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It was Lieutenant Bray who eneral headquarters and found, after considerable trouble, that Graydon Bansemer's co, chief of scouts Irksome were the lazy summer months for Jane She tired of the attentions ofand anxiety Day after day she prayed that the troops in the north ht be relieved; she watched for the order that would call for their return frohting corps; the wet season had undermined the health of ements, and she looked at every report for news of Graydon Colonel Harbin, occasionally, had private advices from the north She heard of Graydon's bravery loith pride Down in her tired, anxious heart she ondering if it were possible for her to go to the front in any capacity

At last, with October, cahting A general uinaldo In his prime, as a leader, he controlled the north, and his capture was iht; McArthur on the centre; with Wheaton pushing forward on the extreents fell back frohts at San Jacinto and other places now famous in history

The Red Cross society held forth at Malolos, reaching gradually into the country north Sick and wounded er nues or barrios all along the line of advance saw their 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 ent down From the field hospitals the men were taken to the convents and treated until they were able to be uinaldo and the Filipinos Wheaton was ordered to cut off his retreat; Young was killed; Cunninghae of the scouts who scoured the country Parties of ten or fifteen pickedto develop the enemy and his defences These brave fellows attracted the hidden fire of ambush, exposed themselves to all the treacheries of warfare, and afterwards were mustered out with a kind word from the department They were the men who tested the territory It ith one of these scouting parties that Graydon Bansemer ventured far into the enemy's country early in November