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Show me now," said Tug to himself during THE IVORY IMAGE. "We'll have a chuck luck gam? all right when we get back to Manila," Piped up the Kid, and then the three prepared for the advance. During the nerce skirmishing over the rice paddies to Dasmarlnaa and the rough and tumble work for the next few days taking San Francisco de Malaban, and back to Bacoor on the beach, Spud Murphy several times thought about that Image and the chance there was of being hurt while It waa In their possession, but he kept his thoughts to himself, for a scout must not betray cold feet, as the soldiers call fear. Nothing however, happened until the evening of the return to Bacoor. A little river had to be crossed to reach the place and get boats for Manila and the Bcouts were busy all afternoon making a raft on which to cross. They were not experts and darkness fell before it was completed. The rude affair was made of canoes lashed together under a platform of bamboo. Loaded with their arms the scouts made quite a cargo and In midstream the raft began to settle under the weight. There was a scramble and from the darkness and the water Tug Davis yelled: "Hold on, somebody, I've dropped me long torn In the river." "Hurrp up there, cried the sergeant as he began counting noses on the bank. "Here's where I'll have to make an as he began counting noses on the gun," grumbled Davis. "It's lucky it wasn't the Image you lost," came the voice of the Kid. The scouts were rushed through Manila without a chance to draw their breath or get a drop of anything to drink, for they were wanted at Arayat, where preparations were being made by Lawton for bis first sweep to the Northward. At San Fernando they were paid for two months and the three of them had plenty of money whtn they landed at Arayat. Whllo preparations were still on, they had nothing to do and soon Tug Davis was banker In a chuck luck game with Spud and Kid as lookouts. Now the percentage Is usually in favor of the banker, but Davis forgot he had that Image in his possession. ' "Holy Smoke! Give me a shovel to give away this money," wailed the Kid as he saw how the capital of the three was being eaten up by the players. "Somewan has put the curse ar Cromwell on this game, sure," snorted the Irishman as he. too, paid out time after time. "We'll go broke together," was all Tug Davis replied, as he kept on throwing the dice. They did, and were wiped clean as whistles long before taps blew. Next morning the scouts were out on the early advance and they went with very little breakfast Along about noon Kid Olds saw an abandoned shack by the roadside and with a whoop made a descent on it A towel, some plna cloth, matches, sugar and a few trifles like these were all the hungry fellow saw until his eyes lighted on a crackerbox. "Grub." was all he said as he Sore off the top. "Peanuts," he yelled ao Instant later, "and there ain't a circus In the The nuts were blamed Island. shelled, but were really castor nuts. Kid shared up with Spud and Tug as in duty bound, and they made a meal as best they could. "It's fillin but so would sawdust be," was the only comment the Kid made. Under the blazing sun advancing slowly with nerves at tension for the firing that spluttered out In front of them from time to time, the three scouts were the sickest soldiers in the column when tbey threw themselves down after taking Cabiao. "Them niggers poisoned that stuff," was the morose comment of the suffering Davis. "What have you byn eating?' was all the doctor asked when he looked them over and gave them an emetic without paying more attention than If They manthey had ben criminals. next day San Isldro Into crawl to aged the Kid Davis that and Tug finding had In some mys'rlous fashion gotten a $10 bill, gave him the image as security tor the loan of the money. Tu; tkHH the cash l."r anie be a? still rick, and h managed, for that reason, on the to grt otit of b"!n j"'V. Tixt patrol that went to Capn V., Czy, fp-;M'in,y eni th" Ki ro 1 3ni thy that revje or Ptirm'hs ati1 3 ihry fcfOd t!i!r a 1!U Ffrrl d, frrs. living the wily Tug In q1 ar- - Tug took his rifle with him, and, be ing a soldier, he managed to get be yond the belt of outposts into the open country, where every hombre might be a friend or an lnsurrecto at will. He had done it before, and he always successful as a forager, because his simple plan was to hold up a native at the point of his rifle and make the It waa native produce the chickens. a weary couple that came in from Gapan that night, and their language was not the gentlest "I guess Tug's found a game going somewhere," was what the Kid sa!4 when he found that the sick man was not thera