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282 trial. They say he is sure of ten or twenty years in State's prison."

"It will serve him right, and the Lupezes ought to get the same."

"I think so myself, although they may look at it in the light that all is fair in war," concluded Larry.

Larry returned to Manila that night, taking with him a note Ben had written for the prison authorities. The young tar was now on shore duty and would therefore be able to call at the prison for possible news every few days.

The next week was more busy for the young major than any had been since going into camp near Tarlac. The rebels to the northeastward became active again, and he had to take out his battalion as far as the village of Masalaño, where the soldiers experienced a running fight for two days through the jungles and swamps. A Filipino camp was broken up and considerable army stores gathered in. During the expedition it rained almost constantly, and the small streams to be crossed became veritable mountain torrents.

On his return to camp Ben was surprised to learn that Gilbert, Major Morris, and the regulars