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October 4, 190X
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folk, bad kwii Invited. The married ones)
tii me with their wives and children, and
the bachelors were Invited with their
sweethearts.
Judica and Mies Frlta arrived In the
morning, received with firing of salutes
from Tony and Stlgel. I had the table
decked on the shore and had ordered that
only Tony and BUgei should attend us, a
deadly insult to my noble valets and
lackeys, who, 1 half expected, would hand
mo their resignations at once. But the
creatures showed themselves to be more
servile than ever,
Judlca was In a simple white dress with
a bunch of rones at her breast. Miss Krtts
wore her finest costume, a magnificent
apron of violet silk over the pfoated black
eklrt, 11 velvet scarf billowing from the
utiff wulst with its silver buttons, silver
clml us wound many times around her neck
and golden cords with heavy tassels on tho
hat. Anil this dress of a wealthy puusant
she wore with a dignity that would have
impressed even a Koyul Iord Marshal.
Now I thought that the right miment
had come to open the doors und windows
of the King's House In which the dead
King had slept in his coflln, and to let tho
presence of the child hallow it anew.
After I had shown them the Cava liars'
House, tho kitchen and all else, I led them
Into the King's house. And we all became
silent und very gruve. I decided to ask
my broth'T for permission to tear down the
building and erect a new one, for 1 intend
to reside u great deal on the Se.i-Alp, the
greater part of the year if possible.
We had not finished our meal when the
boats began to arrive. Boat followed boat,
and at last there were so many that Judica
pulled my sleeve and whispered: "Have
you enough to eat for them?"
Even Miss Fritz looked scriou. I paulflef
them by telling that there was no danger
that any one would hunger or thirst on my
engagemt nt day.
At the landing placo I took my position
With Judica. As soon as a boat came in
Young Filipino Napoleon of the Orient
(Copyright, 1S03, by T. C. McClure.)
In a hot, dusty office in one of the gov
ernment buildings of Manila, P. I., sits a
young Filipiuo, not tjulte 24, dark, even for
a native, thick lipped, but with intelligent
features. Carefully he pores over the dry
administrative documents before him. A
quiet, modest young native ho seems, but
few of his fellow countrymen have had a
more strenuous life, so brilliant a career;
certainly none of his years. For this Is
the ex-insurgent chief, the famous guer
rilla leader, General Tino, who was a
colonel at 18, a general ut in,
and who, at 20, conquered North
ern Luzon from the Spaniards an.l
brought it under native rule. This 1ml it
was, also, who for over a year defied tho
new commander of the United States army.
General S. B. M. Young, when the Utter
was military governor of Northern Luion.
No other insurgent leader gave G -nerul
Young half the trouble that this boy did.-
Tlno's character Is a strange one. His
enemies among his own people are numer
ous; some call him cruel and bloodthirsty,
some weak and foolish, and others de
nounce him as an unscrupulous brigand.
His friends naturally maintain that he has
within him all the possibilities of a
Napoleon. Tino, they say, when in his
own forces, while Napoleon was four years
older when he simply captured a frrt.
Napoleon, they further contend, ha J behind
him Kurope's best soldiers; Tino fjught
with a ragged battalion of raw recruits
who never before had fired a gun. Napoleon
was a trained tactician; Tino rose from
ivll life, from the school room.
A Prlead of Aa-olaaldo.
The most warlike of the Filipinos" have
keen the Tagalogs. This is not becau
their natures are more aggressive, but be
cause Manila, which was the center of
Spanish tyranny, is the heart of the Taga
log district. Oppression has made them
what they are. Tino is a Tagalog, born In
the province of Cavlte, as was Agulnaldo.
When the first insurrection against the
Spaniards broke out In Tino, then a
mere schoolboy, joined the insurgents,
and so distinguished himself for bravery
and military skill that Aguinoldo in rapid
succession raised him to a colonelcy and
then conferred on him tlie rank of b:lgaller
general, and made him one of his personal
advisers. Later on, when the Tagalog
chief was banished to Hong Kong, Tino
went with him. Thus they became warm
personal friends.
When the Americans, In 1MS. Invited
Agulnaldo to return to his native land,
Tino accompanied his chief, and joined
him In conquering the Tagalog territory
from the Spaniards, whose garrisons were
driven northward, where they gathered
Into quite :ia army. Then when Aguinaldo
had established himself in Majolos, near
Manila, he said to Tino:
Take 5tK men and march north."
