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only q few hours sleep continued his
pursuit of the fleeing Spaniaros. 1t
was simply contest of endurance, and
the boy Of twenty won. 1t was the
rainy season, and the soldiers marched
in slush to their hips. At town called
Loag the Spaniards were too exhausted
to continue the killing pace. and they
| fortified themselves In local convent.
When Tino came up they hung out a
| white flag and asked for parley.
Tino walked boldly into the convent
and told the commanding officer what
terms he would grant him-uncondi-
tional surrender. The Spaniards agreed
and all delivered over their arms to the
insurgent leader.
Then they were paroled and allowed
to scatter about among the villages and
| to live among the native householders
| The officers and monks returned to
Vigan, where Tino established bis
headquarters. There he was in con.
slant telegraphic communication with
Aguinaldo In Malolos, and there he re-
| mained until the northern march OF the
Americans began.
1t was in Vigan that he held as pris-
oners Of war Lieutenant Gilmore and
thirteen other Americans. He kept
them in rigorous confinement, but still
did not treat them badly.
Lieutenant Gilmore, in speaking to
I kol1 af o.
ceived from Tino, and described him as
having most unattractive features, but
powerful personal magnetism that
compelled one to like him. His smile,
Gilmore said, was as winsome as any
girls.
Tino has often been accused Of tyr
amy, but the fact remains that he es.
tablished 4 court before which Span
ish prisoners could obtain redress
against natives who had pillaged or
otherwise illtreated them. One case
that occurred In Vigan illustrates
Tino's ideas Of justice and discipline.
The Chief Justice Of the Court OF
First Instance in Yigan was Spanish
creole, who had made himself intense
ly disliked among the natives by his
aristocratic ideas. He exacted the most
abject respect from the citizens. and
those he met on the street who did not
greet him with a military salute, he did
rot hesitate to assault with physical
violence. Naturally, the Chief Justice
was not favorite with the populace.
When Tino drove the SpaniardS from
Vigan and the Judge had fed with the
retreating Cazadores, his household CT
fects were left behind. Next day his
house had been looted bare.
When the Chief Justice returned rs
prisoner he entered complaint with
Tino. and the General ferreted out the
culprits, obliged them to restore all the
looted property and punished them Sc.
verely besides.
Then came counter-charge from
the citizens against the Judge. in which
he was accused cf tyranny III former
days. This was rather an indefinite
charge, but Tino, not having legal
turn of mind, found it quite sufficient.
He had the Judge tried, found him
guilty, and sentenced him to stand one
whole day in the public plaza and to
salute each person who might pass and
demand it. Refusal meant q cut from
O bamboo cane in the hands OF mus
cular native corporal. All day long
the formerly oppressed natives passed
by in single file. and the Judge was
compelled to work his arm like pump
handle from morning until night.
Tino remained in the north until the
latter part Of the year 1898. Then the
Americans pressed hard on Aguinaldo
in the south. and he ordered Tino 70
re-eaforce him.
The boy General left small force i'll
Tigan to guard the prisoners. and win
300 rifiemen marched down to meet the
advancing Americans. But American
artillery drove him back.
Now comes q singular incident. hs
the Spaniards had fed before Tfno. ne
now resreated over the same ground be-
t0rN tTcllvCJl louhS ~ SuN"hs'
town called San Fernando ne made
stand with 100 men, all that was LETT
of his force.
General Young advanced. ard when
he came UP to the insurgents at San
Fernando he was alone-ahead OF bis
men-with only an escort of forty. The
General charged Tino and his 200, anu
drove them back, scattering them INTO
the iungles.
Fifty miles further up Tino mahc
another stand in what was considered
an impregnable mountain pass, Tanga-
din. Again he was defeated by inferior
numbers. The Texans under Young
simply walked uD the pass without
stopping.
That was Tino's last pitched hght.
Thenceforth he pursued guerilla tao
tics aud in that manner he kept Gen-
eral Young's cavalry on the hustle Tor
about a year. Finally he surrenoereu'
after Asuinaldos capture.
Now he enjoys civil office under the
Government he so stoutly resisted. ana