Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-12-21
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A TACKLE IN TIME.
A Young American Football Player
 Too Much For Mad Filipino.

u Too Much For Mad Filipino. Charles Bryant Howard contributes Q 1 seasonable story, under the title of A Tackle In Time" to St Nicholas. Mir Howard tells of two young football | players who were with their father, 0 sea captain, in the Philippines. Suddenly, amid a chatter of wheels on the rough pavement and the bewilder- ing babel of SpaLiards, natives and Chinamen, the boys noticed a louder sound up the street, which increased as it approached 10 shouts and yells ot ex- citemCnt CT fear. The people stopped anG tCrned their heads Somebody shouted "Uno loco Ca madmsn)" and at that everybody began dodging into doorways ard fleeing around corners as if possessed by a deadly terror.
 'What is it?' exclaimed Jack.
 "Blessed if I know" said Harry. "SUme row mp the street, guess Let's wait and see what father does.
 And then they saw strange sight a half naked, villainous looking "Fili- pino" (natiye) tearing along the side walk toward where their father stood, fouTishing in one hand a soldiers belt, with a heavy buckle-a very serviceable weapon in accustomed huntsville the people made way fer him right and left in mad haste, tumbling over one another, with shrieks and screams of fear. Evidently he was soldier from native regiment who had been sen fenced to punishment for some misie- meanoI and, having managed to escape, was endeavOriDg to reach the native quarter of the town. He was pursued at some distance by native corporal and several soldiers and guardias (na- tive policemen), whose shouts of 'Cui- dadol Para Look out! Stop him)P' added to the general uproar.
 The boys saw their father turn quick ly and glance toward them, while the old Spaniard shot into a doorway with amazing swiftness Then the captain faced the native again and swung his thick bamboo cane aloft. Down 1t came with all the strengths of his powerful arm-whackl-and the belt and stick went whirling away in the air, while the runaway, after a stagger, changed his course slightly and came flying across the street toward the two boys. They heard their father give a warming shout. Harry iDstinctively sprang in front of Jack, and, not knowing just what was the matter, but feeling that the man ought to be stopped somehow, he proceeded to do it in his own way. Stooping quickly, with bent head and Outstretched right arm, as the man came rushing up, be tackled him around his urawny waist as he had tackled many an opponent on the football field at home and almost expected to hear the familiar rear of applause from the spectators as he and the Filipino" came down with a crash and a whirl of arms and legs, rclling over across the hard sidewalk till they brought up with a prodigious thump against the build ing, the native struggling atop, but in anotEer minute Jack had hurled him. self atop of him, involuntarily sho1t- ing "Heldp' as soon as be could catch his breath.
 At this point referee" turned up i'll the shape of the big native c,rporal, who promptly grabbed the deserier and "yanked" him to his feet, holding him, writhing and bisSing, in a grasp of iron.
 "Buen muchachos (good boys) r' said the great brown faced soldier. "In- gleses (English)v'
 "No, amigo; Americanos, answered Captain Hale, who had HOW arrived CD the spot, still minus his stick.
 "Por sUpuesto (of ccurse)," grunted the corporal. II might kave known it, senor. This is the worst man in the regiment He would have killed you if he could. Cobardes (CowarGs)P be growled at the gaping people, who were timidly peerinS from various retreats "Tbese two American children are he- roes, and you-cara baos (tame buffa- loes) ]" And with that expression of contempt, tke worst that can be applied to Philippine native, he twisted one powerful hand in his prisoners long hair and marched him of to cool his excitement in the guardhouse.