THE LONG TRAIL 



manner belied his fearless and intrepid 

 disposition. A member of the expedition 

 once came into camp with an account of 

 the doctor, whom he had just run across 

 — looking too benevolent for this world, 

 engaged in what our companion described 

 as " slaughtering humming-birds, pursu- 

 ing them from bush to bush." One of his 

 Philippine adventures filled us with a de- 

 lighted interest for which I don't believe 

 he fully appreciated the reason. He told 

 us how, with a small force, he had been 

 hemmed in by a large number of Moros. 

 The Americans took refuge in a stockade 

 on a hilltop. The Moros advanced time 

 and again with the greatest gallantry, and 

 IMearns explained how sorry he felt for 

 them as they fell — some under the very 

 walls of the stockade. In a musing tone 

 at the end he added: "I slipped out of the 

 stockade that night and collected a most 

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