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Updated: April 30, 2025
But to-night we tried to creep through the datto's lines and get here. All but the six men with me were caught, and their fate must have been awful." Señor Davo shuddered, then went on: "I come to beseech you that you allow my poor fellows to come inside your lines. You know me, Corporal, and know that we're all right." "Yes, bring your men inside our line," decided Corporal Duxbridge.
He now readily explained how Tomba, under the assumed name of Davo, had made his acquaintance in Bantoc. Tomba had spent money so freely in entertaining him that Duxbridge had been certain that the man must be a wealthy, good-natured Tagalo. "I hope you've learned a lesson, Corporal," said Captain Freeman sadly.
"The officer of the day and the sergeant of the guard," came the response, in Lieutenant Holmes's crisp tones. "Advance, sir." The seven new arrivals lay on the ground, apparently sound asleep. Davo had his hat over his face, and was snoring lightly. "Who are these new men in camp, Corporal?" demanded Holmes sharply. "Fugitives from the datto's lines, sir.
"I'll vouch for you, Señor Davo, to our commanding officer." Protesting his undying gratitude, Davo went below for his men, and brought them inside the lines, a sorry looking lot of fellows who at once threw themselves down as if to sleep. "You'll notify Sergeant Overton, of course?" suggested the soldier who had first halted Davo. "You mind your business, Strong," Corporal Duxbridge rebuked him.
I was about to notify the sergeant of the guard, sir." "Don't let them get away," spoke Hal quickly to the men, "and remember that they're armed with steel! This fellow, who calls himself Davo is Vicente Tomba, a Tagalo who is right-hand man to the datto," added the sergeant, bending and snatching the hat from the Tagalo's face.
The corporal had been dozing for twenty minutes, and he awoke with mind somewhat befogged. The stranger below, who had been allowed to advance, now stepped up to where the corporal could scrutinize him. "Why, I know this man," declared the corporal. "His name's Eusebio Davo. He's a wealthy Tagalo, loyal to the government and a good man. What's the trouble, Señor Davo?"
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