Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-08-03
FIRST NIGHT IN MANILA.

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FIRST NIGHT IN MANILA.
VOLUNTEER'S ADVENTURE.
81 Injury, received at Cavite, few
as after our troops entered Manila,
me for further service.
W4<s furloughed and might have come
ONE on the transport to San Fran
IsG0} but l wanted to see little more
re in the Philippines.
X{b American friends of mine, with
d re to future business, had bought
n7nber of houses of departing Span
II Residents on a street leading off
be Escolta, and at their request, |
iTH8 a native servant and went to
Ve In one of these houses, to look
ffef the property and "hold down the
|a{n'' for them, as they sag in Ne
EaSk a, TIL they could take possession
a2inselves. The casa, or house, where
63came thus domiciled was a typical
HHnish structure of Manila, built
Ind an enclosed open patio, or in
err courtyard, with strong walls and
tied windows. The roof over the
der front portion of it was of CORFU
ted iron, as is common here on ac-
INIT of earthquakes; but the lower
8ftions at the wings and rear were
F<Gided with roofs of red earthen
Having the whole house to choose
ON, l selected two rooms on the sec
al floor, fronting the street. The
panish family who had lived here
al left much of the old furniture,
urtains, bamboo chairs, bedsteads,
oithons and other articles not worth
a0Fing away Even the braziers for
ooking still stood on the gallery out
|Sf8 the door. l had but to fetch in
81 personal belongings and begin my
a6helor housekeeping.
X0u get a moZo, or native male SER
ant, for four dollars a month here,
nd this "boy" does everything for
ID Fetching in your meals. For an
l{0Ient life at moderate cost, Manila
!; fEe ideal city, in time of peace. The
l0zH does all the small buying, and
!. Is bitten necessary to trust him with
eHefal of the big silver dollars which
oa*tftute the medium of exchange
Xi{hough I found the old casa shut
D, 81 was far from being wholly un-
ecUpied and empty. A Chinese
HhoW" dog, with a black tongue,
NrlY hair, and a tail that was still
r1i1ig hard to keep in it's peculiar
T'x' was in the patio when l unlock
I HE outer door and entered. The
5T{6rn creature seemed uncertain
rh6fller to bark at me for an intruder
I Whine for food, and she watched
III ace with sad, longing eyes, per-
ABS Beading for her three little pup
8 dirty, lean, white cat, with
f0<en tail was also peering out from
u64< rank banana stalk. The
fho58 patio was now oyerrun with
e&lseted flower plants, shrubs, pep
er mes and a 'fire-tree."
NI&4uuitoes had bred in the little,
H7F dry pool of the fountain, and a
zf& three or four feet long was
d5 ting on the rim of it. There
it's i've more of these long lizards
l5isk the court and late that after
oof HEY began to "sing." | thought
Fer half dozen locksmiths mad en-
efEz and were filing keys below, till
- Nv mozo told me the noises were
2H.9& by the lizards.
XES first night after taking posses
|&3 4 spent down at Cavite with
5585 friends: but the mozo remained
III walled himself of my absence to
dc into the patio two tough-look-
81 anne cocks of his own; for all
|G<< native .boys" are incorrigible
81 + Fighters.
W also kept Weeping turkey there,
56 What purpose never knew, and
z5&*d Nhongos''-mushroo a
H<* back room of the ground floor.
tl{I he was a very good mozo, as
Ia mozos so, and was usually on
when he was wanted.
4& old house had still other deni-
SIS which l did not learn about till
i 8econd night, which was the first
* actually passed there. Any
living in Manila-even a newcom-
few weeks experience of the
Ind its inhabitants-would have
rstood matters better than I did.
lvite l had lived either in bar
or at a hospital.
cry diminutive kerosene lamp
ished what light was to have in
bid casa. After a stroll up and
<k the street outside, / went in,