Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-08-24
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There tp0s a short struggle
burst In chorus from every throat But
a. suddenly they were followed by ex-
pressions OF chagrin. for by contrasting
the present situation with that which
they had anticipated. this information
had succeeded in intensifying their
modification.
But notwithstanding his share Of the
universal disappointment. hasty re-
Election Of preceding events convinced
Graydon that personally he had little
ground for complaint against the late
occupants Of the convent. for uninten-
tional as undoubtedly had been the
act through which at the very point Of
death his existence had been pre-
served, there was no evidence to re-
flute the hypothesis that the shot which
had killed his assailant In the plaza.
had been fred by one Of the insur-
gents uader cover.
"Great Scott!' was the exclamation
to which he gave utterance. "Once
, more. l suppose. owe my life to the
laundering marksmanshir q a Filipi-
nor - fER9
This half hearted acknowledgment
Of his strange. Indebtedness educed
from his companions no recognition
other than a puzzled stare from the
sergeant and an enigmatical smile on
the face Of the young Spaniard. Con-
nell proceeded with his examination:
why did they leave you herer'
"They had no time to take rs with
them when you broke In" was the
boys answer "Aguinaldo was on bis
way to some village where his family
IL in hiding. The scouts told him Of
your presence. Then he determined
not to wait for Pillar. but to surprise
you. We never rested day or night.
My poor brO!her-how De suffered"
eyes, yes, but why are they carrying
you on march like this?"
my brother is the only man who
knows where the Spanish gold was
hidden when our war was ended-I
mean the gold that came up with guns
and ammunition. AguinaldO is looking
for the hiding place. My father. a
high officer In the Spanish army. died
II the fever last winter. We were
stolen from our house In Manila by
Agulnaldo's men and have been going
from place to place ever since. We
have not told Of the hiding place
The Americans do not need gold, nor
J The boy laughed sarcastically.
How MANY men has AguinaldoY'
Three hundred or more. would
advise you to look out for Pillar He
too. may come at any moment"
Scarcely had the words left his
mouth when storm Of yells came
from outside the convent. and i'm
mediately the boy rushed to his broth
er's side.
Great Caesar. there's a thousand Of
them" cried Rogers. hN
Instantly every man made for thu
position assigned to him. The gun wa,
in readiness. Outside the Mausers rat
tied. bullets coming from all quarter.
and humping sharply against the op
posite walls with a patter that warnet
the Americans against standing erect
Occasionally scout would peep from
window and take a shot into tn,
darkness, but these ventures were few
All lights were extinguished. The mel
fired at the spots from which burs
the flames Of rifles, then dropped sud
denly. After awhile the firing Of tn,
Ftlipinos dwindled into q shot now and
then.
keep low! They don't dare risk {
charge! Be ready to defend the door,
Captain Groce commanded.
The night wore on. and with the ces
sation Of hostilities confidence increas
ed. Reinforcement were not far Oh
and It did not seem possible that tn
sounds Of battle could not b heard
The men, worn out By he excitin,