The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-31
CHAPTER VIII.

demlc OF leo9, not hut being left to
show where the town stood; and had
not one of the native pilots been fish
ing, two miles off shore, we might have
wasted considerable steam before we
could have summoned one from Agana,
four and half miles away. The island
ers were not expecting our arrival for
another two weeks at least.
We anchored safely, however, in II
fathoms of water, and presently saw
boat putting off from the landing pier.
The senorita and l were leaning over
the rail near the accommodation lad
der when the party pulled alongside,
and we noticed with considerable In
terest that there were two ladies
among them. The first gent leman to
come aboard we Judged, by his gold
laced uniform, to he the gobernador,
Col. dc Garma; and in this we were not
mistaken. The ladies, with two of his
staff. followed; and in one of them we
recognized the original of Halstead's
picture-which. by the way, failed to
do her Justice. Then the party went
below for wine and cigars while they
chatted over port regulations, tho
cargo and the latest Manila gossip.
After the formalities had been con-
cluded, one of the stewards was sent
on deck for the Palacios, Padre Sebas-
tiano and myself; and our cordial
greeting by the coloneTs party left
nothing to be desired.
Halstend must have been telling
senorita Garma something about me,
for she seemed to be making a shy but
friendly examination Of my fuce when
we were introduced, and when her
father heard that was to remain in
Agana tho hospitable manner in which
he placed his belongings Mt my dis
posal was too sincere to be misundcr-
stood. Visitors from the outside world
were Mt n premium. ! noticed that
Senorita Palacios seemed rather pre-
occupied during the conversation, and
when she presently carried the colo
nel's daughter off to her stateroom-
for a mutual exchange of gossip and
condolences, snppose--.she must have
dropped Il few hints which opened her
VISITORS eyes to certain things later.
Padre Sebastiano was more surprised
thnn he cared to admit when he found
that had accepted an invitation to re-
main with the gobcrnador, on the
leland, and Dinz also wondered why an
active Americana should wish to bury
himself in such n place for three
months; but it afterwurtl came out that
l was credited with being more of
savant than business man, my inter-
est in navigation having strengthened
this belief. What conclusion the padre
arrived at, I neither knew or cared; il
we were to be anniversaries. muy bueno;
we were at our destination, and would
soon know where we stood.
My Luggage, including the wooden
chest, went ashore before dark, and. as
the steamer could scarcely get away
before the next evening, we made up a
party to accept De Garma's hospitality
overnight. The drive to Agana, from
the pier, we made ina bullocls-cart re-
scmbling carramata, but much larger
and thatchcd with palm leaves, and
upon our arrival found most appetite
ing supper awaiting us. There is
tradition that Magellan md his fellow
navigators left pigs and fowls upon
every island in the Pacific, and the
plentiful supply of this day rather con-
firms it. When the time came for re-
firing, I was shown to comfortable
quarters on the upper floor Of the COB
ernador's house, between San Ramon
barracks and the church of San Juan
Letran, Senorita Dorotea accompany
ing me as far as the door to assure her
self that oil my wants were provided
for.
She was n charming creature. that
girl. in spite of her ridiculously old
fashioned costume; and l was impa-
tient to SEQ her in more becoming
clothes, as l knew | should when she
had time to examine the contents of
her box. We had left the original
gowns where they were, fearing that
her Manila letters might contain de-
scription of them.
Sunday morning we attended mass in
the church, and had delightful drive
across the hills to Umatn. a ceremoni-
Gus dinner at San Ramon quarters fol-
lowed; then we all went aboard the
steamer for final visit with our
friends before they left. I found an
opportunity to steal down into the en-
ginc-room after supper, for talk with
Mac. His men had been busy all night
unshippng odd bits of machinery from
the wreck of the German tramp, which
lay, about quarter of mile away,
fast upon Luminnn reef, and boiling
three straps so obtained, around the
Countess shaft. When we went into
the alley TO look at: the repairs. he
asked, with comical wink, if
thought they would hold until the ship
reached Manila. Then, when we
assembled to his room for n parting
glass. he said: "Weel. Master Stew
vans, Haalstead an IA haze done over
part sac wecl as we c'u'd; an Aa
TRUST yell be sicsaisfu' WI yer ain.
IA dinna ken muckle aboot tn maetter,
but An'm nye reddy tae stan by We
bath whites there's brnith left tae ME.
Well be seem ye soon, IA hoop. Here's
the ye, mon"
What Mac said he meant; he was the
kind Of friend man likes to keep
through life. When rcjoined the COM
pany in the saloon. they were chatting
Padre Sebastiano upon his coming trip
to Saipan in proa: and the gober-
nador unconsciously gave ITalstcad the
opening he was looking for by COM
mentiug upon the incivility Of govern
ment in not providing for the PADRES
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