The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-20

aIeeDte sOTt OF cneeT Us We IhhS'u lntIn' rloih
there the road ran across an open fiat Tor nearly
half "a mile when II struck the edge Of the town
An lrrigailng ditch illl OF lmpid water ran
beside the road, on both sides Of which the
rice fields stretched away for miles, tine yellow
heads Of ia" ripcnlng gram waving ~ u golden
sheen IN ia" soft llght al IN" dNlng day.
rHF FNTHY ,Nro BAAo.
just at the edge Of town. under the shade
Of a noble pair oi mango trees, u new ihlirnrl-
m"nt had been thrown across the road, Th'f"
wtr" "inplaorln"nt~ Tor three guns, hil no
guns w"r" there. \ small l'aI-tO stood Ju-t
lt~ld. The work, a shelter from IN" sun Tor w
gunid. ~ "" cam" NJ To III" work a iniih l'll
II carrying n roll OF mating ~uCl ~ the flllplioS
uN" TO sleep on. Apparently h. had been n,
guard, and when h. found that le w9ulu hVt
hhyC 10 S'fN" Tonight h" went on ana gul MS
bedding roll, Mnhy men were IN the toNni
but No women OF children, and vi" men We're an
40 husky that III" soldiers began 20 taik OF u
mex 10 iump hem N Ia" night with b0lo-.
In ID" ChuIrhyHrd IA lltl" group Of men wear
lrg derby hats or SOM other equally dl-tnl-
gushing mark Of influence ana auIhornk
were waiting for h" Colonel. One, who seemed
10 h" the leader In authority, wore a VIM"
sheet tied around his body over one shoulder,
sash fashion, He rushed around in wild rA-
element, showing the Colonel through Inc
old convent and ordering Others about wan
vehement gesture and speech. Win Iona
aud emphatic 'hOuts lac COmnand'd one man
10 have two beef cattle Killed al once Tor IN
troops, and he announced that II was a great
day for Baao when the Americans came ana
released them from the oppression ana tyranny
~ Nv lHtl'l ll~lIkflllNs lul Nv h"A WV k''H
thing for me II" found me n man who rklr-
for the ponies, Mac got hold Of some cooked
rice by methods known only 10 that past lnastet
Of ruStling mixers, and We Joined ourselves
10 Capt. Ioye and li~It, Long. who had u fire
and II cook and some coffee. The troops
were drawn up IN the churclyard whilr IA.
wh!t"-,h"ctrd man rushed about with the Colonel
and pOinttd ont The good houses near the sQ,ar"
which could b" used for quarters Tor the men.
The officers got n hols.' Tor each battalion
and thI Colonel took the convent. Love
or Long. | don't know which to suspect,
had foraged a chicken. and from o N long
T SrSaHn%%G a r Esii-r. Of r. , Of GiatEE GSssr,' j M%C
iGis night i We never Dc 'rai9 And the S@nts
ha H,.a kept "n me ' @wa 1RS' iHa} Is enough !"a! ' TO Wrir "p sGis
story. Now Shall tuN in on the hoor with
my field glass for a pillow and my poncho Tor
q blanket, and many a man won't sleep TINS
night a. we'll as shall.
RFsCCE OF SPANISH PRISONERS.
BtHI SorTH t~AMARINts, Feb. 20; surely
thl, IL the time when no man knoweth what a day
will bring forth. Last night we slept IN Baao,
and Their" was a hope that We should stay there "A
DAY or 50 while III" lnsuIgent officers came III
and made NJ their minds Ia surrender. But this
morning ,uevara dldni come. Instead sans
ROD" up from lrlga with young Eduardo RobleS.
a smooth and smiling %-coundrel, and announced
mat ''I"Nara would wat IN lriga, or some
where near II, for the Colonel to come there.
So two companies were left IN Baao and the rest
OF rs started for lrisa, which Sans and Robes
said was an hour away. The road was wide and
good, lined with houses. from many Of which
the inhabitants had not fled. This was II good
slgn. and rather inclined enc 10 believe that
there would be a surrender after all. II is never
safe 10 bank on these things until the actual
fact has been accomplished. There were huge
mango tree, all along the way and many of them
were IN Hover, but there was no fruit. Cocoa
nut groves we're more numerous even than on
the other side of BaaO, and there were great
fields Of hemp. The general air Of the country
was peaceful and prosperous, We had made a
the town. Iriga Mountain, a small sized repro
duotlon OF IsarOg, holds IN" town almost IN its
Zap. Al the edge of the place three or four fine,
clear springs ftow ont from the mountain side.
and there the Spaniards had erected what was
once "A fine system of baths, with big, tiled
pools. IN" wH~teWays led down through the
streets in fairly well-kept cutters, and evpntu-
ally found their way out into the rice fields.
which stretch for miles across all the lOwlands
about the place. tlosetO the baths stands the
ruin of a big disttllerv where once q Spaniard
made periulnery from the plentiful IlanR-llang
flowers, which spread their yellow beauty and
their soft fragrance all over the district.
