Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-08-20

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don Bafisemer Her thoughts Had been
of nothing else: her eagerness had
been tempered by the fiffidence of the
overzealous. She and pretty Ethel
Hardin had made life endurable for
the gay young officers who came over
on the ship. The pretty wives of GER
tain captains and lieutenants had
small scope for their Establishments at
close range. Flirtations were hard to
manage in space so small. The two
girls were therefore in state of siege
most of the time The abiect follow
ing fell away perceptibly when the
broader field of action on shore gave
their married sisters n chance TO ma
newer with some degree of security.
A faithful few remained in train, how
ever. Ethel Hardin. like the ingenue
in the play, had each finger clumsily
but tightly wrapped with breathing
uniform of blue 1t must be admitted
in shame, however, that she changed
the bandages often and without con-
science or ceremony.
James admirers We're in love with
her. She was not the sort to inspire
idle fancies. In any event, it looked
long time to these chaps before they
could get back to the States, and she
was worth while.
Perhaps her most devoted admirer
was Lieutenant Bray. Good looking
and coming from an excellent southern
family, he was Il great favorite with
all. Jane liked him better than any of
The rest. She would have liked him
still better had he been able to resist
tendency to boast of the stock from
which he had sprung. The knowledge
Of her disadvantages in life. the con-
traSt between their respective posi-
lions. all tended to emphasize the irony
of fate, and she often found herself
wondering how this sprig of true arts
tocracy would conduct himself if he
discovered that. after all, she was only
n founding.
1t was Lieutenant Bray who made
inquiries at general headquarters and
found, after considerable trouble, that
Graydon Bansemer's company was in
the north, subject to the requirements
of Young. chief of scouts.
Irksome We're the lazy summer
months for Jane. She tired of the at
tentions of men: she sickened with
longing and anxiety. Day after day
she prayed that the troops in the
north might be relieved. She watched
for the order that would call for their
return from the wet lands above. Sick
ness was prevalent among the iGhting
corps: the wet season had undermined
the health of many. Constant news
came down to Manila of the minor en-
report for news of GraydOn. Colonel
Hardin occasionally had private ad-
vices from the north. She heard of
Graydon's bravery more than once and
glowed with pride. Down in her tired.
anxious heart she was wondering if it
were possible for her to go to the front
in any capacity.
At last with October came the wan
ing of the rainy season. November
brought active fighting. a general
movement of the troops was directed
| against Aguinaldo. In his prime as Il
| leader he controlled the north, and his
capture was Imperative. Lawton and
Young began operations on the right.
Macarthur on the center, with Whea-
ton pushing forward on the extreme
| left. The insurgents fell back from
Tarlac. There were many big fights at
| San Jacinto and other places now ia
nous III history.
| The Red Cross society held forth at
Malolos, reaching gradually into tie
country north. Sick and wounded men
came into the hospitals daily and in
larger numbers tnan one would have
supposed. 1.-The villages, or harrios all
along the line Of advance saw their
converts turned into hospitals. As fast
as possible the nurses We're hurried up
! to them. Men and women i'll this noble
I service did heroic, faithful work both
| for the white and the brown men who
went down. From the field hospitals
the men were taken to the converts
and treated until they We're able to be
moved to Manila.
Further north fed Aguinaldo and
/ the Filipinos. Wheaton was ordered
TO cut off his retreat; Young was killed
Cunningham took charge of the scouts
who secured the country. Parties of
ten to fifteen picked men fell out In
advance of the main body, seeking to
develop the enemy and his defenses
These brave fellows attracted the hid.
den fire - ambush, exposed them
selves to all the treacheries of war
fare and afterward were mustered out
with kind word from the department
They were the men who tested the ter.
ritory. 1t was with one of these
scouting parties that Graydon Ban.
semer ventured far into the enemy's
country early in November.
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