Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-06-09

tQeII1 lDdl tTdllSu utuluu On lle SIouuu !,
likewise pineapple cloth waists of del
icate texture. Nothing was too good
for her. Felipa took the greatest pride,
however, in two plated rings which
Agapito's infatuation had led him on to
buy for her She exhibited the rings to
us exultantly and told rs that ON the
Sabbath OF Glory she was to be married
by the holy father TO Agapito. They
had been already welded Tagalo fash
ion for three months that is. they had
simply been living together. They de-
cided to marry white folk fashion, how
ever, and the knot was 10 lie tied on
the Sabbath of Glory. which was the
day before Easter.
But what can one count on IN this
world! Two weeks before the Sabbath
of Glory Felipa met handsomer man.
He was an oily tongued and no less oily
headed young Jap. He also was EN-
ployed at tie Army and Navy club, and
he had the additional advantage of
speaking English very well, On the
strength of this he told Felipa he was
an American, and she believed him.
Men were gay deceivers ever.
Dazzled by the glamour of an alliance
with the all conquering American race,
Felipa turned icy cold to her faithful
Agapito. She jeered at him, told him
she hated him and would never marry
him-no, never
Give ME back. then, my jewels.'
cried Agapito. Give lie back my
81 80, or, if not that, at least the red
and yellow gingham skirts and the
rings washed with gold. With them,
even if l cannot bring thee back, l can
get another girl just as good. " But
Felipa would not.
Then the desperate Agapito appealed
TO the sonora, Felipa's employer. He
informed her that the girl was no fit
nurse for the baby, seeing that she had
run away from him and gone with an
other. She was bad character, he de-
clared, which was d rather curious
argument, considering that he was do
ing his utmost to make her come back
and be his wife again.
The sonora appealed to Felipa, who
refused either to 60 back TO Agapito or
restore the gowns and the rings. They
were hers, she declared, because she
had been the wife of .Agapito three
months, and she had earned them. See
ing what an i'll favored, ungallant
creature he was, Felipa had reason ON
her side. Agapito went away heart
broken without either girl or property.
But outraged justice did not slumber
in that crushed breast. In due time the
sonora, Felipa's mistress, received
letter in choicest Tagal pigeon Span
ish informing her that unless he got
those brass rings and those red and yell
low dresses back Agapito would imme
diately lay the whole matter before the
United States government as represent
ed by General Otis.
This threat of a national complica-
tion on account of her love affairs
brought Felipa to terms. Rather than
be court martialed she surrendered
the valuables, and now Agapito, hold
ing them once mere in his hands as
bait, is looking for another wife. But,
dlds, LUZ the u uStlhS ieLhihlho uodlt
The willy Jap, who, by posing as an
American, cut Agapito out, has not
married Felipa. 1t may be for years
and it may be forever ere she finds an
other who will spend $3.50 month on
her One of the great needs of Manila is
more direct line of transportation be-
tween this port and the United States.
The route by the Pacific ocean is as in
direct and tedious as the road around
Robin Hoods barn This is because we