worth much to the islands in after years. In his pockets were found
valuable papers, letters and keepsakes. The letters were from his
sweetheart, Dolores Jose, who lived at Dagupan, and they were tender
in the extreme. Her lace handkerchief rested over his heart.

When the Americans, victorious and jubilant, fell back to camp, they
had no small number of wounded to turn over to the tender mercies
of the little company of Red Cross nurses and the surgeons.

One of the most dangerously injured was Graydon Bansemer. He was
one of the first to cross the danger line; a Mauser ball from a
distant hill tore through his side, leaving an ugly gaping wound
that foretold certain death.






CHAPTER XXV

THE BEAUTIFUL NURSE





When the beautiful and mysterious nurse whose fame had gone up with
the soldiers into Tilad Pass, arrived with others to take charge
of the Red Cross hospital, on the day following the battle, she