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II was Jus, dark when the detachment, en,er.d

had followed him, laughed and also marched
on Ssf,to1Shy let I'VE men march by and then
scrambled out unniiod and resumed marching
and falling IN like his companions.
Al, 10 o'clock Shd-to-Shy fell IN for tho -four
hundted and sixteenth tine and positively de
clinef 10 be pulled out lie swote he would Al,
down and drown one Of The hrutes, who haln
even stopped marching and falling IN and scramb-
ling. out TO sympa,hi2c with him, advised him
20 lie dow and drown. It's easier. know,
because I've tried both ways .liayen'tl, Smith,
Course you have" Maid the brute called Smith,
inlling IN 10 his neck and crawling out again.
drowning, b, a fine death. You get big drink
And then" remarked another outline, founder
Ing in the mud, we tale !ust like yed hi, the p!pc.
tho appointment Wild wan ay Don paydro's Japan
ESQ wives Ira la-loo. And tho outline dis
app~arod with n splash.
Another Inquire went sliding, balancing by
And asked would you prefer 20 drown In a
life r~ressryer or Just as you are.
shall have you a line at The last fatal mo-
mont" asked another.
"or dive in and rescue you ius, as you 60 Town
for the last time" added another.
Pass your rife up to the last man In line
ordered a corporal, We need thai"
Pass up the word" shouted an outline, -tha,
his Jiblets has tumbled in the glue and wants
Otis 70 CON with a dTodge and exca waite him"
bent figure, the last in the line, came slip
abreast Of Sad iGSay, the fsuIe ~ in beside
tAhi ~ q bih "a bi'uA. 'ISdhLIk
joints he crawled back on the ridge Then he
looked down a, S.d-toSay and asked -Do
you need a hand-upN
All right, said Dsybreak, cheertully, -Ps.s
up. your mia ITEMS standing orders for fall
RICH, there, Sad.to-Say surrendered and
cravled out For an hour more he marched
and tell In And he let Old laytreek pull lin
out, and when Daybreak fell in, left him 10 pull
himself ont Then thu man nhaAI discovered
this and turned on hin.
You ~pugllstic .chump," DO said, very softly.
time you fall in III tap you right on the ~, sIot
on top Of your head with the but Of my 70 No
one will ever 70 the wiser for they all =, y Ct you
'odIoSn 2r mirn b.fore morning SawyH,
Thus the minutes dragged by, e.. i OF them
an hour OF rture TO THIS fine trained fellow. and
then at 1 o'cllCk in tho morning he staggered
hall dead and the last man IN the line up I the
house Of Don Pedro The second story Of a
Filipino house, or house,a, a. the soldiers have
come t. call II, always projects hey nj the first
story, and here the men sought shelter from
the rain They Embarrassed and pulled oil
muddy leggins, trousers, shirts, shoes and stack
ings and threw them in little heaps right out
IN tbs rain They spread their p,nrhog under
The projecting second st.ry and their blankets
On top OF them Then with some bt Of dry rag,
each rife was rubbed down and the men me by
one r led them selves up in their blankets and
promptly snured.
Saat,7Say leaned exhausted against the side
Of the hgusta ana locked IN. Finally ho turned
70 Oh! pAybreak and ASKED; Where do we
Daybrcak looked at him 70 se. II he really meant
the question AM then nudding 10 the men already
sleeping said; Here
II was only six degrees north Of the equator,
but Sad-to-Say shiyeIed Then he asked: And
what do we eaty~.
Daybreak reached in a haversack hali-full
OF mud and hshel out q single bareback. He
II with his nearly toJthless gums Sad-toSay
eyed him hunCrlly.
Have you I another7" he asked
layhresk nunChed and nodded.
Gimme one, said Sad-to-Say.
You've git some in your haversack.' se,d
Daybresk.
sack z a. II II mud an The strap cut my shoulder
and | threw tnr ! me thing away"
You are out o | lcA," said D,ybrsak and rolled
hlT Hn bg5r IN ami HI, a o, hsif is,tT EsG' =, hey, lie Break q,
day, the burlc New ~royIelle. The men fell IN
pr,mptly, IN all stages 4 nsLednses, for roll call,
Al save Sad t,-Say, who had to be brought g.
lie by tie . Of a ,c'rp,ral's hroga,t Then
the men gathered up their heaps Of muddy cloth
ing. AMI headed for a nearby stream whore they
ba'hed and washed out tbeir uniforms and donned
t.-Say sat with his baCkagainst the housta wall
ant moaned and wished he was back in the States.
