The Woman with a Stone Heart / A Romance of the Philippine War

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ne months, she daily frequented the places of rendezvous of the American troops stationed in and around Manila. She also went to the officers' homes in the city where their wives and children were

old bamboo home in Manila. In a few months she had come into possession of more money than she thought there was in the entire world. Most of it was American gold-largely in five dollar denominations. (This is what the United States used in pay

t the Spanish bazar down town. Many little comforts were bought for her home. Still the washings kept growing larger. She and her mother c

gin between the United States and Spain, made his way northward to Hongkong. After the battle of Manila Bay, Dewey despatched the revenue cut

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Cavite, his boyhood home, began to organize the Filipinos into a powerful army, captured

e that was made by the land forces and they insisted on looting the city. General Merritt refused this and ordered them to withdraw beyond the city limits. This they did after considerable wrangling. Then the American

Sampalits. He sat in a semi-darkened room, with all the hinged-windows to the shack tightly closed and stroked Marie's soft black hair with his left hand. As he engaged her and her mother in conver

land. Dewey tells me he has sent home for reinforcements. There is no use for us to let these troops land, if America instead of Spain is going to govern the

the islands or slay them all. Here's father dead and-Dimiguez, too"-Marie

instructions from Washington, and if he won't give me any satisfaction, I'm going to go to Malolos, proclaim myself Dictator of the Philippines, appoint a cabinet and a congress from among so

up in Manila, so that they will have nothing at their command but the city to regulate.

ound Manila and drive you out of Malolos, or capture you and your officials at th

where I can have easy and rapid access to Manila. Malolos is not far from here and it is situated on the railroad. It

fortifications between here and there along the railroad track, so that if

ould not go up there. This will make it impossible for Dewey to shell the place with his fleet. We've got to watch out for that-no matter what we do. My! but those Am

egidor, but as I came from Hongkong the other day on the "McCulloch" I noti

d then one of their boats drew nearer and fired several times more and they kil

who had listened to the conversation with deepest interest. "Sh

y for what the Americans did to them," i

palit, putting her finger on he

imigeuz. They tortured to death several hundred of our young fellows in the dungeons. They have le

heavy hearted. Aguinaldo looked at

tatingly, "how I shall be able t

, in an emphatic whisp

ated the old lad

be the safest thing to do," said

tonight, and I will sleep on the floor. I don't mind. Mother and I frequ

ity and stealthily stole out threw the Americans' lines, never again to return

lf "Dictator of the Philippines," appointed a Filipino congress, set up a gover