The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-05
Breezy
From he
Humorous Com =
mentS on His
Experiences.

shell. You pinch this open with your
fingers and disclose the inside, which Is
a pure white. 1t is divided into sections
which you can pick out easily. It has
an acid taste, deiicioasly refreshing I
am taking some trings Of them 70 the
folks al Manila
The next morning after arriving at JoIo
Just after breakfast We weighed anchor
and put out TO sea rather suddenly. The
day before a small expedition had left
BY boat for Parang-Parang. a village
still further down the coast They had
not come back when expected, and VS.
went down 10 see what the trouble was
With my usual luck, We got there Just
after the fun was over. and the soldiers
were boarding their vessel preparatory
10 returning. The town OF Parong-Parong
was still buning II seems that some
pirates of the coast OF Dutch Borneo
mad held up a Chinese tong kong. or
merchant boat. and killed most OF The
crew and secured considerable booty. Re
turning 10 their island OIL forget the
name. but you never heard OF II anyway
they were chased away, and came 70
this village OF Parong-ParoRg for shelter.
The Sultan heard Of IT, and wanted 10
capture them. but was little afraid. and
so sent word 10 the Americans TO come
down and help The Americans were
landed, and demand was made upon
the town 10 deliver up the pirates. They
refused. They then took the forts pro-
tecting the place. and the Moros were
told to take the town and they took t.
They had big time Everybody was
chased out in the country and the town
was burned. One pirate was captured
Then the Datto Rajah Mudah and the
Sultans prime minister ard their body
guard with their most gorgeous costumes
and biggest barougs came aboard our
ship and there had pow-wow with the
American commander as 10 what they
should do If these bad people ever came
back. Before they left they obHgingly
lined up on deck and let me take their
pictures. The Rajah Mudah. who IS next
in rank 20 the Sultan. hung hack little
because ne was in his bare feet, but I
lied cheerfully aud told him I would only
take down TO his knees, and he con
scented.
The interpreter for the occasion IS a
young German who has lived down there
most OF MS ne. ana VINO 0aS a ABEO
wife and a house full Of haIf-caste kids.
Think Of having q Moro wife, whose
teeth are blackened a jet black and
whose mouth and lips are red and leaky
from chewing the beteI nut. Woughl
His wife is a sister 10 some Of the Sui
tan's wives. so he has no fear OF the
Moros being. as IT were. che Of them.
His father. so everybody says was
pirate there in the old days. He has
Dig coffee plantation a few miles out in
the country, which most of Us visited.
Returning from our little excursion after
the pirates We staid two or three days
in JoIo, and are now on or way hack
to Manila, carrying with Us a battalion
of soldiers from JoIo who are II return
to the States. We are also carrying
large and varied assortment Of bol0s,
krises, spears, barongs. Moro hats, cora,
shells. etc. which the crowd has collected
as souvenirs Of this most interesting cor
rer Of the world.
I expect a lot OF mail when I get back
to Manila the first Of the week and
some of It from you After getting it
viii write you a letter that won't sound
so much ike page from some book of
travel as this one
Afectionately yours, WE'LL