A LITTLE spot n the bott n Of Ms foot itch"d in.
tene,ly. SGd : say pulled If Nis shoe and
IT rkinc. knrciel the mud coating A HE TT
and gently scratched tie Itchy spot A lit'lo
circle II puffy spots burst out and burned like
IIHs Nh' I-sNNN It|' anu 81 IfIN tnfT ~ The
other foot and scratched that vita Ma same re-
suit Then the itchy .ncts came here ami there
all over him, an, Sad to,Say scratched all u
them, an, they I'll rewarded him by bee. ming
dripping, S~ad,to-Ssy, who was burning alive,
showed him the spots Daybresk glanced at
them irdiderrntly and said.
ID ley itch. We all have r. Don't scratch
It."
'But I can't help IT, said Sad-tosay, digging
ny,.gTaoI ep,vtai rp, tar,p.n0p,'
"IeIeG~aph OTIS" h. said He'll serd you a
lady nurse and have your naughty-aughty finger
pals tied up in cotton brtt.rs, SO that you can't
Then DAybrpak threw a slice n bacon and some
crutlhi-d h~nrdGck into has messpan And pro-
co-o"! 10 make coffee over chip frs Sad-to-Say
luuI,d an. When IayDrCak lad breakfast well
unl r way he TOOK = slice Of bacon, soms BAREBACK
aud coffee from lis hayersack and tossed II 70
Sad-to-Shy,
Il haven, any mess outfit" said Sad -,o-Say.
!. 3 What d ye do with H." asked Day brcak.
Threw it away with my haversacA last night"
ilumphI said old Daybreak. and he cooked
All hat day they marched in tho riceAelds.
Ballnbagin, the next stopping place. WAS bu.
twelve miles, the native guide had tod them
al starting, But nIghial cane and no signs Of
il Dor four hours more they loundercd through
the mud IL the darkness, and then rama " a halt
on ,Le bank Of a WIDE, swollen mountain torrent
The men threw themselves down on the muddy
bank, and In five minutes most II them snored.
these men seemed u Lave no curiusIty. They
appeared utterly Indifferent as u what the next
quarter hour nod IN store for hem Sad to-say
stood It fox a ieT moments and then asked Day
break.
do va sleep hereg'
~" sad Day. break. at Balinbas!n'
"n here's that
Day breah pointed across ts dark, swollen
stream The opposite shore Was buried ia tue
night and the swIi1 waters whlrled by lnky and
yIyVus,
-Uow do we crosss"
ION c~arabaos, / guess-waer bufsloes.- said
Day br,Gk.
x nauye flashed = torch 80 TIA, the light fell
on the black waters as q log shot by and Sad-to-
Say shuddcred.
Suppose you fall OFF, he asked.
-iOu'l get tie mud washed On said Day
break.
"ButI can't swim
"Nrlurr canI" said DnyIrsak- II you fan OF
you're Out Of iuCh."
Sad to-Say slIyerel, and thought how good he
would be II las over got back " Gods country.
lie wondered how IL would look IN the home papers
"IugIlSt Sad tu-Say drowned IN the liyer -"
~ lat river Ii tAIs"' he asked
"lipo DO | know " said Daybrcak. 1T may ba
the IGCIuC Ocean fuT all care" Aud he stretched
out u. TIE mad 10 sleep.
n detail oi ali a dozen men tramped IN In tho
d@srkh,'s under TIE guidance q a hau'e Tho
were faI-oiI Shouts md he faint giImuirr # torches
from us opposite shore. There w,re shouts 4
"tluy' hoy AID TIE detail. # men Came back
diving ten ChI&lars. \ t'fT"'Sl led n taralto
with hons tLat Spanned iour feet down 20 the
rivers edge Then he puAed We Lcarcst s,c"iI'c
man VIA bis ride. Tbs man stretched IIusa.f,
stood W, rubbed hIs eyes, and looked supply "a
the caraban lAen, ComprrLendrng TIE situn-
ton, lie put one hand "a It's neck, threw n leg,
heavy with mud, over It's back, and cluusily be-