The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-10-18


point of Luzon, and on the deck of
the Esmeralda as she steered close
alongside the transport, and thence
on the unimpeded way to her moor
ings up the Pasig, in plain view of the
sisterhood, tail, gaunt, austere, but
triumphant, lowered the form of the
vice president of the Patriotic Daugh-
tiers of America.
For two days more the Sacramento
remained at anchor in the bay over
a mile from the mouth of the river,
and for two days and nights the Red
Cross remained aboard, unsought,
unsummoned from the shore. The
situation became more strained than
ever, the only betterment arising
from the fact that now there was
more space and the nurses were no
longer crowded three in room.
Gently vacated by the cavalry COM
mander, and Miss Ray and her now
earnest friend, Miss Porter, were re-
lieved by the desertion of their eld-
est sister, who preempted a majors
stateroom on the upper deck.
Butt stirred up new trouble by
promptly coming to Miss Ray and
bidding her move out of that stuffy
hole below and take Maj. Morton's
quarters, and bring Miss Porter with
her eff that was agreeable"
It would have been, very, but
s'liss Rays head was level" as the
purser put it, and despite the snsppy
and exasperating conduct of most of
the sisterhood, that wise young wom-
an pointed out to the shipmaster
that theirs was a semi-military or
ganization, and that the senior, Mrs.
DR.. Wells, and one or two veteran
nurses should have choice of quar-
tiers.
By this time Miss Porter's vehe-
ment championship of her charming
and much misjudged friend had ex-
cited no little rancor against her.
self. The more she proved that they
had done Miss Ray injustice, the less
they liked Miss Rays advocate. It
is odd but true that many woman
finds it far easier to forgive another
for being as wicked as she has de-
clared her to be than for proving her
self entirely innocent.
VIC dAy INV, XhiSS OELCT
couldn't deny, said the sisterhood-
she was accepting devoted attentions
from Mr.. Stuyvesant, and in her ca
pacity as Red Cross nurse that was
inexcusable.
"Fudge!" said Miss Porter. eff it
were you instead of Miss Ray he was,
in love with, how long would you let
your badge keep him at distance?"
The sun went down on their unap-
peased wrath that second night in
Manila bay, and with the morrow
came added cause for disapprobation.
Before the noon hour a snow-whfte
launch with colors flying fore and aft
steamed alongside, and up the stairs,
respondent, came Stuyvesant's gen.
eral with brace of staff officers, all
three precipitating themselves on the
invalid and, after brief converse with
him, all three sending their cards to
Miss Ray, who had taken refuge on
the other deck.
And even while she sat rejecting
what would be the wiser course, the
general himself followed the card
bearer, and that distinguished war;
rior, with all the honors of his VIC
torious entry fresh upon him, in
clined his handsome head and begged
that he might present himself to the
daughter of an old and cherished
friend of cadet days, and seated him
self by her side with hardly glance
at the array of surrounding feminin-
ity, and launched into Renaissance
of BILLY Ray" as he was always
called, and it was some little time
before she could say:
'Will you let me present you to DR..
Wells, who is practically my COM
manding officer?" request the gen.
eral was too much of a gentleman
not to accede to at once, yet looked
not too much pleased when he was
led before that commanding dame,
and then distinctly displeased as, TAX
ing advantage of her opportunity,
the indignant lady burst forth with
her grievance:
"Oh! This is Gen. Vinton! Well,
I must say that think you generals
have treated the ladies of the Red
Cross with precious little courtesy.
Here we've been waiting SO hours,
and not a soul has come near US or
shown us where to go or told us what
to do, while everybody else aboard is
looked after at once"
cit is matter entirely out of my
jurisdiction, madame" answered the
general with grave and distant dig