He did not leave them until they were safe in the wretched hovel they called home, and he had procured for them a supply of food.

Then, followed by fervent blessings, he again started for the American lines.
[Illustration: Ridge escorts a Cuban family into Santiago.] That evening he could not eat the coarse camp fare of his mess, and the next morning found him raving in the delirium of fever.

When, a little later, the Rough Riders were removed to a more healthful camp-ground, a few miles back in the hills, Lieutenant Norris, with several other fever-stricken members of the command, was taken to one of the Spanish hospitals in Santiago, where, three days later, Spence Cuthbert found him..