The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-28

italics with her missin' husband. an
shes afraid o him terrible. S'pose, ser
tgeant, you take a couple o sluggs, an
mount guard out there for a night or
two That was the las wisp o. hay.
But the colonel had ordered it an out /
goes to the beautiful white house.
The little chimney woman was in \
state o blue funk, an that night /
camps on the ~verandey. with two pieces
o metal in the g1.n that would excayate
an elephant. / stayed I'VE nights with
out hearin' a thing, an We can bet !
lived in clover, for the little woman
gave me everythin' ! wanted, an sent
out for more. She tried TO pump me
lonct about ms yellow haired cap'en. but
said he was dead. bain' as / thought
1t a case OF necessity.
I never was much OF a hand TO stay
awake after hearty eatin'. An I'd been
ihavin' very few hearty meals since
iandin, so l wasn't in great condition
to stay awake. Il was durin' one of my
little maps that Benito takes for visitin'
his own truly beloved He didn't try TO
come in at the front door. cause he
spotted me there. an knew the ructio1
with me would alarm the house. He
wanted to fasten his paws on the chimney
woman first. So he shins up a small
palm close TO the house. one that stood
close by the corner in which the little
SA~pN ~ lit mani q
great leap from the palm and crashes
down through the fiimsy roof into the
room. When 1 heard the first noise. he
was in the house. But he hadn't found
the little woman She had changed her
lsleepin' place to some other corner. or
lBenito lit fair on a bed holdin' the
white-haired servant, Emilio, they call
ed him, an gripped his neck in a way
I've never seen equalled-not even by
Tom Rourk' bull terrier, an he had a
jaw with blindin' screws. When / en-
tered they were sashshayin' TO an fro
over the floor like a couple O. twistin'
snakes. within an rollin' and thrashin'
labout. First Benito would have the
call, an then Emilio. 1 took a hand at
the beginnin' o the third round, an for
a minute it was a battle royal. Benito
ldin't like the interference, an wouldn't
fight square, so 1 took the butt of me
gun to him, an when he came to. he
was tied to the bed with a Knot that
wouldn't slip. He went IN like q dog
with hydrofoby then, an onct, when the
little woman peeped in at the door, his
Ieyes bulged an he nearly bit out his
tongue. The cursin' he did was mos
outrageous and powerful"
What about the SERVANT" asked a
young recruit.
ooh We mean Emilio-he was the last
iBenito did for, an we buried him next
I1@s III NAiS }" "a SAiS N-SNLNA
rate came down from VI country, tOl-
Ilerin' in the wake of Benito Flores, it
was som'thin' tremenpous."
What did ye do with him." ques-
Itioned another.
"Who--Benito?-Oh. we hung him
ltidily next mornin in the plaza. The
last thing he did vas nearly chewin' off
the thumb O. Danny Hines, an all the
Village turned out to see it. After he
had been hangin' a day, the little wom-
AN took a turn through to have a look,
but We must remember she was a tropic,
an he lac bought her, body an soul,
like shell o a Chinese coolie."
Sergeant MacManus filled his pipe
again from the store of a green private,
and prepared to sally forth into the
street. Stopping at the door he deliver
lered this final word:
AN all that came from a Woman's
tkiss-a native woman's kiss. A line O
terror an red blood from Dagupan to
San Fernando, a matter o thirty miles,
Jail because a yellow-haired cap'en was
sorry for the slave o a potbellied mig
ger. L tell We this cause you fellars are
lgoin' up country, an it's a fine thing
flor we to hear"