The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-13
A PHILIPPINE ROMANCE
Observation-Disclosures
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The Brown Woman ut Iaro who
MhrrleIl a AnIhInf

nRIVATE sEVENsPoT, of com
pany Y. 'steenth United States In
fantry. sat In a carved mahogany
rocker beneath the portieo OF the COM
pany quarters at JRro, In the island
of Panay. and honed his razor His
eyes bllnked, dagzled by the gIaring
sunlight, when now and again he
paused IN his task to sthre aeross the
plaza. The prospect. as viewed by
Ssvenspot, wis not pleasing. and he
kept up running mutter Of oriti.
eism.
''Iuht luck at III sun. baked coun.
thry. viii yez." said he. gcstieulatinR
with the razor. "Av tn town were "a
mess Of Philadelphia scrapple It
could not be done browner. Luck at
sh' wades an brush In thot desert av
plaza. An luck at tn toy min. av
yes call thin min, call thin brown
rata. IT'S waste nv good gunpowder
10 shoot at tn loikca av thin. shure.
We should be arruned with pop'guna,
Faughl"
And with q castor-oil countenanee,
Seyenspot spat upon the ground,
A little brown woman SHE was a
woman. although she weighed no
more than the average American
schoolgirl Of i2-shuiiled harcfooted
down the street. To unaccustomed
American eyes she was mere carl.
eature on womanklnd. A couple of
yards IL brlght-red calico were gath.
cred tightly about her waist aud
reached to her knees. The mnkeshift
garment was wound snugly about her.
outlining every curve aud showing the
motion 81 every muscle as she moved.
Her brown legs aud feet were bare,
A white shirt waist was caught over
one shoulder and had slipped of the
other, exposing barred neck, A
white towel with bright red edglng
served as sunbpnnet. She walked
or shuiiled with knees far advanced
so that she seemed in danger of fall.
Ing backward. "A she shutlicd along
she putfcd o huge cigar. that In color.
length and circumference matched her
naked forearm. And the lips that
poised the cigar were stained bright
red and green from chewing betel
nuts and ieascs, But Margerita was
a ahapely little dab OF temlnluIty. Her
face was sauey and tascinatingly i'm.
padent. Her eyes were alluring. And
she chartered pigeon English viva
cionsly, with graceful little gestures
of hsbyish brown hands and pretty
chickering's OF hetel-stained lips.
And the polse and movement Of her
little head was hlrdlike.
snow. luck al thott" exclaimed
Seycnspot, indicating Margarlta with
another wave of his razor. Just tell
me phwat does Big nlll want av a
brown-skinaed pocket-pace laike thot.
Shure. nv she wanst got lost in tn
tall grass nv tn plaza there. Rsn
couldn't foind hur with tilseope.
Az he'd dab her we'll with aaur an
carry bur under his arrun. he'd re.
simble wan av thin Eyetallaus phwat
peddie little statooaries ia New York.
Think av slNtutter loikc Rill snayk.
In on an slolatin' rigilashuns by
marryin' a little hromn imp az a
NAaHAH NtAEAA NNAsAtA - NNGthN GtEHN@
lilo. Taught" And agaln setenspot
spat upon the ground his caunte.
nance expressive of castor oil and qui.
nine.
Along the southern boundary of
Jaru there ran stream. during The
rainy season q river. during the dry
season n risulet. Along the southern
bank OF the stream there was nar-
row strip of scattered woodland. be-
yond that three. strip OF roll.
ing prairie. aud then n ridge sur.
mounted by another biz Of timber.
Five miles beyond the ridge on a liz.
lie egninenee clustered the town Of
Santa barbara. n was an lnsargent
stronghold. and It's assault and cap.
tnre we're the iirss work Ut the an.
tnmn catapaign cut out tor the little
detachment Of American troops quar-
tered at Jaro, The American outpost.