The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-07-12
CHAPTER XNI.-CaNrrNrsp.

Ihte W S"n haiaei ana PnrunnQuc on
the west, and from Paco by way Of Sin.
gallon to Pasay. In front Of the right
wing all was swamp, moruss 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 ~, or the narrow
er cart track stretched southwark. over
arched In places by spreading branches,
And commanded ut its narrow est path
by the swarm Of dusky fighters In
Block House II. 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
north; for, just as Stanley Armstrong
said ut San Francisco, the Filipinos had
turned upon their ally and would.bc
friend. Aguinaldo had bearded Uncle
Sam.
And while the volunteers and rcgu-
lars to the right could only remain In
support, II fell To the lot of the left
wing of this brave brigade to assault in
almost impenctrablc position an enemy
armed with magazine rifles or brccch
leaders, and entirely at home. The
bugles rang the signal; the officers IN
silence took their station, and, s,cppipp
into the narrow pathways through the
Jungle, crouching along the roadwoys
or crushing through the stir bamboo,
the blue shirts drove ahead. Two. three
minutes and their purposc seemed nm
discovered. Then sud,lcnly Block IIousc
u blazed with fire and a storm of bul-
let's swept the road. The car,hworks in
1hc tbicket 10 the rirh, and left seemed
10 be crowded with n running flame. and
down on their faces fell the for,most
soloicrs, their pullnnt Icud,r sbo,
through and ,hrou,rh. plunyipy bcnd.
long, vet in his lying agony waving his
surviving men to get to cover. Vcnpe-
fully now the "krups" opcucd In replv
10 Remington and Mouscr. The bluc.
shirts struggled inch by inch ,broupb
the network of bamboo. Still IN,
storm swept up the ron,vny. md no
man could hore to fnce II nnd l;,c. Rut
little by little. the low mined. s,cndy
voilcys, driven in by souad and section
through the cancbrcnk, or by company
and platoon across the westward
Mine of the little brown mon In IN,
bamboo. Their shots flew swift, but
wild and hipbcr, Then daring Ind. In
the rough field uniform of n s,bnl,crn
of infantry, spranr like n cu, into the
fire.t,asbinr lane. and. revolver In hand
md n su,,ad of devoted frIlnws nj his
heels. dashed struipbt nj the woo,lcn
walls ahead. I'm frantic haste the cc.
cupnnts bluzcd sho, nf,cr sho, anon
him and his heroic followers. One after
another three went down: hut in mn.
other Instant. the lieutenant leading.
they reached the black house and dart
ed throuoh the oucn Joorwny. the los
of its eorrjson fleeing before sucb nm.
bcnrd-of ,loripy and determination.
And tben comc III, rusb os comrades
cbceripy Jo,yn the Inn, ,umhlipy over
The enr,bworks mud the hckl,ss yopy
Tint s,iII crou,b;n- ,b,r, hold :, tbcir
positiop. and nll IN, sputbward leading
rond WINS ,urs
m, o,,r ,,oro IN. nay, ,,,o ,
,,r,I,,, ,ro,L ,hr,uoh tho ,;,,L,r
tb.r. had h,o, ms strr, , ch,ck. o,L
,Lc furv NJ tho FIR. rrom ,bc.,rcrchcs
In tho ,bicl,,s Forced hr,,, mo, :,
covcr opJ Lr,pr,J o,hcrs In ,bc,r
,r,cls III, Co,i "a, rn,t h,vc ~" nj.
moe, s,ro,,,,l ;, ,olI ,,,t,i, noi,,i,,
Win his sword IN the p,shinr tIocI,
bon,c half hidden In ,bc ,rccs "Ij,o,
,bcs, f,i,n,v. mn IN, ,,b,r ro,dp p,n,,
let ,bcm ben, ms. Com, On. lads. !" and
ont no dor,,d into the omen. cp ius,nn,
,nry,, for n score of N,us,rs. On, Inn
leaned half n dozen men. one ,nI,
1.-The. supcrbly buiI, youpy athlete
with n fncc ni,,m, with resolution and
rnye Of hattie. I'm, leaned Dilly Grn,
from IN. corner of The rrns srond. and
cheering madly. called ON Others "a
follow, Down went The captain. .ho,
tbroupb the knee. Down went the near.
mos, man. IN. tol, you,b who WAS frs,
,o follow. Dawn went n brnwny ser
peon,. who bud s,opped TO raise hi,
fallen coptnln: I'm, ON sven, n score n,
others while the bamboos blnzed with
,be fierce yollcyjpy az the Kruys. For
ward In scores now. yelling Iik,
Anaches. rushed III, regulars: and
somehow. he never ius, knew how /,
hnnneneJ. ;rnv found himself n mo
,nert In,cr s,rnJJ,ing an old 6.,L yur
tn , ,,b,rI ot d,,, ,nJ dir, o,J mol,
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