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

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omed cigarette and started for Manila. Instead of going overland, she went in a row boat via the Pasig riv

near the eastern coast of Luzon. This garrison was of course surrendered to the American forces with the remainder of the Spanish army on August 13, 1898, but as all lines of communication with them had been destroyed by the Filipinos they had never been off

relieve them. A rescuing party was formed and placed aboard the "Yorktown," which carried

again during the insurrection, and hastily departed overland for Baler to notify the besieging Filipinos

rtheless, almost directly north of Manila. This is caused by the deep indention of Manila bay, on the extreme eastern side of which Manila

owed it to Block-house No. 4, which is situated about three miles north and a trifle east of Manila. At that point she took a road which veered off perceptibly to

a board used as the head-stone for a grave only a few feet distant from h

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ade on foot or else on horse-back; and it was necessary for her to hurry along, as t

d robbed the elderly couple who had been so kind to her and near where she later had

f battle and had drifted into this yard for refuge. There was a small stack of rice straw just outside the corral. From this Marie soon made a st

llections of the place which she had passed during the afternoon where she had previously robbed the old couple immediately after she was released upon oath by the Americans, suggested to her the thought that she was violating her oath;

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air. "I hate to give it up," thought she, "but what will the Americans do to me if the

salted heavily before she ate it, she went to a native barber and had her long hair cut cl

d it, just back of her neck. After he had detached it, he held it in front of

rtened hair. Marie stopped talking

barber said.

puesta (twenty cents, Mexican), looked out of the window and said, "I'll tell you wha

he war has so devasted the country, and money has bec

g on it goes with t

rber, "my wife borrowed t

y, "you traded me the cart, and everything that was in it goes with the trad

o out from under her apron

y into the cart and s

ard the mountains near the eastern coast of L

-way any longer with the cart. She would soon be across the mountains and be i

ttered to herself, "I'll trade the cart for a suit of men's

ins to the sea. Villages along the banks were numerous. At night fall she was still in Tagalo territory. It was her own tribe. She soon f

gers with startling stories about the atrocities, of the American soldiers, Marie

itory to be covered during the next four days, if she were to reach Baler in t

ibbling young rice she went into the thicket and changed her attire. Then she tied a good-sized stone up in her old clothes and threw them into the river. As she

e it is to be dressed like a man. From now on I mean