The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-19

Whom they beat with great slaughter,
and after they had slain the Igorrotes
and the Aetas they had peace. Their
wives bore them many children, their
villages grew in number, and they
came to rule LuZon. They remembered
the words Of the magician, and for fifty
years the bankiva was sacred bird
Any person who injured a bank1va Was
slain, and anybody who touched the
bankiva's nest, or its eggs, or 1edgings
was put to the sword. But at the end Of
! fifty years a wicked sultan, who had no
fear of the Lord of the Winds, killed
and ate the sacred bird, and the Lord
of the Winds became filled with anger.
| The news was carried by one animal to
! another, and by one bird to another, by
the birds of Luzon to the birds of Visay:l
and the Moro-land, and thus at last it
reached Java, and was told by the birds
to the beasts, and by the beasts and
birds to the tigers.
Now, after the people had left Java,
the tigers became perturbed. At hrst
they joyed at the departure because SO
many enemies had gone, and the IL
crosses were glad because the fear OF
the hunter killing their cubs or of the
| torch invading their .lairs had grown
smaller, but soon their JOY turned to
rage and sorrow The people had taken
| away many of their animals, and the
rest soon died, having no masters. The
| people that remained were stronger and
better hunters than those who had gone,
and fought the tigers more fercely than
| before The killing went on, and as one
| lord of the jungle after another was
slain, those that were left could not
but think and talk of the Land of the
| Pestle, which was full of buffaloeS and
| cattle, and of people whom they knew
and people whom they did not know.
But they knew the promise of the magi-
! clan, and they all feared the Lord of
| the Winds. Now the tiger can do some
| thing which a man cannot do. He can
! tell when the Lord of the Winds $
| angry, hours and days in advance, even
| when the sky is clear and the water is
! calm. This is why, when the typhoOn
! comes, it never hurts a tiger, because
| long before its coming the tiger, the til
| gress and the tiger cubs have gone into
! cave or some other place Of safety.
The craftiest of all the beasts said to
the other, wait until the Tagals have
killed the banHiva, and then we can
so to Luzon and Stay the buffalo and
eat the soft-meated young women. But
the years came and went, and the old
tigress died. the wars kept on, and the
tigers grew craftier.
Now and then a sea eagle, which is
the only bird the tiger respects and
fears because a hungry sea eagle will
Java, and, if in good mood, would tell
about the Land of the Pestle. The story
interested the tigers deeply. According
to the sea eagles, the buffaloes were
larger and fatter in LuZon than any
where else, and the cattle were more
numerous; the woods Were full of many
kinds CT deer and the plain country
abounded with pigs and foolish Little dc gs
that barked, but could not run fast They
told of men such as no tiger had ever
heard of; men that lived in trees and
had no spears, swords or torches; men
that lived in caves and fought with
clubs and stones; men that lived in val
leys and We're more like monkeys than
men. Thus the story grew until every til
ger was eager to leave mis- old hunting
ground and go to Luzon But over all
and, no matter how strong the wish,
none ever thought of undertaking the
journey.
AS the people Of Luzon prospered, com
merce sprang up between the new coun-
try and the old one. The prahus came
and went in ever-increasing numbers.
Sometimes they were so MANY that thew
looked i'll the water like a forest, whose
leaves and branches had fallen, leaving
nothing but the trunks standing erect
IN the air. One day little bird said
That the sultan in Luzon had killed a
banklVa The animals talked about if.
and the tigers grew very excited The
following week many birds talked about
1t, and in the following month a fierce
sea eagle came to the tiger country in or
DER to fish in the beautiful lake where
the tigers were wont to Stake the p
thirst, The bird confirmed the news. and
added that already that Lord of the
winds had begun to avenge the wrong
done to him by the Tagals What the
eagle told was carried far and wide. and
peiore long the tigers held council.
ALI were strong and cunning; some
were wise, some We're wise and wicked.
and some were merely wicked. The
wicked ones counseled gong to the Land
OF the Pestle; but the wise ones on
pSsed the advice, because of the I,9rd
OF the Winds. Those that were wick Il
ana wise declared that, as the Tagals
nad Killed the bankiva the charm was
hroheh' ana the Lord of the Winds
would no longer interfere. Those that
were entirely wicked laughed at the
Loro OF the Winds, and reared: What
care we for him, and why should we
care Tor him? We ask of him nothing
ana get from him nothing Why and how
DO we owe him obedience?" There
sprahg up division in the council, and
the WISE tigers went to one side an5
the wicked and the wise and wicked to
AAo wise tigers went back
70 thelr hunting grounds; but the others
went toward the beach of the bay. where
the prahus from Luzon were wont ~
stay. Here they watched and waited
many weeks and moons
The prahus came and won't ooa -.
on BOARD ever dreamed that unon Inc
siioreS scores of big yellow eyes watched
len from the moment they came with
IN sight of land until thew had 60
o"cA TO sea. AT last came a large nrabD
ioaued with many goods and with roams
~ me hold OF the vessel where slaves
ooulo oe Kept The tigers saw it, and the
Wlsest OF them all said. ''rThis ie tbo
~ Till slIo On winch we will go TO Luzon.''
AlSS waited until the boat was un1oadad
and until the captain had flied ~ ~ aio.
water tanks with fresh water for +be
1eturn voyage. The evening Who, 49,
occurred many Of the sailors wat
ashore-some to drink. Some ~ CO.
anu some TO make love to Javanese eirls
And of all who came ashore o1I,, ei Is
ever got back to the prahu Tho 80
were Killed and eaten by the tigers
80 quietly did they do their VOL H..
no one, not even the captain. sT,snoo+.s
.ne cause of the mems disapnearance
ne thought they had deserted. and wifi
me rev that We're left him he Ioadet
MS BOAT and got ready to go back to
L,u~oh. On the evening of the d.v when
me last Of the cargo was taken IN
podru, the wicked tigers swan off from
eMe sllore TO the .prahu and crept and
llllioed nolselessly on board. There WI :,
q Waterman, but he mad been drinkin.r
ana was asleep. One of the hrnteS
| sprang at him with full force +1,,,o..-,.s -.