The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1908-10-31

When the q edt transport sailed Gl0dB
Jane Cable WaS n of her passengers.
idle fancies. In any event, it looked
a 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 a 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
a 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 aris-
tocracy would conduct himself If he
discovered that, after all, she was only
a 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 were 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 fighting
corps; the wet season had undermined
the health of many. Constant news
came down to Manila of the minor en-.
gagements, and she looked at every
report for new Of Graydon. Colone
Hardin occasionally had private adj
vices from the north. She heard OF
Graydon's bravery more than once ant
glowed with pride. Down in her tired
anxious heart she was wondering II /
were possible for her to go to the from.
in any capacity.
At last with October came the wan
ing of the rainy season. Novembe
brought active fighting. A genera
movement of the troops was directe,
against Aguinaldo. In his prime as
leader he controlled the north, and hi
capture was imperative. Lawton ant
, Young began operations on the right
. Macarthur on the center, with Whea
= ton pushing forward on the eXtrem
left. The insurgents fen back fror
Tarlac. There were many big fights q
San Jacinto and other places now Il
l. nous in history.
The Red Cross society held forth q
Malolos, reaching gradually into til
: country north. Sick and wounded me
d came into the hospitals daily and
u larger numbers than one would hay
supposed. The villages, or barrios, a
= along the line Of advance saw the
! converts turned into hospitals. AS ia.
. as possible the nurses were hurried 4
y to them. Men and women in this mob
= service did heroic, faithful work bot
u for the white and the brown men wi
y went down. From the field hospita
the men We're taken to the conyen
L and treated until they were able to
y moved to Manila.
y Further north fed Aguinaldo al
: the Filiplnos. Wheaton was ordert
y to cut of his retreat; Young was kille,
: Cunningham took charge Of the scou
e who secured the country. Parties
ten to fifteen picked men fell out
advance Of the main body, seeking
develop the enemy and his defense
4 These brave fellows attracted the hi
: den fire Of ambush, exposed theI
! selves to all the treaeheries Of wa