ruck Sergeant Schriner. He ran forward, grasped
a Mauser near one of the rebels who had fallen when the trenches were
taken, undid the belt of the lifeless owner, buckled it around his own
waist, and returned to his comrades. All followed his example. With
their own arms and ammunition the advance of the blood-thirsty
enemy was again checked. With the newly acquired arms and ammunition
the brave little band inflicted a decided injury to their would-be
slayers. Now every shot was expended with the greatest caution.

Again the American fire slackened, and again the stubborn insurrectos
rushed forward. At last the recently acquired belts were emptied. There
was now no further hope.

With renewed shouting, and rending the air with their hideous screams,
the twice-checked enemy came madly on. Once more the defenders rallied
to meet their death together.

On a sudden the yells seemed a hundred times multiplied, and from the
rear as well as front. Had they been surrounded? To the rear the shouts
were rapidly drawing nearer, but it was not the sharp and broken yell
of the Tagalo--it was the familiar "Yankee yell"; that invincible,
"gugu"-terrorizing "Yankee yell."

Five hundred brave defenders of the stars and stripes had heard the
first firing, when the trenches were taken, and immediately started
to the rescue of their comrades.

Upon his return, "Carabao Bill" reported that he found the enemy.

"PATERNO," THE DISGRACED MASCOT.

Ostracism in Monkey Society.

There is a certain analogy between the Chinaman's pigtail and the
prehensile appendage of that very astute little animal, the monkey, for
the proud possessors of either of these grotesque physical adornments
lose social caste the moment they are bereft of them. That there are
reasons to believe that the tail of the monkey is his credentials
to the polite society of his race the following incident will serve
to substantiate:

One day in May, 1899, when one of our infantry regiments which had been
ascending the Rio Grande, in the Island of Luzon, in pursuit of the
wily and festive Filipino, had halted to rest, it was decided to have
an exhibition of company mascots. Each company had a monkey--an even
dozen of them all told. There were "Pat" and "Mike," who proudly wore
strips of billiard-table cloth about their necks; and "Aguinaldo" and
"Paterno," named respectively for the leader and brains of the Tagalo
insurrection. "Aguinaldo" wore with dignity a