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

Aguinaldo'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. no."
The boy laughed sarcastically
How many men has Aguinaldo"
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 yels came
| from outside the convent and i'm
| mediately the boy rushed to his broth
er's side.
Great Caesar. there's thousand of
| them" cried Rogers.
| Instantly every man made for the
| position assigned to him. The gun was
| in readiness. Outside the Mausers rat
tied, bullets coming from all quarters
and humping sharply against the OPP
| posite walls with q patter that warned
| the Americans against standing erect.
, Occasionally scout would peep from
window and take a shot into the
darkness. but these ventures were few.
: All lights were eXtinguished. The men
| fired at the spots from which burst
| the flames of rifles. then dropped sud
denly. After awhile the firing of the
| Filipinos dwindled into q shot now and
then.
Keep low. They don't dare risk a
charge! Be ready to defend the door,
Captain Groce commanded.
The night wore on and with the ces-
sation of hostilities confidence increas-
| ed. Re-enforcements We're not far off,
and it did not seem possible that the
sounds of battle could not be heard
The men, worn out by the exciting
events of the day, were generally ST.
lent. Sergeant Council, however, was
an exception.
Get us! Not bit of it," he was say
ing, the dirty little towards. Major
March will be here in the shake of
dead lambs tail"
An hour later Bansemer. his rife in
hand. sitting near one of the windows,
suddenly felt some one Juggling at his
arm. Turning, he saw the Spanish bog.
won't you come and help me to
carry my brother behind the stone
wall?" he was saying. He is exposed
to the bullets and cannot move him
self"
"Willinglyw and Graydon followed
his lead. AS if he was child, he
picked up the gaunt Spaniard and
carefully bore him TO the place of shell
ter but despite all that he could do to
hide his suffering the pain in his arm.
which the removal of the man had in
creased, was such for a moment that
I hn fol- fatn Sfo ho Lnx
; was quick to notice it and quickly
asked:
what is the matter? Wounded"
Its nothing; merely a scratch"
"Oh, l know. Why, it's your arm.
and r The boys face crimsoned
with shame and contrition. Through
the semidarkness the blush escaped
Graydon's notice, but not so the truly
feminine little shrek of dismay as he
touched and felt the wet sleeve.
1T was l who did it, Oh, how can
you ever forgive me:'
Graydon, dumfounded. stared in
wonder
!, What" he exclaimed; you're
girl"
Eyes, I'm his sister, pointing to the
dying man; then. with some embar-
rassment: These clothes? They are
: the only ones they would give me.
You see. a girl would have been a
burden; a boy none at all Do you
think that had / been a man you could
so easily have overpowered me? Mo-"
The slim, little figure drew itself up
straight and defiant before him. De-
spite the loose. ugly garments of the
Filipinos, Graydon noticed for the first
, time that the figure was perfectly
nodded and high bred She swept OF
the wide hat she wore. and the man
saw a mass of dark hair done up tight
, ly on her head. But even while he
gaZed her mood changed. She became
p subsequently anxious and begged him
r to let her attend to his arm. She
, pleaded SO hard that to please her,
he yielded. Water was obtained from
, somewhere, the slight flesh wound
, washed and then. disappearing into
, the darkness, TO his amazement she re-
turned almost instantly with some
bandages and dressed his arm.
q While this surgical operation was
: going on Graydon. for the life of him.
| could not resist the temptation to ask
. her again why she had tried to shoot
@ him. At first. so terribly in earnest did
: she take the question and beg for
q mercy, that he smiled at her, and then,
f seeing his amusement, she said CO.
: quettishly:
: How could 1 possibly have known
h that you were SO nice? Besides, 1
a had always heard you Americans re-
: ferred to as brutes.''
Graydon laughed; then suddenly his
n face became very grave The realiza-
g tion of her terrible situation had
e dawned upon him. A woman among a
T. crowd of rough soldiers. Her brother
and protector dying, And all sur
1t rounded by hordes of savage enemies
d who at any moment might kill them.
n The thought dismissed all pleasantly
e from his mind. Something must be
Il doDa and a opoa proSaptlv ba cl,ol