The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-12

been right sick lately, and its more n
likely. because he amt nobody now in the
show
oh. rats" speaks up a fourth: he
amt caring about independence Amt he
got S4o0Oo0 sailed away in Hong Kong?
tell you, what's soaring him is thar
he's afeared OF Luna-s friendsn stick
him in the back with knife. and I tell
you they'll do it when they git the
chanel"
The general opinion among the soldiers
is that he Is not very hot stun. though
he held himself aloof with such reserve
and dignity and they finally knew very
little about him One man exclaimed.
/ Why. the little sou-of-a-gun puts on
more Tugs than the Lieutenant and does
just as he durn pleases about answer
ing when We knock on his door.
Word comes down that Aguinaldo has
been taking his siesta. but Will be glad 70
receive Us IN q Few minutes. A wait OF
a quarter OF an hour IN the halls gives
one an opportunity TO make mental notes
on the house OF detention. The porte
/ cochere Is lacking paint and indicates
decay, the tiled steps are broken IN spots
and dirty: the hardwood floors. which
doubtless glistened formerly under the
daily polishing. We're grimy and marked
with the hob-nailed footprints Of passing
soldiers. while here and there a door OF
the many rooms built around the cen
tral hallway, gaped open 20 gIimpses OF
echoing hollowness.
Through the open back doors under the
carriage-shed could he seen the only OBJ
ject which suggested relationship be
tween Aguinaldo and Washington most
wonderfully and fearfully made coach.
having all the hallmarks or great an
tiquity.
Word comes finally for US 10 pass up
stairs 10 Aguinaldo's living quarters. and
another wait ensues in huge hall. de-
void of all furniture except two cheap
flicker settees. No hangings on the walls.
no vases. no pictures, no ivory panels.
no plants. no iowers-not a single orna-
ment or decoration such as one expects
TO find in every well-kept house OF the
Far East Even the painted walls with
the frescoes and dadoes OF Filipino art
lists, were faded out blues, badly splotch-
ed.
Aguinaldo. his wife, his son. his mother
and his nephew were living in three
rooms at the front of the house. for
the lieutenant OF the guard lived in ont
large room at the rear and used another
as an office and general quarters.
The great double door OF the front room
opens softely. and a little man. not more
than feet 5 inches in height. steps
quickly out. pauses at the door care
fully scrutinizes you with calm, judicial
air, and quietly says IN Spanish. 1t Is |
a pleasure TO greet you. viii you enter2 |
He suits the action TO the word by step
ping 10 one side OF the open door and |
waving his hand toward the inner room
Whatever Aguinaldo's mental attain /
ments may be- you are Immediately i'm I
pressed with the quiet dignity OF the /
man. which never deserts him for mo-
ment during the entire interview. and !
it is said by both his friends that from /
the time he was boy. and all through |
the Instruction. he possessed exactly /
this same equaninimity and cslmness OF /
demeanor.
He talks slowly and distinctly. with I
eyes directly upon you. watching your
face as II he would read your inmost
thoughts. His face would be called emo
tionless were It not for the trick Of talk
ing with his eyes. which brighten percept-
IDLY under mental emotion. or fade into
orbs when the subject bores
him.
His gestures are few and far between.
confined mainly to the simply rising and
dropping Of the hands This character
istic is so totally az variance with the
wild vehemence Of motion in the average
and Filipino mestizo that II
seems surprising that such intimate asso-
citation as he has had with the other types
should have influenced him so little.
The more one studies Aguinaldo's face
the greater is the impression OF general
strength His forehead is high and very
straight. a popularity aecentuated by
brushing his hair pompadour. by the
way was affected several years aso BY
eight out Of every ten FilIpinos. and to-
lay Is in such disrepute as 70 be seldom
seen.
The slanting eyebrows suggest the
Chinese mestizo but aside nom this the
general features are strongly native or
lure Tagalog. The nose is rather straight
tut broad al the nostrlls The ears are
ocular and well-shaped. with well deveI-
,ped lobes The mouth is full il lips but
Co short for the heavy square Jaw The
hin and Jaw are strong. far stronger
han those Of the average representative
II his race. and the teeth are always
loosely set together. as Is the habit q
determined men.
Aguinaldo ras a truly aristocratic hand
md foot. long. delicate, tapcring anFers.
With narrow. highcurved anger-nals. and
side from the cigarette stains between ,
lis first and second fingers they are kept
p Immaculate order he wears a No
shoe though the loose chinelas nr slips r
onmolly worn make rs feet look larger /,
nd his iustep arches 70 an unusual
eight and his gait upon these small
set is as graceful az young girls
The man who has brought death ard
o-row into many an American home ana
rst our country millions wiil not talk
oday q the past cf future Tor as he
avs. q may injuTe ny friends bur nv
sf ard offend your government" What
IS real plans are foT tire even those near
lm deny TIA. they Enow he has 70
sired tWo different offers 70 lecture ~
meriea. as though III ind1ceme5fa are
a.d n b. Ed the shape q q guarantee
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ecilned re smliagiy assured re Lar.
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3 visit him ln his hozae IN america and :
sus have an opportunity O. So ths
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