrowest path
by the swarm of dusly fighters IN
Block House IA. A year before the blue
shirts stormed these forest strongholds
from the south, and took them from the
troops of Spain. Now they were com
PEELED to turn and storm them from the
r north; for, Just as Stanley Armstrong
: said at San Francisco. the Filipinos had
2 turned upon their ally and would-be
q friend. Aguinaldo had bearded Uncle
Sam.
] And while the volunteers and regu-
d lars to the right could only remain in
{ support it fell to the lot of the left
! wing Of this brave brigade to assault in
almost i"penetrable position an enemy
2 armed with magazine rifles or breecE
j. leaders, and entirely at home The
d bugles rang the signal; the officers in
% silence took their station, and, stepping
IL. a., b..
e jungle, crouching along the roadway'
; or crashing through the stiff bamboo
u the blue shirts drove ahead. Two, three
/, minutes and their purpose seemed un
q discovered. Then suddenly Block Hous'
i IA blazed with fire and u storm of bul
d lets swept the road The earthworks II
Il the thicket to the right and left seemed
d to be crowded with running flame; anC
E. down on their faces fell the foremos
It soldiers, their gallant leader sho
e through and through, plunging head
l. long, yet in his dying agony waving hj
e surviving men TO get to cover. Nenge
l. fully now the "Krags" opened in repl.
t. TO Remington and Mauser. The. blue
h shirts struggled inch by inch through
is the network of bamboo. Still tn
rs storm swept up the roadway, and N
II man could hope to face it and live. But
p little by little, the low-aimed, stead.
h, volleys, driven In by squad and sectioI
e through the canebreak, or by compan
d. and platoon across the westwar
Ne swamps, told on the nerve and disci
Id pline of the little brown men in tn
h. bamboo. Their shots few swift, bu
Id wild and higher. Then a daring lad, i
er the rough field uniform of a subalter
re Of infantry, sprang like a cat into tn
ne fre-flashing lane, and, revolver in han
and squad of devoted fellows at hi
10 heels, dashed straight at the woode
ne walls ahead In frantic haste the OF
vs. cupants blazed shot after shot upo
IN him and his heroic followers. One afte
u another three went down; but in an
" other instant, the lieutenant leading
lg they reached the block house and dar
lr ed through the open doorway, the las
~ of its garrison fleeing before such III
IL heard-of daring and determination
Dc And then came the rush of comradt
" cheering down the lane, tumbling owe
le the earthworks and the luckess gan
n@ that, still crouching there, held to the
lie position, and all the southwark leadin
!e road was ours. g
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