The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-11

for the civilized native of Lu
ION the one annual event
around which ali others move.
Weeks beforehand the Tagalo maScu-
line prepares his Easter wardrobe.
for much. She. too does her little best
to dress her part for Easter Sunday,
but all the bravery of her attire is
thrown into total eclipse by the SPLEEN
dor of her male countcrpart's holy
week shirt. And thereby hangs tale
To PrudenciO house servant and val
ct in Manila year of our Lord 1900. his
holy week shirt was 10 be much more
than an ordinary holy week shirt. 1t
was to be also his wedding garment
and shirt means much to a TagalO, for
he wears it outside his trousers, so that
it is all ever visible to the eye of man
kind Easter Monday. unless wicked
hoodoo or an evil eye interviewed. Pru-
dencio was to take the lovely and be-
witching Feliciana, maid of the Sonora
Americana Wyse to be his bride.
True, Feliciana had erstwhile been
bride to Senior Jose Carvalho's coach
man, AgapitO, but Agapito had drop
ped out, whether dead or derelict no
body knew. Nobody cared. Feliciana
counted herself widow and counted
herself we'll off. That was enough.
For the matter of that, Prudencio him
self had been previously bridegroom.
He had wife to whom, strictly with
in his husbandly rights, he had ad-
ministered good sound beating few
months previous to the opening of this
story. Thereon she had left his bed.
Her board she always had earned for
herself. Prudencio accepted the situa-
ton like philosopher. and he, too,
counted himself widowed -widOwered,
one might say.
He met his second fate. or it may
have been his fourth or fifth, in Fclici-
ana, the beautiful.
"There goes the pretticst Tay-gal in
Manila" quoth Il soldier who saw her
passing the American tented camp on
the Luneta. His comrades grOancd
down him and his pun alike. but they
accepted it's sentiment.
Feliciana had magnificent purple
nut oil. 1t was wound in a knot ut the
back of her head and stuck through
with ornamental gilt pins. the gift of
the sonora Americana and the envy Of
every Malay woman who saw Felici-
ana drive bareheaded along the Luneta
in the carriage with her mistress. Her
arms and hands were strong and
lodi In fn, Nne
10 eyes and 50 burning bright that
when once she glanced coquettishly ut
Prudencio their electric rays penetrat-
ed his ever susceptible masculine heart
and bowled him over like a ninepin.
Feliciana's fiery red cotton skirt was
at least two inches longer tailed than
those worn by the common run of Ia
gallo ladies. The tiny pima cloth waist
she wore made no attempt to conceal
the full, nobly outlined neck. for itself
was low neckcd, after the fashion OF
bodice of all Tagalo women, whether
plump or shrivclcd. TO the credit OF
this fascinating girl it may be said thai
her feet whether bare. rs she usual!
wore Them or slippercd, were general!
fairly clean. Again something rather
uncommon-her teeth were all there
and they were white when not stainet
blood red with bctel nut chewing. Blu
blood red teeth We're no diSigurcmrn
in the eyes of the lost in love l'ruden
clio. While the tit was on him hr woul,
have adorcd his divinity had her tcetl
and lips been potato bug Green.
Irudcnciu was not plump and m"rr,
ill., I,uliL.ilIln Inn In