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But notwithstanding his share of the universal disappoint events convinced Graydon that personally he had little ground for coainst the late occupants of the convent For unintentional as undoubtedly had been the act through which at the very point of death his existence had been preserved, there was no evidence to refute the hypothesis that the shot which had killed his assailant in the plaza had been fired by one of the insurgents under cover

"Great Scott!" was the exclaave utterance "Oncee indebtedness educed fronition other than a puzzled stare fro Spaniard Connell proceeded with his examination: "Why did they leave you here?"

"They had no time to take us with theuinaldo was on his way to so The scouts told him of your presence; then he determined not to wait for Pilar, but to surprise you We never rested day or night My poor brother--how he suffered!"

"Yes, yes, but why are they carrying you on a march like this?"

"My brother is the only old was hidden when our as ended--I uinaldo is looking for the hiding place My father, a high officer in the Spanish Army, died of the fever last winter We were stolen fro fro place The Ahed sarcastically

"How uinaldo?"

"Three hundred or more I would advise you to look out for Pilar He, too, may come at any moment"

Scarcely had the words left his mouth when a storm of yells came from outside the convent; and immediately the boy rushed to his brother's side

"Great Csesar, there's a thousand of theers

Instantly every un was in readiness Outside, the Mausers rattled, bullets coainst the opposite walls with a patter that warned the A erect

Occasionally, a scout would peep from aand take a shot into the darkness, but these ventures were few All lights were extinguished; the men fired at the spots from which burst the fla of the Filipinos dwindled into a shot now and them