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CAPTAIN BIZNESs.
An Episode in the Service Of Company

Isabella, Negroes, P., T., Dec. 5.-"A
Filipino vance he sets out to be crook
ed, will get up at midnoight without a
candle an stale the buttons off his own
shirt an sew thin qn his trousers. An
tn Mkt noight he'll Suspect his naybor
av seen do tn dade, an assassinate
him." Private Seven spot said once.
! Company Y of the 'Steenth Infantry
first made the acquaintance Of Captain
Bizness at Ginanigran, on the island of
Negroes. He came to the company in
the capacity of guide. On a night
march to the hacienda of Dom Pedro
miles of rice fields III order to take it
eight miles. He repeated the operation
on every hike that the company made
under his guidance.
Then the company was split into de-
tachments and scattered over the Is
land. A detachment OF thirty gar
risoned the pueblo Of Isabella Captain
Bizness resumed his usual calling Of
field overseer at the hacienda of Senior
Holijos, eight miles from the pueblo.
But he did not lose interest in Com
pany Y. About once week he would
show up in the detachment orderly
room with sensational information
about the Papiecios.
Now, Captain Bizness had been field
overseer for Senior Holijos for a period
Of ten years. During that time Senior
Holijos had regularly paid tribute to
the Papiecios. In spite of this he had
suffered from frequent raids. His cane
fields and eugar mills had been put to
the torch, his caragao had been driven
off, and his native laborers had been
cat down in the field. But Captain
Bizness, his field overseer, always es-
capped. So did Tony, who carried the
messages between the hacienda and
Senior Holijo's residence in Isabella,
and was the captains crony.
But Senior Holijos placed implicit con-
fidence in the captain. probably be-
cause there was drop Of Spanish
blood in his veins And the lieutenant
In command of the detachment usually
relied upon Senior Holijcs' superior ex-
perience for his estimate of native
So whenever the men saw
the captain coming in from the
hacienda at a tuba-trot they did not
wait for orders, but prepared for the
Inevitable but futile chase through the
mountains that they knew was coming.
"Mucho Papiecios" Captain Bizness
would exclaim to the lieutenant "Me
savoy mucho Papieco! Dos hundred?
81 Capitano! Cuatro hundred! Me
vamos with soldaros Me guide. Sol
lados boom room 81, si!"
Then the detachment would turn out |
n light marching order and for forty
sight hours wade through mud and |
sleep in water and then return, tired, /
and covered with sui
ohur sores, without having seen the
rail of single bandit. Captain Biz
less would collect his pay as guide and
esume his duties as overeeer for Senior
dolijos. A week later he would repeat
he operation.
Here he comes, the busy ould divil,"
Private Sevenspot would exclalm.
"Who?' the men would exclaim.
"Ould Captain Bizness, with a new lie
bout the Papiecios" said Sevenspot,
nd thus the guide received his nick
anne.
For a couple of monte he cried
Wolf! Wolf! when there was no wolf,
nd then one night, when he hadn't
aid Papiecios for week, they really
anne and burned one of Senior Holijos'
ugar mills. The lieutenant and Senior
tolijos had a long talk the next day
nd as a consequence Private Seven
pot in charge of five men. was sent
) guard the senors one remaining
lgar mill
You will run a continuous guard of i
wo posts, night day. If you want
ny advice of information the overseer
ere will give it to you. And the lieu
anant pointed to Captain Bizneas.
Nov, Ould Bizness," Sevenspot said
hen he arrived with his detachment at
lie hacienda, you tend. to your bust {
ess and I'll tend to mine. Av / want