The Washington weekly post., 1900-11-13
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C.,4 oaloa- ~ the day. a. h spurred away
.-.rsr4 gfsvrfark Knoll The night was
e-e ana uffu the STAR acre brilliant No'
= s,,,rd saye fha distant bowling Of home
- 49, dl.+yrHeH ths dToTsy ear MOI
sigr ~ ttr enemy had been noted since
80. IN tra afternoon. aud then Only
,1-o,,,S s5-5-glsrs. had a few patrols
t.sl- sIg1oys-ss aIttlng through the BAN
49,, 60, --ras 90 The south, and yet the
- t.4 clicked The warning at brigade
s..-.--.-. DOWN beyond the Old stone
- .Erraey mass.Ug IN front ol
.'..4,iroa Attack Imminent" And yet
80 80 che ulrht Jack Hylands had
,-,.,tesJ hir1seif-ycE had promised her
tr.f se would slip down stream 70 santa
s,a and have an hour Of bliss before
tattoo.
"sbe" vas his majors daughter, as
brave and b0rHy a GIRL as could DC found
% the tast-growing cc'ony at Manila
she" ana her mother had followed the
regiment three mouths after its iandi7g
in Luzon, bringing With them eonvalei-
cents from the fever camps et Honolulu.
H-lsnds among them, and TWO weeks run
across the sea had done The rest. The tai
Lieutenant was heels over head in love
with Nellie Marvin and had yet 20 learn
MS TaNf- Git was f4'h q A4+A ~ ~ NEe-a -
a week even though b-sieged every hour
~ The dag. she liked him well, but so she
did a dozen other fellows OF the Fifty
sixth, especially Hurst. the adjutant, said
other women and other girls. Hence Hy-
lands was not altogether happy. nor was
hc 100 hopeful bur he loved her manful-
Ir and well, and dared 70 put il 10 the
touch" What he needed was opportunity
The regiment IN long-extended line was
covering the threatened front from the
Pasig beyond Guadalupe we'll over to
Pasay Bdttallons of other regiments
were strung ogt on either hand, but so
th.a was the array that, at almost any
point a wellled, determined force could
readily have pierced its way and gone ca
reeruE In toward Manila. Possibly the
contemplation of what might befail IL far
theT on persuaded the insurgent leaders
not 10 try g. At all events there were
families that felt safe behind the sword
as far out as the pretty suburb Of Santa
Ana, and there, in some of the charming
old places backed up against the crooked
stream. three or fou. American house
holds were billeted in close touch with the
British residents, and here in sheltered
garden, not pistol shot away from Santa
Anas old stone church, Nell Marvin. her
their evening stroll and received visitors
from the neighboring homesteads. What
fear had they2 only as servants among
The English residents did any of the Tagal
tribe remain. A company of stalWart vol
unieers stil guarded the town and, from
the church tower, watched every cOpse
and road and village for miles around
them, The English mad no fear; why
should they have? True, there was only
one little brigade between them, and who
could say how many insurrectos were out
along the Laguna? True, the Filipino
leaders haC been concentrating at Cainta
beyond the big town of Pasig and near
Paranaque on the bay shore, and every
now and then, at long range. and generally
al night, they stirred up the Yankee out
posts and trenches, drawing a lively fire
OF 'hrag' and Springfield, but discreetly
avoiding close relations.
Ana yet, said the officials back within
The ramparts Of the walled city, they
were maEslng for some purpose, ANY
hUur ihey may burst upon you, therefore
use the utmost vigilance, aad remember
II attacked, not man can be sent TO
your support. You must hight it out
alone
Serving as battalion adjutant, Mr. Hy-
ot Sheltie), and occasional opportunity
Tor stifI-iegged gallop back TO Santa
Ana, two miles by road from where his
shelter was pitched behind the line Of the
Second Battalion. IF Ill is quiet III come
IN Sunday evening, Miss Nellie" said he,
az he mounted after brief call one even
-ng III midWeek. Other men hated to take
jEL hot ride TO Manila on any duty. Hy-
lands would go on any preteXt whatever.
III gave him chance 10 see and speak
with her. Hurst. Oh the other hand, the
4cslmental adJutant, who had known the
buHny maid since her fourteenth birth
4ay and was lanEuidly pleased with he.
li!lish admiration, only occasionally
troubled hiasel TO call. He had been ae-
Ilstomed TO hearing for three years that
al any time his lordship chose TO drop his
handkerchief al Nellies shapely feet she
would blush and bend and pick il up. No
question about il; he had been the object
oil her giriish alteration. But girls grow
wiser as they grow Older. and the man
VINO thinks he has a sure thing in dam
So! because she aGoTed him in her six
ttenth year is sixteen times an ass. Hurst
stN, as every one saw. how sweetly pref
ty Nell had growp. What he didn't see
was how much wiser she was growing
ID. '-ltlA 30 blkEii NAioASiis IL A~''-N ~
Eylauds' infatuatiOn and was sorry ior
Huands. Hylands was q good fellow, a
tuoa soldier, and deserved a good wife,
tJt-NeI Marvin was for Hylands' bet
tels, when bstters got ready.
Il think YOU are safe here the major
had said one soft March evening. "All
The same. il is We'll 10 have a signal. From
old san Peiro Church we can see the east
windows of this house plainly. II there
should ever pv trouble al night swing
that red lantern from the second window
and touch OF one OF these signal rockets"
Hurst laughed when he heard OF 1t. "rLe
gunboat patrols the river at your back"
said he our line is between you and
the insurgents at the front The guard
holds the roads and Tie bridge to Paco
There are rot ten Tagals left in Santa
Ana. and they are yOuched for. From
whom can trouble come?'
Ii is the man who deeply loves who Is
ever anxious. ever jealous, ever watchful
Jack Hylauds blessed the major for hIs
IreC4uliOn and moved his shack lit
ue farther westward from the battalion
Lue 20 where, through rift IA the trees,
b. could see from point on the stone
we'll of the chufch yard the self-same win
COWS tf5 major designated Nells room
Was at the oppos!te-ihe western-ehd OF
las Old Spanish-built house upon the Pa
s.r but nevertheless, by night Hylauds'
new uIno,ular was leyelcd far more fire.
eu.ntly backward from san Pedro Church
Tia. forward toward the outposts.
Whatever you do, watch out for sig
nails" were the majors words. as he can
tered away in the darkness. bound for the
..shl OF the lire Many d night had some
Warning come and seldom anything more,
sa- Hy!anas might have paid little heed
20 the rgmcrs now. ~ il was her father
Who was field officer OF the day, and what
t.r father said and did bore weight with
The battalion adjutanJ Therefore, when
other men Jay down to sleep secure be-
l.al Me "C0sssck posts thsl covered the
Hal Hyiand5 Ciambered 70 his prrcb on
lae wall He dare not now think of leay-
~ ihc lines and padding down the mile
Q. water that led to Neil.o's garden. he
'o-.4 ROT ride down along the guarded !
I'.t Go Santa Ana. OthceTs and men were /
iJ...alen TIE ruute 20 Manila al night Al |