Republican farmer., 1909-04-02

and coming from an excelient soueaeEu family. he wes q great favorfte 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- tons. all tended to emphasize the irony of fate, and she o1.ea Aourd herself wondering how this sprig of true aris- tocracy would conduct himself if he discovered that. after ali. she was only . founding.
 It was Lieutenant Bray who made inquiries at general headquarters an1 found, after considerable trouble. iasex 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 fn the north might be relieved. She watched for the order that would call for ffefr' return from the wet lands above. Sick ness was prevalent among the aehtfnx corps; the wet season had undermlned the health of many. Constant news came down to Manila of the minor er- agreements, and she looked ak exery report for news of Graydon. ColoueI Harbin occasionally. had private ad- vices from the north. She heard Of Graydon.s bravery more than once ana slowed with pride: Down in her drod, anxious heart she Was wondering # F were possible for her to 60 to the front in any capacity-
 At last with October came the waa- ing of the rainy season Noveniber brought active lighting A eenerall movement of the troops was directed against AguinaIdo. In his prime aG leader he controlled the north. and hls capture was imperative. Lawtou ana Young began operations on the g3eh<, McArthur on the center. with dfhea- ton pushing forward on the exf1erne left The insurgents fell back ffon] Tariac. There were many big dehH San Jacinto and other places now
 nous in history.
 The Red Cross society held fn<tb at Aaiolcs. reaching gradually Into tho country north. Sick and wounded men came into the hospitals daily and in larger numbers than one would have supposed. The villages. or barrios, all along the line of advance saw fheIr convents turned Into hospitals. As fast as possible the nurses were hurried up to them. Men and women in this noble service did heroic. faithful work both for the white and the brown men who went down From the field hospatals the men were taken to the convenfs and treated until they were able to be moved to Manila.
 Further north ded ASuinaIdo and the Filipinos. Wheaton was ordered to cut of his retreat: Young was killed; 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 of ambush. exposed them selves to all the treacheriea of war fare and afterward were mustered ont. with Kind word from the depsrfment They were, the men who tesSed fhe tar- ritory. It was with one Of these parties that Graydon Ban- Bemer ventured far Into the eaennyss country early in November.
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