. The boy general obeyed. Without tak
ing time to drill the 500 peasants given him,
he struck out on his march, fighting every
day, beating back the Spaniards and con
quering each town he advanced on. As his
soldiers fell he replaced them with other
sight the occupants fired their guns, waved
handkerchiefs and scarfs, cheered and shot
again and again.
As they stepped ashore each one held out
a hand and took arst mine and then
Judica's. 1 shook each hand as hard as 1
could and raid:
"Oood that you have come! And here Is
my dear bride."
And this is what they would say to me:
"You have picked out a line one! I'll
believe that she makes you glad!'
And some said a little warmingly: "Be
sure to be nice to her." And the most
polite ones added: "Don't get angry. We
just say what we think."
And 1 assured them all that I would not
get angry.
And ven more boats! Kven more shoot
ing, cheering, saluting! Then everybody
settled down on the meadow and there were
coffee and cuke for the women and children,
sausages and beer for the men. The couV.-
Was brewed in mighty kettles, and the
sausages were cooked in no less mighty
caldrons.
After the first hunger and the first thirst
hud lieen mi tinned the games bt Ran. The
men climbed a greased pole for prists,
raced, wrestled and engaged in a hundred
different contests. My line Count pir
ticipated in them all as If he had bjen
born a mountaineer, and in the wrestling
he threw the best of them. I noticed very
well that the prettiest girls lookej at hl.u
secretly.
Miss Krlti superintended the catering that
really began only after the fi.iniei. when
roasts, hams, (digues and other mighty
meats were served. All ate as much us
they could and all got enough.
And my little Judical Where was she all
this time? Always arming the children.
Always in their very center.
In her white dress she seemed a Qu.-en
of Fays who had come to play with the
little ones. She raced, ran and latixlcl
with them. At last they proclaimoj a
little King and Queen. Judica crevnei
lieasants, recruited from the country
through which he marched. The prisoners
lie took he sent back south under escort of
bolo men militia urmed with only long
knives. At no time did his army number
over 800.
Ills Knut of (he Spaniards.
His march was unimpeded by any serious
resistance on the part of the Spaniards
until he reached the banks of a large river
that divides the province of Vnlun from
Hocus Sur, over 203 miles north of Manila.
Here the Spaniards had determined to make
one last stand. They numbered about l.rOO,
were a'med with modern Mauser rifles,
and were under command of old experi
enced officers. Several companies of the
Ninth Cazadores , Spain's finest colonial
troops, made up the force.
On the banks of this river stands the
town of Tagudin. There the river is sev
eral hundred yards wide und much too
deep to be forded. On the fur bnk the
Spaniards threw up earthwork trenches
that stretched half a mile on either side of
the ferry.
On came the boy general with his mob of
Filipino patriots, armed with old-fashioned
Remington rifles and less than a hundred
cupt tired Mausers. Arrived at the river, he
was met by the volleys of the Spanish
troops. He knew that it was u---e!ei tt
make a frontal attack. In one night he
marched up his side of the river ten miles,
where he forded, and by dawn next morn
ing he fell on the left flank of the en
trenched Spaniards and utterly routed
them. The Spanish commanding officer
deserted his men and escaped off the coast
In a boat, leaving most of his force
prisoners.
That was the last organised resistance
made by Spaniards against Tino. What
was left of their decimated ranks retreatei
northward with Tino close on their heels,
piekinr up Stragglers. On August IS. 18.
the day the American flag was hoisted In
Manila, Tlno entered the Important north
ern town of Vigan, next In slse to Manila
on the Island of I,non. The Spaniards
had passed through the day before, taking
with them the local garrison and the bishop
of Vigan and his monks, the bishop having
under his care several carreton loads of
treasure in silve- dollars.
Tlno raised the insurgent trl -color over
the bishop's pa bice, left a small force to
garrison the town, and, after only a few
hours' sleep, continued his pursuit of the
fleeing Castilians. It was simply a contest
of endurance and the boy of 20 won. It
wus the rainy season and the soldiers
marclied In slush to their hips. At a town
called I xiag the Spaniards were too ex
hausted to continue the killing pace and
they fortified themselves In a local convent.