In the Old convent down in the middle Of the
town were twenty-four Franciscan friars wait
ing the coming Of their American deliver
erS, from Imprisonment. They waved hands
ana ianS and all sorts OF things az the Colonel as
the column passed the convent, and Sans and
Robles made sarcastic remarks. Some thirty
odd spanish soldiers were also waiting in DIFF
ferent houses where they bad friends. II an
occaSio on OF general rejoicing among them. and
II took IN" ,olonel some time TO get their talk
Strengthened out so that he could ascertain lust
how many of them there were and where they
had been and what had happened TO them in
their long captivity. Some of the soldiers had
been captured in the province Of laguna near
Manila, IN the early summer Of 0s. and had been
hiking about ne hills ever since Gnevara,
they all said. had run away from lriga this morn
ing, Peha had not been there, but they under
stood he was in Buhl. sans and Roblcs said
Guevara was lust n little afraid, but that he
surol was not far away, and would soon come
in, There was general testimony that many
more Spaniards were in Buhi. though all the
frarS were now accounted for. The Chinos
ferings. They had been robbed in a sea ndalorlS
fashion, and there was little doubt Of that.
They showed me a stack Of letters from different
ln-Dlrgcnt commanders demanding money in
suns ranging all the up to 5000
-, ~ ATTEMPT TO CORNER .PFNh
The Colonel decided 70 send three com
prisoners there. and, possibly, Of catching
pcna where he would have TO fight and giving
him q good sound thrashInr. Major Frederick
was 10 command the force Sans and Robes
said The road was good all the way, hut there
was one deep. swift river with a high bridge,
and that If that were burned or otherwise de-
-tr0ved there would be a lOt Of trouble in get
ting across the river for the current was very
strong. We We're ordered 10 start nj | O'Clock,
but II was . before We got OUT of lrlga one
of the Spaniards who had been rescued in the
morning came along in the hope of getting
n chance for a sqlaring of some personal ac-
counts, The insurgents had told the truth
huoul lnf fhdu ana 'nr bTlNgo ana inc rlNcI
The road was broad and good and for the first
two miles or morei ii showed evidence of the only
public work of any kind that has ever come
under my notice as having been done hv the
llliplnOs AZ the instance of the inSurgcut Gov
eminent Perhaps that was done because the
Chimes" hemp buyers Of Buhl had refused 10
10 any more business unless the road WINS
fixed up 50 that they could get their produce
10 Nabua where il could be shipped 10 Nucva
Caceres. OF course, If IN" Chinese Quit business
they would have no more money, and would
not he such good subjects Tor suucoIiug
We found the bridge inst nicely afiro when
We got 10 the river, and there were not lacking
those in the column who believed that Informal
tlou had hecen sent from lriga that morning
after II became known that wa were going on
to Ruhi Any way We had 10 ford, ana il was
al extremely UNPLEASANT performance The
river he'd was full Of big rocks and bOulderS,
slippery as they could be. The water WAS nrmpit
deep for y fairly tall man. and very swift II
kept n man tending very strictly 10 his knitting
10 keep his feet under him throughout the
crossing, We reached IN" river M 3 O'Clock,
and IL took nm hour to get all the men and The
ponies with supplies across. Then for u mile
the way led through n vnst field If hemp The
plants were set nj about three foot intervals
and the long leaves swished in our faces and tore
our hands A. We tried 10 Int them back plt of
IN" way. The ground was very soft, of course,
ana orr wet boots, oNudinE water nj every step.
eoon made the trail nothing but a slippery
path We went nj n very fast pace, for il was
growing late ana there were still two hours
OF good hiking between Us and Bulb.
When W" got back into the road II ran through
m" most curious country have oyer seen.
" was perfectly fiat for the. most part and thor"
was hardly n i~ive-iout prade in the whole rond
Bur It was full Of hills, little, rough, uncouth
fellows that looked liz" -tlIcro hills plI on "A
great relief map 10 show the character of tho