Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-07-27

attended to. He must have the con-
stitution of an OK" he said. ito have
been able to live through the night
with such a wound"
Ascertaining that there was still life
the Red Cross man with the skill
of a surgeon. carefully cut away the
shirt. and after bathing the injury
with water from a canteen he applied
a first aid bandage to the wound. He
| then had recourse to his medicine bag
and with difficulty forced an opiate
through the tightly clenched teeth of
| the unconscious man.
Il guess he had better be removed
at once said the hospital attendant.
Four of the men placed a litter on
the ground and carefully raising the
| wounded man tenderly laid him on the
litter.
They were about to start when one
of the men glanced at Ramon and gave
a start. "Hullo," he said. unless 1 am
greatly mistaken here is a Spanish SOL
der"
| Ramon understood from the glances
of suspicion that he was taken for one
of the enemy. He shook his head neg
atively and pointing to the recumbent
form of Willie. muttered Amigo"
"All right" replied one of the men,
''if he is your friend you can bear a
hand to this litter and when We dispose
| of him in the hospital we will see
| whether you are a Cuban or SPANS
soldier. but I guess one is as bad as
the other
Ramon did not comprehend the re-
marks but he understood the gesture
| and eagerly took hold of one end of the
litter.
1t took the party over an hour to
reach the same field hospital in which
Morris and Blinkie had been left the
previous day.
Marcella, tired and wan looking from
her vigil with the wounded during the
preceding day and night, was still as
sisting the surgeons in their duties.
When the party bearing the form of
Willie made an appearance Marcella
looked up and at once recognized her
brother, Ramon. She rushed to him
with 4 cry of joy. and throwing her
arms around his neck wept silently on
his shoulder.
The men who had regarded Ramon
with suspicion looked at one another in
amazement. Here is CO." said one
of the men. our Spanish soldier seems
to be acquainted with the Cuban
angel"
Marcella heard the remark and look
ing up said quietly: This man is my
brother. He was a Spanish soldier.
but it was in the cause for which you
are fighting. He escaped from the
Spaniards in order to save the lives OF
two of your men who were to be shot
as spies"
The man who had spoken was
abashed and apologized to Marcella.
The fair Marcella was by this time
known to all the Red Cross attendants
as the Cuban angel. and she was wor-
shipped by all for her self-denial and
. bravery in nursing the wounded SOL
diers. She had feared greatly for the
safety of Ramon but brave girl as she
was, she would sacrifice him for her
country's need. Her cheerfulness at
once returned when she saw that he
had returned to her safely. Ramon
told her that he would have returned
the evening before but that he had lost
his friend and at last found him. She
asked Ramon what had become of Will
lie and he answered by pointing silent
ly at the litter. Marcella looked and
at once recognized Willie.
rs he dead?" she whispered Ra-
mon shock his head.
| MdTcelld tnen went LOT surgeon
, and brought the overworked man OF
. science back with her to examine
| Willie.
The surgeon carefully scrutiniZed the
: unconscious form and shook his head
; gravely.
He is badly injured" said the sur
. geon. He has evidently been too long
, neglected and if he RECEIVERS now it will
be a miracle" Notwithstanding his
doubts the surgeon skillfully dressed
. the wound and then left Willie to the
, care of Marcella.
4 After making him as comfortable a:
! possible she left him to administer t
the wants of other suffering soldiers
, for there were now over a hundred
= wounded men under the care Of two
surgeons and one nurse-Marcella.
Strong opiates had been administered
to Willie and under their potent inf1u
ence he began to show signs of life
, Gradually the color returned to hi
face and at last with a deep sigh h,
! opened his eyes and returned to con
f seriousness after being as one dead To-
over twelve hours.
Though Willie had returned to con
p seriousness he was slightly deliriou
o from the fever caused by the wound
q ana II all seemed dream to him. H
tried to remember how he came to b.
q there. surrounded by wounded men
y and if he was badly injured himself
He felt no pain from the wound in tn
@ breast but the injury to the arm
caused him anguish, for during. the en-
= tire night he had been lying in
n cramped condition and the blood wa
II again beginning to course through tn
a veins of the injured member.
~ Marcella had been attending to
q dying man and after he had breathe
= his last she returned to Willie an
: was delighted to see that he was con
O scious. but she saw from the flushe
condition of his face and the swayin
90 movement Of his head that he was de
II lirious. She approached and place
+. her hand on his brow The swayin
movement instantly ceased. and Mar
;, celia looked down to encounter a pal
10 of eyes gazing perpleXedly into he
a own. She knew that Willie had a dir
~ remembrance of her and was trying
9 recollect where he had met her. Sh