Willmar tribune., 1901-10-09
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Copyrighted. 1900. by the J. B. Llppincott Col
CHAPTER XIII.

CAou naO Deen TO get on to Manila.
The enforced sojourn at Honolulu
had been, therefore, bitter trial. He
had reached at last the objective
point of his soldier desires, and with
all his heart now wished himself back
on the Sacramento with one, at least
or was it at most?-of the Sacra-
mento's passengers. The voyage had
done much to speed his recovery.
The cordial greeting extended by his
general and comrade officers had
gladdened his heart. Pleasant quar-
ters on the breezy bay shore, daily
drives, and, presently, gentle exercise
in saddle had still further benefited
him.
He had every assurance that Ma
rion Rays illness was not of an
alarming nature, and that, soon as
the fever had run it's course, her con-
valescence would be rapid. He was
measurably happy in the privilege of
calling every day to ask for her, but
speedily realized the poverty of
oriental marts in the means where
with to convey to the fair patient
devotion. Once, La Extremena dis
played keg of Malaga grapes duly
powdered with cork, and several
pounds of these did Stuyvesant levy
upon forthwith, and, after being
duly Immersed in water and cooled
in the ice chest, send them in dainty
basket by white-robed lackey, with
mfr oh ri hoo he
legend "Mr. Gerard Stuyvesant, One
Hundred and Sixth New York In
fantry Volunteers" and much were
they admired on arrival; but that was
in the earlier days of Maidie's con-
valescence, and DR.. Frank shook his
head. Grape seeds were perilous
stuff. and Mrs. Brent knew they
would not last until Maidie was we'll
enough to enjoy them, and so-they
did not.
Military duty for the staff was not
eSacting about Manila in the autumn
days. It was the intermission. The
Spanish war was over; the Filipino
yet to come. There was abundant
time for ''love and sighing," and
O1uy ySeSiub u1u OOC1I, 1OI CueIe was
no question the poor fellow had
found his fate, and yet thought it
trembling in the balance. Not one
look or word of hers for him could
Stuyvesant recall that was more
winsome and kind than those be-
slowed on other men. Indeed, had
he not seen with jealous eyes with
what beaming cordiality and delight
she had met and welcomed one or
two young gallants, who, having
been comrades of Sandy in "the
corps" at the Point, had found means
to get out to the Sacramento, OBJ
viously to see her, just before that
untimely illness claimed her for it's
own?
Farquhar of the cavalry, scion of
Philadelphia family we'll known to
the Stuyvesants of Gotham and
''trotting in the same Glass;" had
come over from department head
quarters, where he had billet as
engineer officer, to call on Stuyve-
SAINT and to cheer him up and con-
tribute to his convalescence, and did
so after the manner of men, by talk
ing on all manner of topics for near
ly an hour and winding up by a dis
sertation on Billy Rays pretty
daughter and "Wally'' Fosters in
fatuation. Farquhar said it was the
general belief that Maidie liked Wal
ly mighty well and would marry him
were he only in the army. And Stuy-
vcsant wondered how it was, in all
the years he had known Farquhar
and envied him his being West
Pointer and in the cavalry, he had
never really discovered what a bore,
what a wearisome ass, Farquhar
could be.
Then just as Miss Ray was report
ed sitting up and soon to be able to
see her friends''-with what smiling
significance did Mrs. Brent SO assure
him!-what should Stuyvesant's gen.
eral do but select Stuyvesant himself
. to go on voyage of discovery to
Iloilo and beyond. The commanding
general wanted competent officer
who spoke Spanish to make certain
line of investigation. He consulted
Vinton. Vinton thought another voy-
age the very thing for stuyvesant,
and so suggested his name.
It sent the luckless Gothamite
away just at the time of all others
he most wished to remain. When he
returned, within dozen days, the
first thing was to submit his written
report, already prepared aboard
ship. The next was to report him
self in person at Col. Brent's, to be
asked into the presence of the girl
he loved and longed to see, and, as
has been told, ushered out almost
Immediately, self-detailed, in search
of Sandy.
He had found the lad easily
enough, but not so the man with the
fit, whom, for reasons of his own
and from what he had seen and
heard, Stuyyesant was. most anxious
to overtake. His carriage whirled
him rapidly past the parade ground
and over to the First Reserve hos
pital, whittier he thought the victim
had been borne, but no civilian, with
or without fits, had recently been ad-
mitted. as~>% vs., a@Ss<f..z
Inquiry among convalescent pa
tients and soldiers along the road
without resulted at last in his find
ing one Of the party that carried the
stricken man from the field, He had
come to, said the volunteer, before
they had gone quarter of a mile, had
soused his head in water at a
hydrant, rested minute, offered.
them quarter for their trouble,
buttoned up the light coat that had
been torn open in his :strupple md