The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-17

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the four merchants sojourning for 9
night in the Pueblo Of Dunangas are
related by every Filipino in the Wis
}ayan Islands as proofs Of diabolism
and witchcraft strong as holy writ
He who doubts the existence 9Of the
evil legion of Asuang and her internal
familiar spirit, Tic-tic, the black.
bird Of the neither regions, hears Of
the merchants Of Damangas and the
unhappy Senior !. Perdigon with fear
and trembling, q and hearing believes
that the Evil One indeed has power, to
make aunholy compacts with morta1s.
writes a correspondent from Sara, in
the Island of Pana. i
Senior PerdigOn. some 20 years ago,
was a Spanish merchant, enjoying a
fair degree Of prosperity in Iloilo..
While not wealthy, he was the happy
possessor Of a fair and good wife,
and some eight children had blessed
their union. His business, in Hoilos
was always improving and charging.
AT that time the Island of Panay was
in a period Of sweet security and
peace, without a cloud of rebellion or
sinsurrection to excite appre hensions,s
but PeFdigon was not contented in
uoilo, and determined: to try his for
tunes in Capiz, q hundred miles or $50 50
away from Iloilo, on the them end
Of the island. zsi; .=sS .,8: z @z s.$5
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There. in an evil hour, he encoun-
tered one Senorita Concilacion de
Ruiz, a Filipino woman = Of Of great
wealth and beauty, but with a B; some q ne
thing about her, indefned and vague s
" mysterious, which caused the
grandes Of the pueblo to. ignore her.
Her father had but recently died ,sleay--
Ing her an immense estate, beside q
fine; distillery and handsomely ialI =
nished palace il Capiz, second nc & IN n
style and grandeur only to that thu; ' OF
the governor general. Senior Perd1-.
gon never heard the words that We're vel e
whispered against her, OF, St ah lge did,
he despised them as base and as scam can
dalous rumors Giro ulated by ze en- q Us
people. Il HI 35* ssS '4i,
# Senorita Concilacio on passed the
greater part Of her lays on her s. es-s
tate, but on one occasion, when Per CT
digonl was negotiating a rat her large
purchase Of wine in the office of.S tn I
distillery, through the trusted @s erv Y
ant who was the young Wona u IS IS man q an
Of affairs, she; CHANGED to enter, I'M
aware Of his presence The young
woman was at once deeply impressed
by his fine bearing and gentle Span
ish courtesy. Later, she add dressed him
q graceful little note, Yiting him to
call at her haciend la, where she wished
Ito consult with regard to certain de-
tails in the management Of the estate.
IN erstood the Game.
$s Perdigon was some thing of { a gall.
liant, the story runs, and smiled softly
5xat the ingenious ruse. will he IN.
necessary to- inform the discriminat-!
B ing reader that Perdig on was soon
mounted and ganoping to the hacIen
da Of Senorita Gone ilacion Ruiz as SIS
Is$ Senorita Conci1 aciop de Ruiz was
.s.fsAsuang,,, 3 her bod the dwelling place
/. Of one of the legion of witches and;
Its familiar spirit I, This Per-
digon never knew unit / the evil night
OF his hewitt hment When ali his ma
ttre changed and he became at. once
the most vile and detesta able the;
sabhorrent host that ested this ISL
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