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At last, one hot, soft idor and turned its nose across Manila bay, past Cavite, toward the anchorage which ended the long voyage The city of Manila lay stretched out before them--Manila, the new American capital

The troops were marched off to quarters and the Harbins, with Jane Cable, repaired at once to the Oriente, where they were to live prior to taking a house in Erorously at this ti on between the troops and the insurgents; there were nu expeditions into the enemy's country The famous round robin of the correspondents had been sent to the United States by this ti severely to task the army censorship which prevented the real condition of affairs fro the deluded public The situation was much worse on the island of Luzon than anyone at hoilant wisdom of the arbitrarians It was not until later on, however, that the effects of the round robin were felt in headquarters at Manila; when that time came the Ayuntamiento in the walled city was not a pleasant retreat for the newspaper men who had dared

A week elapsed before Jane could find the opportunity tothe whereabouts of Graydon Banseerness had been tempered by the diffidence of the over-zealous She and pretty Ethel Harbin hadofficers who came over on the ship; the pretty wives of certain captains and lieutenants had se Flirtations were hard to irls were therefore in a state of siegefell away perceptibly when the broader field of action on shore gave their ree of security A faithful few reenue in the play, had each finger clu uniform of blue It ed the bandages often and without conscience or ceremony

Jane's admirers were in love with her She was not the sort to inspire idle fancies--either intiet back to the States, and she orth while

Perhaps herand coreat favourite 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 froes in life, the contrast between their respective positions, all tended to emphasise the irony of fate; and she often found herself wondering how this sprig of true aristocracy would conduct himself if he discovered that, after all, she was only a FOUNDLING