The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-02-06

Anu raruO tot0 MS story as wen as
ne .;a0WiGIgr UI English would per-
NIT. emitting the episode Of the murder
OF the mayor and the fact that he had
broken his parole, not that his con.
science troubled him on either point.
St:E IL Difference probably 20 western
ideas Oh ethics.
I'm glad we ran acrost him." said
OConnor later. "War is q curious
thing. II we get out az this. that feiler
Will be pOppin away at US wit his Mau.
ser, an We'll be poppin away at him
wit our Krag-Jorgensens Just as
cheerfu!!y"
"Und NIT better aim," said Siegel.
"H hope se." s.!a C'Counor.
Their Filinlnn friend wss on duty
again, but he was very much excited.
AS soon as he found himself alone with
the prisoners he told them that he had
something very impoGtant to say. There
was an acquaintance of his In the Fill
pino army whose brother kept q restau-
rant In O small town near Manila. Two
soldiers-two ruffians-had called ta:Src
one night, drank as long as they had
money to pay for the drink, beat the
proprietor, smashed bottles and glasses
because he would give them no drink
Seesss17 their niUney was exhausted, and,
worse than that, the proprietor had q
young sister who was acting as O
waitress. and these rufians- Well,
her brother In the :nsuTseut army
seemed to have lost his reason when he
heard Of these wrongs, and he had
sworn to revenge himself. Aud the
nearest objects Of revenge were the
American prisoners.
'Well," said O'Connor, "Im thruly
sorry that sich things should happen
but what have we to do wit itT'
That was not the point, Pardo ex.
planned. The enraged Filipino was like.
ly to murder them at the first opportu.
nifty, and he was not likely to have to
wait long before finding the opportuni.
ty. There was but one thing to- do
They had saved his life, and he would
save theirs. When darkness came, lie
would liberate them.
"And vot becomes of you?" inquired
siegel.
It mattered not. He did not care
what became Of him. They would shoot
him as traitor-so be it.
"But, man." said O'C0nnor, "lf ye
care 80 little about yourself jist think
what'll become of us. How the diyil
are we to find our way in this mud an
slush that's know. iii The joggrafies as
the island Of Luzon? II we don't have
guide that knows the ropes, the first
thing we know we may be walkin into
the arrums Of the sultan av Sulu OF
wan Nv his wives or mothers-in-law
He amt on the island OF Luzon, you
say? Oh, well, there's jst as funny
things as him.
Pardo. recognizing the force of the
plea; consented to 60 with them. II
was no easy journey. but Pardo was IN
experienced guerrilla. and O'Connor
and Siegel, as they said themselves
were no spring chickens, SO he guided
them safely until at last they came IL
sight Of the Manila and Dagupan rail
way.
''You know your way now?" he in.
quired.
1--WE do, an thank ye," said O'Cou.
nor. "But why not come along wit
us the rest av the way? Sure. ye can't
go back to yer fr'inds after what ye've
done. I'll inthrojuice ye to Sergeant
Fitzpatrick. an the byes In the compa
ny'll niver forget what ye donr for Otto
an me-"
~ could not 60 to your people," said
Pardo. And he told them of the mur
der Of the mayer.
O'Connor scratched his head.
"Well." said he, "'tis plainly me
jooty to assist criminal TO escape from
Justice if only knew how to do 1t.
see that we'll have to part company
But suppose ye made yer way to some
other part av this counthry-there's
plenty av It, LORD knows-where they
wouldn't be familiar wit ye an where
they couldn't be interested In tho
mayor. Bad cess to him for q turn
coat, anyhow, an for gettin q natural
ly dacint man like yerself into trouble
Sure. ye might live to be the age az
Methusaleh before they'd get on to ye.'
"No, I have betrayed my country
men. You saved my life; saved yours
But I have betrayed rly countrymen
They will kill me as I.killed the al
calde."
'"Tnin what the divil are ye goin e
doW asked O'Connor.
'eThis," answered Pardo. Before they
could stop him he had drawn q knife
and stabbed himself In the heart.
"Poor little yaller manw said O'Con
nor.-New York Herald.
Unnecegnarily Caustac.
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