Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-08-21
On the High Seas.
BY F. H. LANCASTER.


They were going out to the Philip
pines to teach the young ideas how
to shoot, or. as an institute lecturer
once expressed it, to teach the young
shoots how to idea.
The deck of the Ell Cid quite teemed
with enthusiasm, educational, relig-
ious and otherwise. But one man hung
on the rail and sulked.
Three days out from San Francisco
and he had seen nothing of her. 1t
was not NAL de mer, of that he felt
convinced. What it was he did not
say. He smoked and sulked and
sulked and smoked.
His fellow-passengers eyed him crit
ically, wondering if he had soured on
his government job already. They
were the rather inclined to this opin-
ion from a description he had given
Of the population they were destined
to enlighten and elevate.
"a race of mongrels," he had cut in
tersely when an enthusiast across the
table from him was descanting upon
the little brown mans virtues.
do you suppose he is homesick?"
girlish looking teacher asked of the
man lounging beside her.
"The Lord knows" he returned,
f1ecking the ashes from his cigar.
Then, as though his reply struck him
as rather a discourager to converse
ton, 81 suppose he thinks this is what
Carlyle would consider a case where
ones resource is to talk little and
that little from the newspapers"
The girl laughed.
ut seems outrageous to joke about
him when he appears to be so I'M
happy"
WAS it his uncomfortable mood you
were bordering so deeply when 1 came
up?"
NO" she smiled at the idea 81
was thinking about Drake and Caven-
dish and the villianies they committed
In these waters and then got praised
for when they went home"
MEDIEVAL morality was queer
thing" he admitted. 81 dare say ten
or twenty generations from now ours
will appear as queer"
81 wonder If it WILL" she unused.
"Of course, he assured relentlessly.
IF the march Of progress is to be
continued onward and upward, we
must resign ourselves to figuring in
the far future as cut-throats and
thieves. Drake and Cavendish were
innocent children compared to the cap
tains Of Spain; but those same red
handed Spaniards Christianized most
Of these islands. They built churches
with one hand while they butchered
natives with the other"
How dreadful of you'll" she pro-
tested.
mot at all. The only trouble is
that your mind has not learned to re-
gard piracy as an approach to the
angels"
Il do not think 1t ever will"
"Just you wait until you have had
q round with the little brown man
and the brown mans children. You
will find that they are not the little
innocent dreams of darkness your
imagination and the newspapers have
led you to believe"
The sulky man had drawn insensi-
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tic views conceded comfortably with
his own evil mood. The girl spoke
after pause.
81 shall expect to find my pupils dis
figured mentally and morally by the
degraded civilization that has been
forced upon them" she said.
You will also expect to find in
them some trace of their man-eating
!. ancestors, won't your" he Knocked,
lazily. Let me give you a piece OF
advice. Don't go into this expecting
to combat only the evils of degrad.
ed civilization. The wild beast is in
them, too No doubt those early civ.
ilizers were a tough lot, but these is
landers were no saints. Christianiz.
ing a savage is a good deal like max
ing love to a woman-be too gentle
and meek and you get despised for
your pains"
Don't you know" the girl said
turning toward him confidentially, "oi
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