Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-01-05

rid until she was IL"
"Then what the devil did they
ever"
Come to the Ladrones for? Busi-
ness; all in the line of business. As
lieutenant colonel, the old mans or
binary salary of 2,7OO year didn't cut
much ice in Madrid. Out here, as
gobernador of the Ladrones, he gets
about 400 more, besides the pickings."
"Pickings?"
Yes. What he can squeeze out ot
the barrangays, or tax districts.
Gobernadors don't work for their
health. any more than United States
senators. Then Guajau is one of the
most delightful islands in the Pacific,
and il costs them little or nothing to
live there At the end OF his six years
they get their passage home at gov
ernment expense, and carry with them
quite a respectable pot of savings,
which means opera, cafes, bull-ights,
wine, and innumerable cigarrillos, for
several years. 1t takes a good deal Of
genius to work an influential relative
in the cortes."
His six years must have nearly ex-
pired by this time; l notice the SEN
orita's gown isn't exactly up to date"
That's the fault of her blasted
cousins in Manila. l lost my temper,
the day before we left, when they sent
q lot of clothes down 10 the steamer
for me to take to her. There was moth
ing bat fimsy string around the pack
age, aud when the quartermaster ac-
cidentally dropped it on deck 1t
bursted open; so | had the fun of rak-
ing together those female belongings
and trying to guess which matched and
which didn':. If the girl finds out that
I saw some of the things, I'm afraid
there'll be a GOODNESS between US. You
see, they're-well, mixed gear, l should
say. What makes me so mad is the
fact that those women II Manila have
spent the money she sent last voyage
on their own new clothes, and have
sent her a lot of duds four years out
cf style. suppose they think that,
being out of the world in those islands,
she'll never know the difference, and
that they are plenty good enough"
What a beastly shame!"
"Yes; isn't it devilish! And that lit
tie girl likes to be well dressed just
ms much as they do. Got heap bet
ter taste, too. Here, just look at these
things in the box, will you?-they're
almost as antiquated as the dress she's
wearing in the picture" We gingerly
lifted out one garment after another,
speculating as to the use of those we
were not sure about.
Look here, Dick; you don't happen
to have any nice, stylish dresses on
board, do you?"
NO, I don't. I'm carrying hard
ware and stores this trip"
Afterward the conversation drifted
into a description of the kind of life
1 might expect to find among the is
lands, suggestions in regard to the
handling of catamarans at sea, and
ether details of my proposed move
ments; but l couldn't keep the Senor-
ita de Garma out of my mind. 1t
seemed likely that l should see good
deal of her before left Agana, and
the meanness of her Manila cousins
made me speculate somewhat as to the
effect of such surroundings upon a
a girl of refined tastes. Finally an idea
occurred to me. But, fearing his OBJ
jections upon various grounds, didn't
mention it to the captain at the time.
II seemed somewhat risky, yet after
another look at the Photograph
which I absently put in my pocket
I determined to carry it out if possible.