lies Deen rustling cnickens," was the Irishman's reply. "Wan av them signal corps telle 8 saw Tug going It" But It was never found. Perhaps the Irishman in his lat wfld struggles had realized the hoodoo of looting tb church and torn the haversack with the Image from his shoulder. An Easy Task. Reporter I don't know how to mike a good story about that elopement yon sent me out to write up. It Is only a motcrman running away with a cook. City Editor" Why. man. there Is Jut describe the rooter-ma- n fjiir. fi a ePTitlTnan, long nd actively no-thi- n? ith th ojvraMon of cn of our pr.it transportation yfm, and the cook as bating i'e1 at many sedinners wh.re leaders reallect ized the charm of her accomplish-ment-- Boston TranTjpt K. Wirf FORMIS, OPTHALMIC 8PECIALI81 Office at Sparks Bros. Drug Co. - PROVO - UTAH CHASE Meat fflarkel V1" R. F. NESLEN, General Agent, tf SALT LAKE CITY. MUTTON, SAUSAGE, BUTTER & CHEES AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaA1AAAAAAA the always on hand. llrntfa t Dm B, CHASE BROS. . UTAJ NEPHI a First THE SCENIC LINE TO Glehwood Springs, Aspen, Leadviile, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and all points east. Tht only Transcontinental Line passing directly thorugh Salt Lake Citv. Specially Equipped Fast Trains Daily Between OGDEN AND DENVER Via Three Separate and Distinct Scenic Routes. 3 ThriBjh Denver, DmaSia, Mlmis 3 lad Odinarj M 2 BEEF, PORK, VEAL, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.AAAAA4 a" in J. DR. All 4Jt "I'll have to keep this river. They were still advancing, but although he was doing his share of the work, he was not as cheery aa usual. He still carried the image, for It was worth money, although he feared It more than all the bullets and slugs that occasionally tipped and hummed over his head. The Agno is the swiftest In the Philippines and had to be carefully rafted by native boatmen. Spud was not watching as the raft swung into the rapid current and, besides, be was swearing at a Maca-beb- e Bcout who had almost knocked his hat into the stream. "Look out there, you heathen, I'll But what Spud Intended to do to the heathen never will be told. The raft gave a lurch, there was a scream and a splash and Into the awful current la which so many of the American soldiers were drowned, went the Irishman. A searching party found his body next day. "Where's his haversack?" asked one of the men as they lifted up the body. "That lory Image of Tug Davis's was Dentistry a Specialty. Guaranteed. TICKET OFFICE. 79 W. SECOND SOUTH STREET gone. A week later Murphy waa In San Manuel, on the banks of the Agno MORRIS. I. DENTIST. Uniform excellence would be a description of these trains. Their appointments are as nearly perfect as human ingenuity can devise. When they went to sleep Tug Da via had not returned. His body, boloed in awful fashion and mutilated, waa found next day during the advance of the early morning. Ills rifle was tunny old thing now," said the Kid sadly, "but I guess its good for that $10 anyhow. The fighting and hiking of the next few days began to tell on the Kid. He was as spunky a fellow as any in the outfit, but his perklnesa was dis appointing. Ho complained of pains at the back of his head and across the eyes. There were shooting pains In his legs and he began to think about He held out going on sick report bravely, until the advance crawled easily into Cabanatuan for the "gu-guwere getting tired of being pushed so persistently. When the doctor looked over the Kid he marked him "pernicious malarial fever" and order ed him sent down on the canoes to the First Division hospital at San Isldro. It about broke up the Irishman, for he was fond of the clever fellow from Chicago with all his street wit and good spirits. "Well, so long, old man," said the Irishman. "It's the doctor's fault I ain't going with you," piped the Kid- - "It ain't mine." "There's some wounded, I hear, go ing on the cascoes, so you'll have com pany. Kid." "Get into my haversack and take that image " began the Kid. "You'd better take It with you to hospital." protested Spud. "Them hospital nurses would steal it in a holy minute and we want to keep It, so take it with you and 111 get It when I'm out of hospital." So Spud found himself the posses sor for a time of the image he bad feared and Kid went to hospital. He never came back, because, as Spud learned later, he was buried two days after he got to San Isldro. 1 St. Louis The Burlington road is the only company having its own rails and running' solid trains from Denver to St. Loui? Think of this when you come to make your Exposition trip ttois year. If you do you will use the Burlington. 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