The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1898-12-13


Manila brief account of the accident"
"Senor Capitano, you are un gener-
oso! l will the letter write tonight.
You shall have no fear of I'm eNamin-
cion at Manila. Santisima! have not
the casualidad myself SEEM"
''Muy bueno padre; l will land you
safely at Tanapag in the morning.
and, gobernador, l hope to see Guajan
again before the companies regular
boat resumes the service. I feel as
though you people were old friends
now, and when the Countess is with
drawn l may never happen to return;
so I'd like to keep on running here UNI
til your term expires, anyhow"
You do us la gran honra, capitano
MIC. We are made rich by your friend
ship; and it shall be that word is
spoken in administration de la COM
pania. Villabos will cable Barcelona,
surances of regard and influence, until
Halstead. seemed in a fair way toward
arranging matters as he chose. 1t was
exceedingly well-handled, the whole af-
fair.
Finally the whistle sounded, and we
stepped into the boat alongside. Hal
stead said merely: so long, old man,
be good to YOURSELF" but there was
good deal in our parting handshake.
Much was to happen before we saw
each other again. The pilot was so
cautious in getting clear of the port
that we were driving to Agana before
he rounded Catalan bank; but as we
approached the town the good old
Countess, her lights reflected in the
water, caught up with us and blew
three long whistles by way of good-by.
That night, in my quarters at the
gobernador's house, l tried to arrange
plan of action, going over and over
the various points until my brain was
in whirl. had little doubt of being.
able to find the reef, but it was mat
ter of considera BILE Importance that /
should do SO as near the wreck as pos
sible. For this reason it seemed obvi-
Gus that an examination of the docu-
ment in Fray Ignacios coffin WIS nee
essary. Tie church was in charge of
Padre Bartolomeo and three brother
priests; good-natured, easy-going
churchmen they We're, who could sing,
drink rum, or wager their pesos upon
cock fight with the next man; and,
as some one had mentioned a mass
which was to be held at sunrise, | de-
termined to hear it. Anxious to be on
time, 1 rose half AN hour too early, but
was amply repaid by the freshness and
quiet beauty of the little town.
(. Looking north, spur of hills cut off
the view of the bay; and at their base
flowed a little creek which bounded the
town on the east and north sides,
crossed by two stone bridges, near the
lower of which stood Fort San Rafael.
Beyond the fort and alongshore to Port
Apra, the view was open to the sea.
On account of the shoal water for half
mile out, there was no surf, only rip
pies which showed the direction of the
breeze. Between the church and the
infantry quarters there was small
open square; and west of the bar
racks, between them and the artil-
lery magazine, was broad plaza
which separated the bamboo native
]huts from the more pretentious build
ings of coquina, or coral limestone, in.
habited by the Spanish element. Out
side of the town, the valley and hills
were covered with tropical vegetation
indescribably beautiful in its wealth
Of color and delicate tracery against
the sky line. The streets, laid out il
regular pattern, were wide and clean
At the right of the gobernador's house
looking east, stood the church, small
chapel, and the college of San Juan d.
Latran; al the left, between it and thu
plaza, were San Ramon quarters, thu
administrators Office. the pharmac.
and the tribunal; on the southerly side
of the plaza, the military hospital ant
prison A few miles back of the tow
and its foothills rose the peak of Noun
Tiniquio, and at the southwest tn
peninsula of Orote poked its nose int
the ocean. looked at Orote, its rock
and palm trees glowing red in the earl.
sunrise, for several moments. 1t wa
to be the base and starting point of al
my calcula tions.
A few of the natives were lazil
S6uutcIluS lAlO lAC SAoASA 90
stepped across the square, and mas
was just beginning. There was girl
ish form kneeling by the pillar neares
me, and recognized Senorita Doro
tea. who greeted ME demurely as sh
rose from her devotions, expressin
surprise and pleasure that ! shout
have Weakened early to attend mass
Ny appearance that morning was
fortunate one in several ways. Padr
Bartolomeo was mplimented, for on
thing, and exhibited his satisfaction a
my supposed Catholic tendencies b
showing me what there was to be see
about the place as soon as the servic
was over.
After inspecting the college build
ings and cloisters, we went through
narrow door into room back of tn
chancel, where there were numbe
of votive images in wax, representa-
either miraculous escapes from violen
death, recoveries from mortal III