The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-18

on us again. and to make up for time
lost the downpour Was q solid sheet.
In the Jungle.
Rough going We found H. and worse
as We proceeded The tran led on
through weary miles Of rice fields
toward the mountains. The fields of
course were all under water, and we
marched in single file along tho dIkes.
Keeping the uncertain path. scarcely more
than a foot wide. as best we might.
Each man could lust make out The
blurred bulk of the man ahead Of him.
~ every step YOU felt the shiny soil
sliding away under one foot and recov :
cred only TO plunge heavily TO the dixie
as the other slipped from the path
Walking the slack wire had nothing on
this
We were thoroughly soaked and mired
soon after starting. but after each one
OF us had fallen few dozen times and
rid himself Of tho cxpletiveS that came
handiest We lapsed into logged silence.
once J heard The man behind mo nqur-
Ing softly OF the night why, why he had
left his happy, happy home No answer
forthcoming. he amused himself by fall
ing of the dixie three times In as many
minutes.
4, daybreak we were up to the foot
hills-and a sorry lot as We looked each
other over. Caked with mud aud down
at the mouth The captain was fussine
around about his uniform. He had taken
a header Off the dixie on his cbes, and
he was a sight for gods and men. The
strain was beginning to tell on Lieu
tenant F.
In my ear. And were all within half a
day OF Judgment"
/. We sat In circle or the mud and ate
a meal OF bacon and hard;ack. enIiyened
BY one can OF tomatoes some one had
brought along. Nobody had much to
say. We had all begged so hs rd 10 he
taken along tina, We couldn't very we'll
make our moan about II. or course. now
f1H 70 lIe
stopped and the sun camc blazing out.
AS we tolled up into the foothills ve
could see the path we followed winding
mp and M ahead OF us over tho green
and golden slopes. Tho place where we
were scheduled to meet our old chun
Lukdon lay on pleateau some miles
away. Just under the rrowniuS heights
OF the crassy range. according to the
guide, We gave little thought 10 wha,
might he in store for us there Just
as the misery OF the dikes had worn us
TO stupid silence. so now Il seemed that
we had always been laboring up an as
cent, drenched and Wheeling. under the
burning brass bowl OF the skies. and that
we must go on and on in dumb distress
forever.
Topping a rise We sighted the slender
bamboo frame OF "a watch tower on an
other hill. across the valley. II was
swarming with little red objects which
looked Ike ants, but which we needed
no Instructor to identify as Filipino in
surgents Inv their bright scarlet coats
The captain Immediately detached Ser
aeant Hays with ten men and ordered
him TO clear out the nest and destroy
the watch tower.
This maneuver. which wls without
meaning 10 me. bereG Lieutenant r
OF speech He dropped 10 tho path and
sat there ~aseing hts head sadly and
turning Wild eye once and AGAIN unon
the captain. II ever West Pointer was
hard pUt to ~ 10 suppress the surginss
OF revolt r was that one.
Over cn the opposite ridge. rs yellow
wheat field In tho sunlight we
watched the thin line of our men deplov-
Ing and hurrying m The slope tho blue
of their shirts showing sharp against
the hill. Above them the red coated in
surpentS hustled about. the crack. crack
OF tho Remingtons giving snappy well
come. Hays brought his squad up