The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-08

moval OF the restriction to ship which had
kept everybody from going ashore before OK
ccpt tho fortunate few whoh had been concerned
In bringing about and receiving the surrender.
just opposite where tho Charleston lies. or per-
haps II little to tho southland. the tall cliff
fronting the water gives way TO n sandy
bcachcd point that juts out II short distance
from oroto Peninsula and forms a base for q
coral reef that runs across the bay to Santa
Cruz. A cocoanut grove covers most OF this
point. and under the shade OF the broad leaves
Of the cocoanut palms the forty or fifty
houses and the old stone church and
schoolhouse Of tho Chamorro village OF
Sournaye, or Luna, are sheltered. The first
boat from tho Australia was half way to the
Charleston when the salute to Old Glory was
fired by the cruiser. II held straight on to
Point Sournaye and brought up dolefully
against the coral reef 800 yards from shore. A
dozen Chamorros ran along the beach as the
boat came In and one young fellow waded out
on the reef. He wore n soft. tough hat that
seemed to be made Of straw. Its broad brim
tapped about his face as he came swiftly out
along the reef to the stranded boat. He
had on a thin blue cotton shirt and
trousers that went to the knee. His
feet apparently were bare. and IL was
amazing to see him skip about over the sharp
coral. As he came he tucked his Tapping hat
utlNOl ilo " dh ltlStulbN lllt He SlTlDpGu
of the incumbering shirt. which he rolled up
in a little knot and stuck on his head under the
hat. Evidently he was preparing for business
OF some sort. He kept motioning with one
hand toward where he seemed to think there
was water enough for the ships boat. Occa-
~sionally he made ZONE ejaculation in his native
tongue. He was a short. slight fellow. rather
broad Of shoulder. and with q depth Of chest
and length OF arm. the best things about
him physically. His face was broad and fiat.
with round brown eyes. short. straight. black
hair, and a feeble little black mustache. He
came straight out to the boat and said Good
morning" in English. with n grin that showed
q double row OF tobacco-stained teeth. Every
body in the boat replied Good morning. too
much astonished at his use OF English to say
! more at first. Then some one said. Where is
the channels"
A NATIVE PILOT.
The young Chamorto grinned and replied.
=" Here. Plenty water"
And that" said Lleut.-Col. Yoran. would
jar q fixed star"
The Chamorro did his best to take the boat in.
but It was too heavy and had too many passen-
gers. He waded along and pulled 1t behind
him for several yards. but It drew too much
water. and he could not manage it in the tortu-
GUS little channel between the coral punches.
At last he gave 1t up and began to pull up
pieces OF the brilliant colored coral to show us.
1t was much more beautiful than the coral
at Honolulu. and some OF it was in delicate
shades Of violet and lilac. But it had an all
pervading and powerful odor which was most
disagreeable. q soft. penetrating odor. that
seemed not unpleasant at first, but be-
came almost nauseating in a very short time.
And the longer the coral was out OF water the
stronger the odor became. While he was wad-
ing about after coral the reason for his agility
over the sharp rocks was disclosed. On his
feet he wore broad leather pads. cut like the
sole Of q boot. and fastened about the ankles
with a thong which ran Town across the top of
the foot. between the great and second toes,
and was fastened there to the pad again.
The natives on the beach had been watching
the work of this young fellow closely. and when
they saw that he could not get the boat in they
began to come out in their small fiat bottomed.
bargelike affairs. The first boat that came
along was manned by two men. and the young
fellow who had waded out first joined them i'm
mediately. The two Chamorros hoped out
into the water and said to the men in the ships
boat: Get in. How many?' asked some one.
Three was tho answer. So three got in. and
of for shore the boat started, the three
Chamorros wading alongside and pushing it.
The young fellow with his shirt under his
hat acted as guide. His brown skin cleaned
like copper in the sunshine and the 1.-THE mus
cles rippled under 1t as he bent to his work on
the boat. AS he walked along he talked, and 1t
was not very difficult to understand his Eng
lish.
1901 AMERICANS.
Americana" he said-"half Chamorro. half
Americana. My fader Americana. my moder
Chamorro." Then he laughed. Good Ameri-
cano." he went on. "One day good Espahol.
next day good Americana" He laughed again.
| and tha man In the boat nunhed- too.
Good Americana to-day p they asked.
Good Americana to-day" the boy replied,
with another laugh. "0ne day big Americana
ship come, 90 booml booml' His eyes flashed
and he struck his hands together hard in ex-
element. Make Chamorro much fright. Ever
man run. goddam. Not come back bimeby.
Mex day. maybe. come back. Booml boom
big ship make booml boom! Ever man run.
goddam; make boy run child. woman. ever
man run" He laughed again heartily at the
recollection OF the scare the little lombard
ment OF Santa Cruz had given his village.
Mex day come back he went on; big ship
make much boom! booml All run quick. CO.
coanut trees. banana. maybe sug' cane. Not
come back bimeby. No got scare me. God
dam no. What hell got scare for? Big boom
boom! No got hurt.
MY fader YER good man. Americana. Got
big house. / show you. He YER good man.
That my fader walk by house there. You see
Good man. YER good man." He pointed at q
little bent old Chamorro who was walking along
the beach toward the landing place. The old
man was dressed as the young man had been
before he took of his shirt. and there was no
evidence Of his great prosperity In his appear
ance. But one could not doubt the fllial love
that asserted him to be a yer good man"
HALF THE VILLAGE WAIT FOR THE BOAT.
Half the village seemed to be waiting at the
beach for the boat. but there were no women,
Men. some Of them fairly well dressed. boys
and swarms OF children. The children usually
wore a single coat-like garment OF thin cotton,
which more often was unbuttoned than not
The landing place was like the boathouse al
Pitt. where the Governor and his soldiers sur.
rendered. but not 80 pretentious. 1t stood on
small niles at the edge OF the beach and had