The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-08-03
HIsfIRsT NIGHT IN MANILA.

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day, after cat troop, catered Manila in'
pseilstea me Tot farther service. vss u
lonsted spd might have come hsE
on the transport 10 ssn frsteiseo. bat
wsntsd 10 zee little mere Of lite 10 u
Philippians
Tso American friends Of mine, 9th .
eye 10 faturs business. bad bousht . pni
Der OF houses OF depar.ius Spsui.h 70
dson on street Is.dipg oG the E'coli'
sbd at their rtgassi. hired .as,i,s ser
ant and xtut 10 live 10 one Of ihes
houses, 10 look after the property an
"hold down the clsimn for them. as the
.y 10 Sebraska TIL they could take 20
tefsion themselves Tee casa, or house
vhsr. beesne thus domiciled sas typ
cal Spanish structure Of Manils, bull
srouod 81 enclosed open patio, or inne
court,srd, With strong walls aud sraie'
windows The rJoi over the wider iron
portion OF II vas OF corrugated iroo, - 4
CON mon here 90 sccouDt OF earthquakes
bat the lover portions at The wings apd
rear we're provided With roofs Of red
earihern tiles
Having the whole house 10 ohooat
from, ! selected tso rooms 90 the second
floor, fronting The street The Spanish
family who had lived here he'd leit much
OF the old furniture, clrtsins, bsmboo
chairs. bedstesds colchons aud other atti
cls pot worth moving away. Even the
brziers for cookiag still stood on the
gallery ou,eiie the door. ! bad but to
fetch 10 my personal belongings and be
sio my bachelor Housekeeping
You get q mozo, or native male servant.
for four dollars 3 month here. and this
"boy" does everything for you. even to
laying out your clothes aud fetching 10
your meals. FoI al indolent life st mod
crate cost, Manila Ia the ideal city, 10 time
OF peace. The mozo does ell the small
buying, and it 10 often necessary to trust
him with several OF the big silver dollars
which constitute the medium OF exchange
here.
Although found the old casa shut up,
II Was far from being wholly uuoccupied
or empty. A Chinese chow" dog, with
black tongue, curly hair, and tail that
was still trying hard to keep in its pecul
isr curl, vas in the patio when unlocked
the outer door and entered. The iorlorn
seemed uncertain whether to
bark at me for 90 intruder or whine Tor
food, and she watched my face with sad,
longing eyes, perhaps pleading for her
three little puppies.
A dirty. lean, white cat. with . broken
tail was petring out from under q rank
banana stalk, The whole patio was now
overrun with neglected flower plsnts,
shrubs, pepper vines and 3 6re-tree.
Mosquitoes had bred in the little, half
dry pool OF the iount.in. aud . lizard
.bree or four feet long was squatting on
.he tim oil it. There we're Eve more OF
.hese long lizIrls about the court and
ate that afternoon they began to sing.
thought that nslf 9 dozen locksmiths
lsd entered and we're fling keys below,
ill my new mtzo told me the noises we're
nsde by the liznds.
The fret night siter taking possession !
pent down at Csvite with tome friends;
,ut the mczo remained and svailed him
eli OF my absence to smuggle into the
,atio two tough looking game cooks of his
wn; for oil these native boys ore incorris
BILE cock fighters,
He also kept yeeping turkey there. for
hat purpose never knew, and raised
hongos" - m ushrooms in . dark back
oom OF the grand floor. Still, be was q
cry good mtzo, as Mstila mozos go. and
'ss usually on hand when he Was wanted.
The old house had still other denizans
hich | did not learn about till the second
sht, which was the first thst actually
sssed there. Any one living 10 Msnils-
ven new conner Of few weeks expert
ace oil the city and it's inhabitants A
ould have understood matters better f,
IAN did. At Csvte had lived either -,
barracks or at hospital q
A very diminu,iye kerosene lamp iutn r
he'd whAt ligh was TO have 10 the old !,
.ss. After 9 stroll up and down the
rec. outside, | vent 10, locked the great
COR, sscended to my new qusrtes, and h
Il down to read 90 old copy OF Wsverly
hicb had found it's way to the Philippines o
, vsr-ship. !.
Something about tie queer, musiy old Il
lsce gave me singular sensation lone o
,meness, perhaps. forget it 10 the mar y
tive OF "Cullum Beg.' for time. Then q
heard Florepcio, my mozo. coming up
,e stair. from The ps,io. he brought 10 b
ribkipe water. open, d my bed. and laid b
pair Of slippers beside it. A. yet the e
ozo spd | had much difficulty 10 under n
anding each other. He spoke Tagslog |,
ID little Spsnisb;I It'll less Spanish 7
ID DO Tssslos, l thought that he sp o
,,red messy, and scarcely wondered st
the house WAS so silent and deserted. .,
ssted him il be we're afraid. al
Ah, mao. senior. be replied. with doubt 10
L. l.
,out picsros, sad tnen explained. IN v
sny long sentences, none OF which / u
ore than comprehepded, that native tt
sck burglars often crept in, naked. bay m
q their bodies smesred sith fst 90 ,hst in
ey could oct be seq d or held,
| bsd . Krsg Jorsepseu osrbine, bat
oreneio brought 10 tao old rusty lsnoes
aich be had found below, such n had Ell