Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-25

LII. Sarey continued smok,n.
watching the brilliant constellat,aS.
set in the sparkling heights ~ ma
tropical heavens. He said no,h,-
When Major Tracy sent the lat,a-
his wife In Manila next day. DR. Care
at the last minute, asked perm,s.,n.
to send a letter himself The 80.
who set out with the message conf
not fail to note that the majors ana
the doctors went to the same wor.S
Things went well for the first To-,
night after the little woman as ~.
major called her affectionatelv -
rived in Majon. There was someth,n.
very enjoyable in riding through ths
quaint growths OF the Orient eve,
morning with one of the officers a,
companion and with an armed esoo-.
close at hand in case there happanas
to be danger lurking in the deems !,
the bamboo thickets. There was tha
convent, too, where the native wor..
did drawn work in Pine cloth ana
woven the shifting colors of the ann
shine into silks OF exquisite beauty ~
handmade looms. The noond.v
siesta was usually followed by v,sI,
to the market place, where the nat,v.
children played, and where the mos,
ferocious devils, In the guise Of mo-,
humble and obsequinous natives cana
to buy and sell. And not least wa.
the soldiers hospital to which aha
sent the chino coolies with fruit ana
cocoanuts.
But there came day when all these
things ceased to interest. A despe,.
ate filtration with DR.. Carey, begun IN
Manila under stress of the same bore.
dom of things in general. was, IN.
known 20 the major, renewed; the LET.
ter he'd referred to the possibility. FIR
a time the major remained in blisyful
ignorance. but the hour for enlighten.
ing came at last. Awaking from III,
siesta earlier than usual, he walked
into his little house and looked ont
through the small. square shells that
did duty as window panes on the
farther end; he was just in time 70
see DR.. Carey take leave of his wife
in the manner peculiar to relatives
lovers and husbands
The next day the little brown men
came down from the hills Of the north.
The major left his wife to return to
Manila with Captain Manson and 1
heavy escort. He did not bid her good
by. AS soon as she had gone, he or
dered an advance of two companies
DR.. Carey accompanied the one under
his command.
The two rode out to make recon
Nuisance beyond the rice paddles to
point where a rise Of land had them
from the view OF the company. They
were no sooner out of sight, than the
major addressed his companion
grimly.
There's no use arguing. doctor
and / presume you won't care to when
you know I've learned at last what
has for some time past been common
talk with the battalion. You're man
enough to understand me, take ~"
Major Tracy drew his revolver a.
he concluded.
"Yes?" Intercepted the doctor. Go
ahead"
Shall it be ten or twenty paces!"
ITO oblige you, I'll say fifteen
responded the doctor, smiling as II IN
a box at the theater.
The two men stood back to back
and began to walk forward. The
major counted the PAGES aloud.
1--WE will turn and fire at the 81.
teenth," he said.
At the thirteenth, DIR. Carey wheeled
about quickly, raising his Remington
to fire at the back of the unsuspecting
man. At the same instant, there was
a pun OF smoke from the bamboo
thicket, followed by another and an
other. The doctor fell.
For a moment, regardless Of the
soft patter of bullets all about him.
I the Eaater stood above the fallen form
OF DR.. Carey. ut has saved me me
trouble" he unused Then he leapsd
quickly to the shelter Of rice dike
until a detail of skirmishers came q
double quick around the hillock, caut
ing the little brown men, leaving tnsf
dead and wounded behind thine %
make of as quickly as they had come