The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-12-04

Il L
came wash lady in ordinary to the white
men of the Manila boarding house.
She did the linen skillfully at first and
even returned it no more than a week
later than she had promised. Then the
| TagalO nature got the better of her.
and she began to lapse. Aaron Burr of
| the famous motto Never do today
what you can put off till tomorrow -
would have been cnraptured with the
TagaloS. Not only will they not do to-
day what they can put off till tomor-
row. but they never do it at all until
forced by dire necessity. So Lavnndc-
ria of the weird. passionate eyes began
to lag with the linen. Worst of all, as
time went on she manifested an I'M
comfortable tendency to court the
boardcrs This was before the shock
came. Singing out two likely bachc-
lors. she bestowed on them lavisl at
tention. She brought them bouquets
! for their rooms. She sat beside Them
close as the torridity Of the temporal
| turc would permit, and manifested a
disposition to stay there forever. smOk-
ing meanwhile as many cigarettes as
the benevolent white men were willing
to supply her with
Plainly. Lavanderia wanted to marry
one of the white gentlemen. such
things had been, and white men. Span
iards and Frenchmen. now and then an
Engishman had welded brown wom-
en- in the Philippines. At least if one of
the big hOmbreS AmcricanoS would not
take her permanently he might marry
her for Il little while. and even that
was better than being tied to a brown
stableman or house servant for a whole
lifetime.
One of the bachelors escaped ana
went elsewhere to lodge, leaving the
other to bear the whole brunt of La
vanderia's lovemaking. This was hard
on the man who was left. I.avandcria
came ut early morn and dewy eve. sit
ting sadly silent, fastening her Shinin.
dark eyes upon the one face. tranSfiX-
ing with their tender gaze the bachelor
who was left. She prosecuted him with
her attentions; she babe him to her
hut of woven nipa palm: she invited
him to attend in her bliSSfnl company
native dances and fcasls of roast pig
and rice till he could scarce stir from
home without the uncomfortable con
seriousness that somehow the brown
wash lady would discover~it and know
where he went He was Il tender
hearted youth. although city born and
bred, and he could not think of takin.
away the laundering from l.avandcria.
Did she not depend on this work for
|. her bread: Presently the whole neigh
borho"d began to take an interest in
Lavandcria's love affair The evil
minded world. ever ready to believe
wrong of Il man Just because he is 4
man. could not be convinced that he
had not taken the initiative in the case.
He groaned inwardly as he thought to
himself. IF mother could only see me
now"
One Sunday afternoon. dressed To
kill Il new red gingham train stream
Ing behind her like the fiery tail of
comet, her hair shining with I'm extra
greasing and patting, the fair brown
widow came to invite and accompany
the object Of her affections to IA native
dance. The tender heart which ut all
times stood in his way so restrained
him that he did not wish to hurt her
feelings even then. He told her to 20
on to the ball and he would come by
and by.
POGO tiempo:" Gin Il little time, she
asked.
"Yes yes" answered the cmbarrass
ed bachelor
"In IN hour maybe:" persisted the
enchantress
bachelor
"Then | wait said Lavandcria. She
dropped her straw slippers inside the
threshold. tucked her fiery train about
her knees and suuatteu down. Tagalo
fashion. in the very front door of the
mansion. in tull view of all who pass
ed, Il wait" she repeated TRANQUILITY.
For Il Young white man to be seen
walking on the open street of Il Sunday
afternoon with IL brown widow dressed
in the height of all her heathcn lincry.
with scores of waggish American sol
dicr> and all his own acuuanlanccS
looking on at the show. was more than
his nerves could bear. But to have the
same ''Niuda SuuattinG barefoot and
tamillarly upon his front door step in
sight of all the world WAS even worse.
TIL" bachelor softly withdrew from The
chair in which he had been sitting near
the door.
Tho hour passed 10y the clock The
brown widow With the fiery train sat
the bachelor out fair and square Per
SEPARATION had gathered upon his brow.
lie pulled himself together and in
formed l.aNandcria in his broken Yam
kcc Spanish that i'll the nick at time he
remembered how he had made an en-
rag"mrnt for that afternoon, and it
would consequently he impossible for
/ him To attend the Ta@alo bail ut all.
7 thcreupon, murmuring her regrets in
n, l.,rll i'.,, ran D., Ill,