Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-02-09

came in from the door, and took his
place beside "Snipey." The music
choked off on an unfinished bar.
"Now, gents" he said, 'just mo-
ment vile I tell yeh wat we got in.
side. got the finest show that ever
opened on the Bowery. First an
foremost, boys, we got the Filipino
warrior an will man"-pointing from
the painting of hairy cannibal pur'
sued by soldiers to the box in which
the invisible "Aguinaldo" steadied a
whirling head at the voice Of his tor
mentor. "He was captured eighteen
miles from Manila, an brought to this
country, Jest as yeh'll seem
there, by Signor Marches" -pointing
to "Snipey." can I tell ''yeh, boys,
fer the trut', he's the ugliest an the
lowest species of the human race that
ever breathed the pure an enlightened
air of this continent. Yeh'll seem in
all his native barbarity, the sulkiest
brute that ever eat pork sausage.
Women faints at sight Of him. But
yeh don't need to be afraid, boys.
He's -"
There was a smoker from the audi.
ence. An indescribable face had ap-
peared over the side of the packing.
case. "Aguinaldo" had pushed back
his wig to cool his forehead, and the
brown of his complexion ended in O
white line over his eyes. Yellow
ochre, blue tattooings, brown paint,
and the red of his bleeding nose had
run and mixed together in a mess OF
color on cheek and chin. He blinked
drunkenly 1t the crowd, and drummed
on the wires of his cage with the
empty flask to stop the speech.
eyer liar" he said thickly.
A yell of laughter drowned the man.
ayers furious oath. eyer liar an
q fakir," he said slowly, IAN yer show
amt worth any more than y are yer
self-an' that's nuthin but debts. Tie
owes me fer two weeks salary" he
explained to the screaming public,
IAN he's tryin' to bully me into quit.
tin SOS he won't have to pay me-"
For the moment the manager had
stood by, helplessly. But when he
heard the "Filipino" abuse the "inest
show on the Bowery," and recognized
the malice of his attempt to brighten
away the full haul of gudgeon that was
coming into his net, he rushed upon
the cage with an agonized and en-
ragged Drunken fool" that lifted above
the storm of laughter like woman's
scream in shipwreck. The object in
the cage answered it with an inarticu.
late howl in the same pitch Of voice,
and the mirth of the audience fol.
lowed in a screech. The manager
grasped tho wires and shook ITEM
furiously. "Aguinaldo" pounded his
fingers with the bottle, yelling like
demon. Then, "Snipey," awakening
from stupor of bewilderment, slipped
the fastening on the cage and threw
off the top. The shrill cry of 'the
warrior and wild man" was
choked in his throat by the
fingers Of the raging manager. But
the "Filipino" was no weakling. He
threw himself forward, pounding his
assailant. The cage came over with
him. The two men rolled together
on the platform, the painted demon
on top. "Snipey" jumped to the res
cue, and was wrapped up in tangle
of arms and legs that kicked and
fought and tore the clothes of the
Mexican and the manager with fe-
rocity that would have shamed the
most determined Filipino that ever
fought. A mob, gathering in from
the street, howled and applauded.
"Jenny" screamed and wept. The
office beauty turned pale around
her rouge, and the organ-grinder and
the antiques from the Beauty Show
gazed over the, calico screen in mute
terror.
1t was wild minute before "Agnin-
aldo" was choked into helplessness,
carried bodily into the Hall Of lllu-
sions and held face down, with "Sni-
pey" On his shoulders, until the man
ager cleared out the crowd. When a
slow policeman came up to the gaping
mob at the windows, he found tho
'front.' door shut and all quiet within.
''Aguinaldo" was sleeping peacefully
IN the floor, covered with a curtain
rom the Turkish harem. "Snipey"
vas sitting by the stove upstairs, sew
ng up the rents in his Mexican CO.'S
ume. The manager was bathing his
ace in the sink.
"What happened?" he said to the
,fficer. ooh, another Filipino revolt.
IN you bet I'm an anti .expansioner
an forever more. Madge,"
le said to his wife, 'get that feller's
money ready. He gets his autonomy
o-night. New York Post.