The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-18
All the year round on the income OF

appreciatiye assent. followed by, "And
think of the clipper yacht. triple-ex-
mansion and celluloid bottom, that =
man could keep In commission; yes.
and the town house. too. i could build
one In the middle OF Mayfair, with cleo
trio lights. modern plumbing. marble
baths and plenty Of ground around 1t.
for a hundred and fifty thousand" jy
which you will see that the captain and
/ were counting our chickens not oriy
before they were hatched, but even
while the eggs lay at the bottom Of the
western Pacific. This realization came
10 us after awhile with crushing force,
along toward midnight, when the air
had become pretty damp and we had
smoked too many cigars. could feel
my heart sink down. down, like lump
of lead. But, before turning in, i
thought: "Well. the voyage will make
a new man of me. anyhow, and the ex-
element OF the attempt will be some
thing worth remembering, whether
we succeed or not,"-in which my
friend quite agreed with me.
Shortly after four o'clock / heard
him tumble out OF his bunk, and. be-
ing too restless 10 sleep, l soon fol-
lowed. Ii was not yet daylight, but
the gray shadows In the east were
tinged with rosy reflection against
which were outlined the bold promon-
tories Of Point Bugui, the northwestern
" limit OF Masbate island and Point
Sur, on Burias, the passage between be-
ing about eight miles in width. As we
gradually altered our course around
Point Sur. heading northeast toward
Port Sorsogon, on Luzon, in order to
clear San Miguel islet at the northerly
end OF Ticao, great flames Of red shot
up across the eastern horizon. The
grayness overhead lifted, like fog
bank. There was fresh and exhilarat.
ing dampness in the air. Then, as the
top rim OF the sun appeared, broad
CLEAN spread across the heavens.
tingeing every line OF the steamers
rigging and the sides of her funnel a
deep crimson. Down on the main
deck, the barefooted second mate, Mo-
reno, was directing stream from the
hose over everything in sight. while
his men OF the starboard watch
scrubbed and holystoned the 2lanking.
Although there is plenty Of water
ali through the San Bernardino pas
sage, it has been but imperfectly sur
veyed and is thick with submerged
rocks. navigation among which is rem
dered still more dangerous by rapid
current setting in from the Pacific;
aid a feycrish desire TO be at work
made us doubly anxious TO reach open
water without accident. Halstead had
been through the strait several times
and knew his bearings perfectly, but
we were well around the end of Ticao
before he ventured below for break
fast.
At noon we were In the outer pas
sage, between Calantas Rock and
Capul, and by dinner-time were stand
ing due east in the open sea north OF
Espiritu Santo. As on the previous
evening, we stopped 10 chat with the
passengers, the two padres and the
Palacios especially, for an hour or SO
after the meal. then went on deck 10
size up the situation.
ITO begin WITH" said /, when we
! were finally secure from interruption
in our quarters, where am | least
| likely to attract attention when | go
ashort OF Agana2 Will ii be advisable
10 take lodgings in private house, or
had better go 10 the best ho,el?"
"Oh, | should stop at the best hotel.
by all means, II there were such a
| thing within thousand miles. You
would be far more likely TO attract at
Il -, g. q ~ - Ea,
which are made OF bamboo thatched
with cocoon leaves and have pounded
mud floor; there's usually but one
room, you know, and the whole fam
| lily live in that quite socially. Say, old
man, what kind of n metropolis did
you think you we're going to? Why
besides the forts, the church, and gov
eminent quarters, there aren't q
| dozen stone buildings In the town. No;
being n white and presumably wealthy
stranger, you will find yourself big
gun In Agana, And ordnance Of your
caliber are usually quartered upon tbs
governor himself-free OF charge
mind you. Fortunately, happen 70
know Col. De Garma; Ferdinand Jose
| Felipe Jesus de Garma y de Lopez Is his
everyday name. You want 10 commit
IL TO memory. too; because ii you hap
pen 10 get IL De .Something-or-othe
wrong. 1t might make considerable
hard feeling. I've been thinking over
the matter little, and have concluded
that your staying in the government
house as his guest will be rather favor
able 10 our plan than otherwise. He.
one OF the most hospitable men ever
met-giye you anything he's got, ex
cept his daughter, and she's pretty
enough TO eat. Here's q picture oil
them, with the officers OF the colonel
staff. taken with the patio. It's n pref
| ~ fair likeness OF the crowd, consider
ing the size. What do you think Of
tLem?"
| / examined the photograph care
| fully.
"Why, they're fuli-blooded Span
iards, aren't they? They look Xix.
educated people"
"IImpfl II IL comes 10 blood. ID
Gnrma can trace his family back 10 4
branch OF the Braganzas on the distafl