The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06

frdbojo In Casa Todos. and an un~dersupply OF
BY cervera and the Beggariy pittance OF Rufus
Choate. Daniel and ~Josephus.
10 the practical American mind the remedy
was instantly apparent, but whon was ap-
piled IL was a tremendous surprise to the
walking delegate and his strikers. IL was
i he Ike s,%~ rank p oi the S 81 cutting ES HSsp c SSGter had %
never contemplated such q possibility, and the
blow, was a staRgerer. But he recovered be-
ger In his walk when Tattersall came. What
business so eminent 2 h2rseman rs Tattersau
has to do with the intricate machinery OF a
kitchen would puzzle even a Rufus Choate, but
Tattersali said he was as good a cook as n
c%9achman; Nothing has developed to show
his laSors was less By several ddobe pesos tim
lawyer. The prophet and the historian.
and we set out to f~orestan y. OF course. as cook.
and therein lies his opportunity, We knew
that. but the union knew that we knew II, too.
Sn1 t To STRIKE EsS for not The @S union sh SSSl O. O %oTsoVef.
T9ttersali is OF stern aspect and iorbidding
niien. and apparently they hesitated to tackle
themsslves for two dave. and then the blow
t tsl. WS summoned an interpreter, an Id, Wit
the Commissioner. The correspondent and the
cook. the lawyer, the. Admiral. the historian
our freedom. and smashed the union scale:
, Kains GsG %sSs A Asgnnsa g oeT FSefa p gao,el r anf
relative to the Importance and pay of, latter
sail. IL was q crusher. but the ,Filiplnos are
preston have fitted them to receive pay. only
union suscumbed, Now, 4 Tattersall can be
cooks. we may be happy yet. you bet.
Sideache was the coxswain OF the pullboat.
He and Cervera, the stroke. and Papa Ravinet,
No. 2. and Calico. the star gazer In the bow,
were among those on the Reina Cristina who
learned a thing or two about war from Dewey
on the LIST Of May. Papa Ravinet had the
creative as well as the detective instinct. II
he were sent after some special trophy or
souvenir and couldn't find 1t he had one made
to order and turned up proudly in due time
with his errand well performed. Sideaohe was
and is a master In his way. but his arithmetic
Is faulty. Having Incorporated four silver
dollars given him for the purchase Of pima
cloth he failed to return for a weeks wages.
thereby FORGETTING one large round peso. As a
linguist Sideache had rather limited attain
ments. His stock OF Tagalog was large and
varied and he could hurl more kinds OF words
ending in 'anG" at his men than the four OF
them could throw back. His Spanish was con-
fined principally to mucho uiento. muoho ma
reddd. mucho aqua. mucho trdbajo and no puede.
It will be perceived that all are terms of obiec-
ton to doing something and 1t was the insist
ence OF the passengers that not the wind or
the waves or the rain or the trouble prevented
the possibility Of doing what they desired that
gave the oxswain the sideache.
The worst case OF pain Sideache had was
probably that caused by u trip from the sheep
ship lying in the bay over to Paranaque. Side
ache and his men and the boat were the special
retainers OF one OF the reporters. That re-
porter and myself started from the Culgoaj Just
az shutdown to spend a night In the trenches,
Sideache declared that IL was no puede" to get
being right for once. There was a fresh
high. But the wind was in our favor and we
got the sunshade hoisted. on one oar and sailed
along, pretty comfortably. only occasionally
shipping. a sea. 1t had been q nasty day. close
shut In by sullen clouds. and now as we got
fairly started a terrible black cloud came swift
In spirit, The boat had hit a rock somewhere
the day before and there was a bad leak In the
bow, 1t kept one man busy pretty, nearly al
utterly black and impenetrable; In the day
light Paranaoue. is distinguishable above the
deme q srs sse I'D 5IEdin dSut s!Rns At the nie Sssf ihe ss x sns
night sven that was biotted out, '''n ~ 'nA'
phosphorescence In the tropic sea. The wake
OF the boat was q broad belt Of flame that
into little Cleaning hiiioeks By the waves.
Each oar drove n streak Of, silver through the
water and on the recover dripDed little globes
OF, the curling waves broke, into showers OF
scintillating, star, dust and the men and oars
MERE SHARPLY sIor r cos silhSSpe Etc Ill in I'll, the GLOW. The
myriad raindrops beat down uplifted combers
and spread Q fairy carpet of fiery lacework over
even the native boatmen paused In their work
to wonder and admire.
The sail came down. and we went on through
denly out of the dark behind us flashed the
red and white signal lights of the Charleston.
watched them spelling their message through
the darkness to the feet. and before we could
realize how far out Of our way We had gone in
gently In the sea, and hinged about With mellow
poles and LEFT a cleaning chain woven in and
flare Of the surf warned us that we had missed
huge roller lifted the boat and hurled it for
ward, o cleaning lrebrand. into the darkness
with It's blazing crest and left us impotently
pounding, on the bar. The frightened boat
men tried to turn around, but the next swell.
silyery spray. every drop q ball Of, light. Senior
S 81 lea he. turned ned loose sose,H his T taS Instant
i L sh ]soe aetsS s Sr9T Tor r' the two ,' P=ssse s@iS r dsD be-
would come. They managed. however, to
and we orawled in over the bar; pounding the
leaky bottom on the hard sand as each swell
passed ns. Up and down the beach we strug-
Rled, trying vainly to find a landmark. The
wall Of night surrounded US. unfriendly, black
sea marked our pathway. To seaward the
fer, surf broke In angry roars over the bar.
South we went. pounding along In the shallow
water, or smashing, through fish traps that
a friendly CLEAN on shore showed us that We
hague. Back again through blackness.. our
Of hard Work broashtt US eVen with the eha rHsr
toni, lights again; We had passed Parahaque
ashore. but, we had MANAGED to keep fairly dry
30 far. and we hld no desire to get wet before
it was nessssagy There was plenty Of time
not begin until nearly 10 o'clock. and 1t was not
time IN q a l Rne f mGls III ins IL eae f %s Gb;addn 6ar 16Is
started when bang on the beach we went again
and this time the men went overheard.
When they, had got the boat clear again one Of
them had disappeared, A hery, streak in the
water marked his path toward shore. Pres
entity the glow behind him went out. He had
reached the shore: We sat sim and waited.
In the Iull OF the Hlrf Than n dog harkAd