The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-01-20
|.JaneCable}
GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON.
Author of Beverly of Graxstark." Etc
\ COPYRIGHT. DoDD. MEAD Z COMPANY

Perhaps her most devoted admirer
was Lieutenant Bray. Good looking
and coming from an excellent southern
family. he was 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 empha We the irony
Of fate. and she often found herself
wondering how thi; Sir.g of true aris-
tocracy would coaGlut himself if he
discovered that. after MI. she was only
a founding.
1t was Lieutenant Eray who made
inquiries at general headquarters ana
found, after considerable trouble. that
Graydon B1nsemer's company was IN
the north, subject to the requirements
of Young. chief Of scouts.
Irksome were the lazy summer
months for Jane Shp tired of the at
tentions OF men: she Hickened with
longing and anxiety. Day after day
she prayed that the troops in the
north might lie 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 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 fer her to 90 to the front
in any capacity.
AT last with October came the wan
ing Of the rainy season. November
brought active fighting. 4 general
movement of the troops was directed
against Agunado. In his prime as a
leader he controlled the north. and his
capture was imperative. Lawton and
Young began operations on the right
Macarthur on the center, with Whea.
left. The insurgents fell back from
Tarlac. There were many big fights at
San Jacinto and other places now ia.
nous in history.
The Red Cross society held forth al
Malolos. reaching gradually into the
country north. Sick and wounded men
came into the hospitals daily and in
f,ID hnN
supposed. The villages. or ballios all
along the line of advance saw theiI
converts turned into hospitals. AS fast
as possible the nurses were hurried vi
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 EeI hospitals
the men were taken to the converts
and treated until they were able to be
moved to Marila.
Further north fed Aguinaldo and
the Filipinos. Wheaton was ordered
to cut off his retreat; Young vas killed
Cunningham took charge of the scouts
who secured the country. Parties OF
ten to fifteen picked men fell out il
advance of the main body. seeking tC
develop the enemy and his defenses
These brave fellows attracted the hid
den fire of ambush. exposed them
selves to all the treachcries of war
fare and afterWarI were mustered ou
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.