The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
OLD MAN KEH0E'S GHOST.
MTRACULOUs CURE OF CAST or aOUT
~ IRELAND.
Related by Private Seyenspot In Reproving
the Habit of smoking which Leads Men
tn Make Targets OF themselves for mi
mimi k~lllca-Crnsa Dog hhOOis a Ghn.l.

IRArTlLA, Negroes, L. !. Dec. DIT was nj
Eryilla, u little hamlet in the shadow Of the
mountains on tho island Of Negros. The ham.
let consisted Of n big sugar mill and half q
dozen native nipa-shacks. but at daylight,
when the work In the cane fields began. fully
three hundred natives mater!alized and
~ suddenly disappeared in tho cane
brake. In tho centre Of the hamlc,
tho blackcned ruins Of tho hacienda build
ings bore mute testimony 10 the capacity
Of the Filipino race for self-government.
Senior Holi!os. the Spanish owner o, the plun-
tntion. had pointed out the ruins TO Private
heyenspot and with much gesticuIatIon to help
out hts tumble Of broken English and Spanish
and Filipino had explained the situation:
"MuchO grande casa" he said with a com pre-.
henslye sweep Of his hands toward the ruins.
"NIucho buono casa, Filipino papeirio' point
Ing 10 the monntains) come in nachta with
pro-iero" tmatchesl and pur-puf."
Here Senior IloliJos had Indicated with hands
aud lips how his nome had gone up In II pun
o! smoke and then with much ees.iculation
how one OF his sons and four Spanish oyerscers
had been cut 10 pieces with bolos or short
swords IN the hands OF natives. Then he ex-
p'ained tina, he had been notified that. unless
lie paid Al exhorbitant tribute to the insur-
Wv hhhl no -Hllll NOulls bOu ~ lio
way OF his house.
Private Sevenspot Of tho Sixteenth United
States Infantry. who had been detailed In
charge OF Ave other p~rivates to guard Senior
Ho.los's lie and property In this emer-
Eoncy. listened sttentively. Then his eyes
wandered OIL across the wide fields OF sugar
cane to the mountains where the insurgents
swarmed by the hundreds, ready for any cow-
| HrlI. dead Of IDnftar arspp ~ piluuA
1t was the evening Of the third day that Sew
enspot aud his men had been on guard at tho
little hamlet OF Ssyilla. At the two open ends
Of the big sugar mill a sentry crouchel In
the shadow with both rife magazine and
chamber loaded and scanned the twenty yarls
O. oIen pace between the mill and the cane
10 tie alert, for II was nerye-tighteu-
ing duty that this little squad was doing
IN n hostile country which swarmrd with
lruWN sHvaEcS who were willing az al, times to
sa.r'hnr I'VE, men 10 gam one krag.Jorgensrn
riiie, And although but one insurgent in ten
carried a T lie. they always attacked IL a force
g from my 70 three hundred, md hand to
hand heir bolus were a match for the bayonet.
! here was no hone OF enforcement. for thu
town 81 hauella with It's American garrison Of
twenty EloH was eight miles away 10y n trail
through rice ii".dS. from knee t. waist drep in
Hyh ma. 50 II needed no solemn warning
from an officer To- convince this little squad %
sN american lighters that their very lives de-
JrL"rd upon their a~lsrtness and their ability
Ia case Of attack to Kill enough Insurgents
In the first rush across the twenty yards be-
tween the cane-brake and sugar mill to turn
them back.
Consequently, the ~sentries at either end Of
the mil croLched in the shadow with unlocked
hHmmHrs and fingers on triggers. AMI Ia the
center o. the mill, the men on duty lounged or
h.ept with cartridge bells about their mlddles
S9 4 I9 a2a ripG T'5 ans g I'M y-. The re hand On !, Mas
! he o,her four men sQuatted IN q srni-circle
Hloutn Il! kering candle in the center of The
Fl. 50 that 4 threw is light only upward to
tie roof ~ the mill, leaving all the balance Of
the building n deep shadow -,
'ShNl"." sal Seyeusput. with n nod toward
N" can. -, this do lie an Illustration av ThWat
r-k- a. man viii run for "a smoke. There do hs
Cioss D.E on guard on, post one, have Z?
away on post an M Kakiacks in tn cane.
brn' % Ieppcrtn' at him with lsemingtons with
tn slalk az hls %cheroot for a bulls eve,
pipes Roin', maxim candIc-light tarset, sv
ourselves. Shurr. I'm thinkin' soldiers Shout
BE- buried loik- tn EIack Smokers in O,re.aul,
coffin with him. Shute, lid / liver tell ye av
tn Nmokin' Ghost OF Ouli Man Kehoef / dId
n!,,6i mi, tn at, ! VIZ tho, sane ,o, .mo.,u
pulled an pulled for eighty years until tn face
ny him were tn color av tn butt av u Q ay pipa
hr't smoked tor tn years back, Thin wan day
b." I..""i OUT m whit % take wan good long
s'.uh" "a pur, Ithp.y, 'IwrTc thin they buried
HIM, putin III coffin In a little vault in tn
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