The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-03-03
In DISGUISE
Story of A Bandit
Chief.
WHO OuTWlTTED GEN. MARCH
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And Secured From MIN the sAo..
600 Price offered for the
nsndits Mead
VINO OuTWlTTED GEN. MlRCl,

young man of 20, shippee as com-
mon sailor on the three masted Hhip
Polly Ann. OF New bedford, bound
from New York TO the Philippines
with a cargo Of Hour IN voyage
was uneyentful, aud iaa days after
passing Sandy Hook the Polly Ann
dropped anchor In Fasig river, Man
liza.
During the ships stay ther-.
grandfather. who Was nf an invest.
igating disposition. looked the city
over Pretty well. and. bsiievi that
there were chances for wide awake
Yankee to make fortune In the
islands. he quit the ship and tool,
serviec with trading nrm ON the
harur front. In ten years he was
manager of business Of his own
and a mar of influence among tbs
foreign traders The spAuiarsla. too,
looked up 10 him and respected him.
A. his business grew he was un-
able q manage all the details 81 tho
ineres ring trade. and 40 called TO his
help young Filipino named Juan
Agusdos bfisht vounE man. half
Spanish. half Malay Who had form
erly beer an asslstast tn the packing
house. AruAdo po~s~ssed polished.
courtiy manners aud a good siuca.
tion. lie had received his sehnoliul.
at a monastery. ard sraudfathef
trusted him Implicitly. faf In she
eourn. Of time he made him chief
clerk and adviser.
AEuado wa. absolutely fearless
that was where his Malay blood
showed out. Grandfather would re-
mark. when he himself hah occa-
sion Ia refer TO the story. They wcrt
out hunting one day In n junK,s
tract some ten or fsteen rifles away
from the city. when they were
charged by a madd~nsd buffalo that
dashed out ~ water hole upo ,
them They both ran for cover. but
grandfather by some miss'sp iripped
over a vine and fell. and before h.
could regain his feet the animal was
upon him. twas ne time To Use a
xun-thsy were armed with nothing
but light snwiinE pieces for pigeon
shooting. when grandfather fell,
Aguado. who was little behind
him. made leap tn one aide To pass
him. hut he was not thinkirE Of say
ing himself. Quickly drawing his
c.N.sse. which was ar9,hsf mark 81
THE Malay In him. he rushed back
upon the buffalo and stabbed I,
1 through the neck again and again
with all the dsx;erlty II = veteran
matadof. The buffalo fell dead In
hla tracks. ana rrandfathsr crawiei
away with a broken arm
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were like brothers. tusn SCENE
glad that be had had an opportunity
to show hts regard for his employer
and hsnefaefor. and xvandfathe.
was toe much Of man To- be any
thing hut generous 90 one who has
saved his NE.
But II was about the erd % their
comraieshlp. one dap n native from
tho country called at the warehouse
for AKuado. They retired tn "A dis
tant part ~ the building and talked
long and quietly together. Then the
stranger went away and the clerk
returned to his desk.
That night. when II came time TO-
closing Axuado said "Sennr. ] must
leave you. am wanted at home,
and u viii be useless Go try 10 deiain
me-"
Grandfather was surprised beyond
rciief aifnost. but he did not try o.
dissuade him. He paid his arrears
Of salary. added a handsome bonus
and Haid good by =, the only man
In the East of whom he was truly
fond.
Two years passcd and not word
came from Asuado. but that was
not very strange. for the province
where he lived had been In open re-
volt for some time. and as the night
Ing on both sides WAS constant and
relentless communication with Man
liza was practically Gu, OF,
However. as time went on the re-
bellior was crushed and the inSur-
gents were scattered or captured.
/ The leader of the revolution. one
Luis Bereeo. was n man Of consider
able gcneraiship and resources. for
without munitions or money he had
held lis ground against the Span
inris for n long time and had In
I, trlEucd successfully among the ma
tive troops sent TO oppose him. But
he could not hold out forever. and
he. too. was a fugitive.
Then II was that the government
resorted To an erpedient often tried
/ in Spanish countries for catching
those who will not surrender
price was set on Luix Berrco's head.
piacards we're posted In Manila ard
throughout the islands wherever
spanlsh authority was rec ognizcd,
procia.ming n reward OF 10000 MeSi-
I can dollars to the one who would
bring the head Of the insurrent lead
err to tho authorities.
My grandfather had frequently
seen these announcements and won
dered what sort OF man II was
who caused the captain general "a
much annoyance. Roth the captain
general and himself were soon 20
know.
one afternoon the captain general
sat alone I'm his ONCE. Ik was In n
complacent mood, for certain docu-
ments before him related To the dis
position Of the surrendered insur-
gent bands who had been harassing
BIS chosen province for the last two
years. Suddenly. without any warn
ing. the door spened behind him and
n man stepped quickly into the room
Mt the same 5time slipping the bolt
again into it's place. He was dressed
like a priest. In n long black gown
and had a hood over his head.
Peace upon YOU" he said coldly,
and Don Xavier Marcia tssned In
his chair.
who are youand what do yod
want7"
DO not talk too loud" said the
visitor, pushing back the cowl from