Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-28

noon Where they WOULD lie when he was
through with them. He then drew her
still closer to him, a matter OF some diff
Guilty, though she did not resist, and tie
matter was forgotten. Thus it went
on for a month, and then came a change.
One night after the patrol had sent
everybody Off the street and silence
reigned, the sergeant was sitting in the
room adjoining the stair landing on the
second floor with Felicia while the black
mother was back in the kitchen, and the
Muchacho Simon was asleep, according
to the invariable custom of Filipino
boys at all hours of the lay and night,
lying on the landing, half way down the
stairs. Suddenly there came a thunder
ing at the street door. According to
custom, the second floor projected a lit
tie distance over the street, with an
aperture large enough for one to look
down and see who was at the door. +
string ran from the. latch IN the inside
of the door to the room above, so that
after the person knocking for admit
lance had been inspected and approved,
the string might be pulled, the latch
lifted and the visitor admitted, to be
met at the head of the stairs by the s.
cious hostess. This is what might have
been, but when Felicia tiptoed to the
aperture, and looked down upon her
brother and a half a dozen fellow Kati-
punans, she refrained from pulling the
string. Instead she put her finger to
her mouth to impress silence upon the
sergeant, and stood still, waiting to see
what the unwelcome visitors would 10.
She did not believe hat they would at
tempt to force admittance, for
attracting the attention OF the street
patrol, who had a bad way of shooting
first and inquiring into particulars at
terward.
Unfortunately for her plans, the mu-
chachO was awakened by the knocking.
an unusual circumstance not to be
counted upon, and as soon as he had his
name called by his master on the out
side. He was loyal to Felicia until
the terrible vengeance of the Katipu-
naas. was threatened him unless he
opened the door. This was too much for
his loyalty or courage, and he stole
softly to the door, his bare feet making
no noise on the stone floor of the base
ment. 1t was not until the click of the
latch smote her ear that Felicia knew
that Simon was even awake. With a
shrek OF mo. Simon. nor she ruslle ]
out of the room to the head of the stairs.
just in time to confront the hurryinss
insurrectos. who. lourishing bolos in
their hands, were rapidly mounting the
steps, and calling the whereabouts OF
the "Malo Americana
mo aqui, nc aqui!' she shouted,
striving to push them back. I'm
TEL" but the sudden appearance of the
sergeant Immediately behind her gave
the lie to her assertion. With a cry of
rage the three men on the top of the
step made a slash at him with their
bolos. and it would have gone Ill with
him if Felicia had not raised both her
ceive all three OF the blows, by which
her arms were nearly severed. and q
cash was cut in her neck that laid her
lifeless at the feet of her slayers. The
sergeant, forgetting the revolver in his
belt. he seized a bamboo stool and made
an onslaught upon the Filipinos, them
selves somewhat dazed by the unex-
pected result of their attack. It was
over in an instant. Nc Filipino has yet
been born who can stand before the
charge of an enraged American. His
servile blood turns to water in his veins
when he sees the glaring eyes and the
fighting face Of the A~nglo-Saxon. They
turned and fled and all that made flight
possible for them was the fact that in
the path of the avenger lay the mutt
lated body of his savior. He stopped tC
gather it in his arms, and holding. l,
there, he sat upon the floor. inuttering
slayers. Thus. the street patrol found
him a few minutes later. then, guided
by the frightened Simon, they appeared
upon the scene. The funeral the next
day was a quiet one. The body was
followed to the grave by the Old black
mother, the sorrowing and repentant
Simon and the grilmly savage sergeant
and the grave was buried under all the
flowers a months pay pledged in I'D.
vance could buy
Then followed four months of cam
paigning, during which the sergeant
paid special a~ttetion to s~harpshoot'
ing Filipino officers, in the hope that he
might get some of the right ones. Their
the regiment vas put on a transport fol
home and a month later the steamer
slowly shove up to the dock in Sar
Francisco. AS the sergeant leaned ovel
the rail vinwing the crowd on the docl
with lazy curiosity, his attention was
attracted to a joyous and excited girl ir
a sailor hat, shaking her handkerchie1
at him almost Historically and shout
ing:
Jack, Jack! Here I am. o yo,
see me? Jack!"
Too astonished to believe his eye
Sergeant Brooks took a long look, AND
then he wiped his hand before. his face
as though to wipe away some visior
lingering in his mind, and muttered tt
himself:
What a break I came near making
Then he took off his campaign ha
| and waved it vigorously, shouting:
} Hello, Jennie! And he blew her {
kiss with his hand.