The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-30
ONLY one TRAITOR
Since the War Began, and He
Was Corporal Haze.
FOR A NUT-BROWN MAID
He Forgot the Flag, and His
Own Men Shot Him.

New York. March 2s-winifred Black
| of the Journal writes:
This is the true story of young Ameri-
can soldier who threw away the flag OF
his country to please little brown Philip
pine woman, and what happened TO him
when he don it.
His name was Haze-Henry Haze, Copo-
raj Henry Haze of the First California
| They didn't know much about him out
in San Francisco. but one day he strolled
in out of nowhere, pushed a dozen or 50
| of brawny men out OF the way, captured
| the recruiting officer with the swing of
| his shoulders, and enlisted
He was tall straight shouldered. good
| looking young man, with merry eye and
! a knack at singing a good song, and a
| perfect genius for telling a good story.
He drilled" like martinent, obeyed
| orders like a machine. and took to his
rifle practice as a duck takes to water,
| The drill sergeant set Corporal Henry
Haze down as first class fighting man,
! and every other man in the regiment
swore by him.
The pretty California girls who visited
the camp of the Gallant First" always
managed to meet Corporal Haze some
some way. And Corporal Haze always
did the honors of the camp with great
e,acrity and no little gallantry and de-
votion.
When the news came that the First
was going to the front, California went
half crazy with pride and patriotic frenzy.
The men OF the First were like mad
men in their enthusiastic delight
They grabbed each other around the
shoulders and did wild war dances. They
sang, they shouted, they laughed and
some of them cried. And Corporal Haze
danced, and sang, and shouted, and
laughed, and cried it'll the best of them
And then they all turned soldiers again,
and about faced and saiuted officers. as
soldier men nould, when the officers ap-
peared.
When the troop ship sailed for Manila
half of California was at the water front
to bid the California boys God Speed.
When the ship went down the blue, blue
bay and past the island, and past the
Cliff House. black with people, and out
through the Golden gate into the Pacific.
Henry Haze stood on the deck with his
companions.
He lifted his cap. Boys he said, 'fts
Gods country, California, and God smiled
when he made it. But we'll make it
proud of u.s.
And the men in the group about him
answered after the manner OF California
and said. You betv' But every man of
them lifted his cap and kept his eyes
lovingly fixed on
1.-THE dear brown hills,
The fair brown hills,
OF San Francisco Bav"
until they faded out of sight.
BY and by the ship reached Manila.
Men and women, and customs and man
ners, not like those of any manners. not
like unto those Of any other known
lards. for mixture of black and white
AMI brown and yellow in a mans Iooa
makes him do strange and curious deeds
There are many kinds of women in Ma
Mia. There are Spanish women there;
they wear mantillas and they hirt with
eyes.
There are japanese women there; and
they f1irt with their fans. cunningly NOV
ed with a supple twist of plump brown
y.=:-..
There are French and English women
there; they are very pale land quiet and
do not leave the house alone.
There are black women there, who wear
a linen gridle and a bracelet.
And there is a woman there who is part
Spanish and part native and part French.
and she is neither yellow nor black nor
white-she is brown, like a shining brown
leaf in autumn, and she wears a loose
robe and a rose in her hair. and she irts
with her eyes, like the Spaniard. and with
the fan. like the japanese, ard she can
weedle like a French woman. and she has
q catLlike swing OF the hips that she got
with the strain OF black blood.
She is called Chiquita. which, being in
terperted. means ''little"-ard little she
is. and supple. and slender and round. and
wicked and knowing and full of all arts
and subleties for the undoing Of men. Es-
pecially oan she dance the fandango.
Corporal Henry Haze met Chiauita the
very first day he landed at Manila.
She looked at him and sighed.
He looked at her and laughed.
The next day Corporal Haze was saun,-
ering around a narrow turning.
He met Chicuita
He lifted his cap and smiled
She opened her big eyes at him and
swept past him ike an insulted duchess.
Corporal Haze whistled.
In the evening. when the bard PLAYS ard
Monila comes out 70 say How Do you
do?' Corporal Haze met Chlquita again.
She stood under p tree. peppered al over
with sickly yeHoVIsh blossoms
man introduced Corporal Haze 70 Chi
.uitA
Corporal Haze bowed. c.s1itz stared /
a him. 7 don't Ike men who laugh"
she said
Tarse days after that Corporal Hare
was hummirz queer little fandanEo /
tune Tfth a isrinE note In Il. Ike TIE 4
buzz OF an angry fa'sieEnake A little 1
Freedman. wbo vas sitting under a tree 4
close. By lifted his eyebrows
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young nan E5th the eyes that laughs" +
he SAID 70 a 'fFlrst" ran, wbo was ~4ih /
him
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