s. In addition,
Privates Green and Martin boxed four rounds, much to the satisfaction
of the natives.

The program had just been completed when the Master of Ceremonies
received from the American general in charge a note telling
him to announce the conclusion of the program at once and to
order all soldiers to report immediately at their respective
regimental headquarters;--trouble had been reported at the
out-posts. Reinforcements were hastened to several of the out-post
reserves, and it appeared that the expected insurrection was at hand.

After the out-break by the Filipinos on New Year's night, it was
evident to both sides that it was only a question of a short time when
blood would be spilled in abundance. The Filipinos occupied all of the
block-houses--some seventeen in number--around the city of Manila. This
forced the Americans to stand in the open and do guard duty exposed.

The Filipino troops were saucy. They couldn't understand why men should
be armed with rifles and not be permitted to shoot. They tormented
the American soldiers daily with hideous pranks. They grew bolder,
and pushed their out-posts forward until they stood within a few feet
of the American sentries.

Marie went out and back through the American lines at will. She
secretly kept the Filipino army thoroughly posted on the arrival of
new troops from America. Occasionally she would take the train and
go up to Malolos to see Aguinaldo. She was the best posted person
in the Philippines as to what was going on in each of the hostile
armies. Nobody suspected her. She was respected by the American
troops. Everybody came to know her.

Just before dusk, on the evening of February 4th, 1899, Marie
and her mother left the city of Manila, in a cariole, drawn by a
Chinese pony which they had recently purchased. They had in it all of
their most precious household trinkets. As they passed Colonel John
M. Stotsenberg, commanding the 1st Nebraska volunteers, stationed
on McLeod's hill at the eastern edge of Manila, he recognized them,
and called to Marie, "Where are you going?"

"Out on a little trip," retorted Marie.

"How soon will you be back?" asked he.

"O, I can't tell," responded Marie. "Mother is getting so nervous
that we thought best to go away for awhile."

"Say, Marie," said the colonel, "do you know who the Filipino officer
is in command of all those thousands of troops that are now assembling
in the ravines between the hills along th