Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

left her bleeding and insenslble on IN
hoor Of our hut After this act %
righteous Justice we wc.c iefl !n peace
for many years. ] grcw Up ln.o
suong. healthy lad. a. passionately
fond ~ my mother o. che was OF ma.
and able 90 help her. 90 that her hard
we was no longer 20 bitterly severe
% had been. She was a cripple,
/ having had her lex broken by my
rather before ! vas born. ana been
ieit 90 Die or recover. as IL might hap.
/ pen. Just like n Wild animal The are
ta1r that never iefi us both was thi;
| I should be torn away from hrr. az
I We had seen SD mlny oihefs hurried
/ 20 Manila by the soldiers. Tor what
| purpose SIZE never knew. but they never
I came back again iui by f1ms stmnrs
I 0veralghi. which / DO not even nov
/ undcrstani. I was overlooked until 1
! was 20 years ~ age. The tyer-ptosent
! terror was no Ices than .t had be %.
] but som bow I feit "a proud confidence
/ tdulie Efoundlssll To- my ability 90 de-
J fsnd my liberty OF escape 10 ever 1
] should be seized. and ! vowed 90 our
ancient gods that nothing should keen
! me from mv mothers al4N. AuU.hsr
I Ne came also o. bind me TO my iltile
home SIN cloFer. u that had been p0s-
/ aible. The daughter o. one % my
/ m1iher's Oldest friends was left an ORE
/ that In such a village aa ours. H1 near
| Manila. always OyrrHkes our young
women. mother coniriVed 60 give her
/ shelter with ur. ! foii ~ love with
her, and we were married. although
/ I was rurniy put 90 80 90 pay the
| pflctts Zee. which I was bound %
DO TO have even the shadow or right %
/ my own wife. our marriarr made no
/ difference 10 our mode % living. a. we
] g. d NHa q
an i1lici hard 90 got a biz " food Eho
was almost aa fond ~ my mother as
!, and although we had hard atrur.
Gle Tor q bare existence, we were free
/ ana very happy. our people want 80
littlc beside liberty. Thon-ihcn. how
/ can I tell your" and he suddenly burst
into passionate NJ ~ weeping. which
seemed az " u would tcas him 90
| pieces. ! was distressed myself 10 see
his agony. but could onsr no comfort.
AZ last h. Gained down and proceed
/ 81: In spite Of the gloomy prospect
/ Of difficulties In nndlnf food Tor
/ another mouth, I was uvofi0ycd whom
| Leeuqa Whispered 90 me her uopra, and
went about my work feeling blrEor
ana stronger. and swelling with Inn
I p1rianrc. Hut % was only the next
DAY after had heard the news, that ~
was returning home Tor the alcata.
Looqua sprnnE out from a bush near
the hut looking mad with fright
Hide. hide she said, the soldiers are
w she village, I'm SURE they'll take you
away from me- I was stunned Tor
moment ana unable 90 think Before
I had recovered myself suin e.ontiy 90
form any idea u whore 10 ro or what
90 do. those Informal Wrctchsa had sur.
rounded ~. Then. Too hate. ! made "a
dash Tor liberty fighting like a tiger.
but what could I daf in a minute l
was overpowcrod. tied hand and foot.
and thrown Into a nlur,na1 heap on
the Er0urd. They no used ms poor rifl.
my iccqua. before my eyes. and ~ the
sight ! went mad. remember mo-
more uniii I found myself In a nlihy
den ln C1viie. my head ahaven. ana my
whole body aching and amariing with
bruises and cuts. They had been nos.
sing me 30 hasten tho recovery NJ my
reason All my spirit was gone. !
was 20 longer a man but thing. ana
the happy part was only a foolish
dream, impossible ever 90 have been
real Wen. with hundreds u other
unforiunatcu, like myself. ail wolfsh
with hunger. beaten. spit az and tram.
pied upon continually. ! was drilled
and made Into soldier We we're
drivcn like cattle 10 night. 20 shoot
down our own counirymon wherever
they. Eohdcd 20 desperation. had risen
agalnst their heiilsh masters. You may
perhaps wonder why We ala not sooner
die than consent % march against
those who were fghting for our rights,
Who ware brave enough 10 stand
against their opprraaors. can't
anawer you except by saying that We
were no longer human beings. We even
spicd upon and betrayed one another.
In the hope OF being favored with "a 1T
tie more consider1tion, full meal dr
20 now and then. Pay We had none, Or
any hope or release except by death.
And believe that quite as many OF ~
were killed by our own officers. AMI BY
she spanish soldiers htat always wcut
with u.s. az ever We had the misfortune
20 clay of our unfortunate cpmpatrlnia.
Were I 90 toll you what I have seen
durlng this last fcn years. reproduce
for you the scenes ~ they have occur
rcd. believe you would de with hor-
ror. Tor have often heard that lu your
country you are really free. and choose
your own rulers, who govern WITH iuas
lice and truth. and that you may rrilly
enjoy your lives without fear OF bglnE
robbed or beaten. nut not eyun Satan
himself could rurpaHs the unuttofahle
cruelty and rapnciiy OF the SpinIarda
In these Stands Even thatr own couu-
irymen faro lHtle bgtcr 40 thsir hands
than thh natives. They seem 81 have
NJ humanity lrft except that which 10
! Vile, fun OF lust FfUfi Nud cruelty |
have heard thit IN thelr own country
There arc great ard good men. EnFllfh-
men and Amyfiuans have told me Hps
how IL 10 that mons ~ them ever come
nort9 We were a E1nNr, kindly race,
simple IN our wants, peaceful ana hap
py IN our lives. and they have made our
islnu1s very Inferno for hundreds OF
yoars. I pretend 10 worship their Cod,
but ln my heart I lriie hlmi f1r u lie
were not az thoy are, why does lie let
thum continue 90 hllght uaf
u never hard OF my mother or my
wife again, Years ago llat ne last
FAM hope thas I ever should. ana NJ
longer think 81 the possibility ~ such
% thing. 1 AN nov better on than
Thousands of my fellows, Cor ] oiion got
long spells like this on n1ard English
and American ships, where ! am welt
led and kindly treated hraauts y1u are
men With hearts. Ani iha long sllenccs
as moi hufi me. f1r I 10 nat ,hlnk,
iuw hask IKE . Well Ca animal nut
Il makes thr starvation ashore Yvry
hard % belg when 1 have TO 80 back
10 10 again"
OF course, u e impossible for me 10
ludaras this poor Wrtich's sad story, nor
could I venture 10 reproduce u IN his
own words hrisilirs with hlaaphemlnRa
and cursinFa n 10 sounds harsh or
| exaggerated, M may BE- remembered
thai my version Is az milk and water
| 10 vltf.li. compared with the corrOFlye
| ylfulonce % hlf words, As FAR az I am