TIdo's Claim of Personality.
When Tlno came up they hung out a
white flag and asked for a parley. Tino
walked boldly into the convent and told
the commanding officer what terms lis
would grant him unconditional surrender.
The Spaniards agreed and all delivered over
thulr arms to the Insurgent leader. Then
they were laroled and allowed to scatter
about among the villages and to live among
the tiny rulers with flowessi and the. wltTi
the musicians at their haari, their little
Majesties led a ceremoninl march arouu
the meadow.
Judica walked between the two, finally
leading them to me. The small coll gii
of my Koyal brother audaciously wished a
long life to "the dear Mr. Trrnce and hi
dear, good Princess."
All the little ones shrieked "1 lurrih !"
all the big ones Joined in and shriekel
""Hurrah!" the musicians played their best
and everything and everybody was happy.
Heaven gave us moonlight that evening,
and we had a hall on the flowery meadow.
I opened the ball, und not with Judica.
The oldest grandmother was led to me, mid
Judica danced with the oldest man. Kvery
thing wus done with a stiff ceremony, from
which even the Koyal Iord Marshal might
have learned something.
1 aoce after dunce followed. And every time
that 1 thought: "Now you can go to Ju
dica." a new partner was brought to me;
first, all the old ones, ut last all the young
ones. I had to dance with each, even If 1
went around only once.
It was the same with Judica. We couhl
not get together. There were ton many
dancers. Kven Miss Friti htid u dance.
Fhe danced with a gravity, a dignity such
as I never observed before. Hut gravity
and dignity belong to the peasiint d nice.
So long us the world has been, no lirhl:il
pair has hud such a ball room. Over the
snowy peak of the White Kmpernr stood
the moon. The higher It rose the more did
the gray wulls shine, more broad and
golden became the night. The wild rock
world transformed Itself Into a vnst hall
with silver walls. The starry sky formed
the ceiling.
Then Judica escaped from her partner,
ran to me und cried:
"Now I will dance with my bridegroom."
Then we danced. And no others d.inced
with Hi. We gilded through the moonlight
like two solitary, bltssod spirits.
(To be continued.)
the native householders. The officers and
monks returned to Vigan, where Tlno es
tablished his heudiiuarters. There he wus
in constant telegraphic- communication with
Aguinaldo In Malidos, and there he re
mained until the northern march of the
Americans began.
It was In Vigan that he held ns prison! rs
of war Lieutenant flillmnre und thirteen
o titer Americans. He kept them In rigorous
confinement, but still did not treat them
with the severity of personal unlmnrtty.
Lieutenant Glllmnre, In speaking to th
writer, told of u visit that he recdvid
from Tino, and described him as having
most unattractive features, but a powerful
personal magnetism that nniclled ono to
like him. Ills smile, Gillmore said, was as
winsome as any girl's.
Tino has often b-en accusal of tyranny,
but the fact remains that he established
ft court before which Spanish prisoners
could claim redress against natives who
had pilluged or otherwise ill-treated them.
One case thut occurred In Vigan illustrates
Tlno's ideas of justice and discipline.
How He 1'sninbed a T rnnnicul Judce.
The chief justice of the court of first In
stance in Vigan was a Spanish Creole who
hud mado himself intensely disliked among
the natives by his aristocratic ideas. He
exacted the most abject respect from the
ctlsens, and those whom he met on the
street who did not greet him with a mili
tary salute he did not hesitate to assault
with physical violence. Naturally, the
chief justice was not a favorite with the
populace.
When Tino drove the Spaniards from
Vigan and the Judge had fled with the re
treating Cuxudores, his household effects
were left behind. Next day his house had
been looted bare.
When the chief justice returned as a
prisoner he entered complaint with Tino,
and the general ferreted out the culprits,
obliged them to restore all the looted
property, and punished them severely be
sides. Then came a counter charge from the
citisens against the judge. In which he
was accused of tyranny In former days.
This was rather an indefinite charge, but
Tino, not having a legal turn of mind,
found it quite ajfBcient. He had the judge
tried, found him guilty and sentenced him
to stand one whole day in the public plaza
and to salute each person who might pass
and demand it. Kefurai meant a cut from
a bamboo cane in the hands of a muscular
native corporal. All day long the formerly
oppressed natives passed by in single file.
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