The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-03-03
As AMERICAN ucroRr.

otsoea he bsd 90 eco1 otip'oo W wy
usy be ss dong the vcrb. Ths Tint
hooored Fiiipine,Spspish method Of sssf
lag dishes 10 10 ponr cold vstsf over them
end issve then on ths noos until VII
psx, uesl undsr III. old regime thai
method bed sefi ed iot the rtvsroof-ssr
essl tiussii. bo, the tsseh eepprs souid
none OF II.
Ausricspos, tbonsb. sre quite Gray. -
every Filipino tnosd Iitbs tessbet-seu
or.'s tesd vsre no, bot, soald che 20 10
sisi upon II th.t the di,hes should thrice
daily be vshed With sosp and cloth. 10
bot vstsr, rinsed 10 more bo, wster. then
wiped DRY end placed upon . shelii
She hsd even provided cloths and tos
sls Tor the process; bot Pablo vU 20
eooiis. tbs, be should look after rag, and
they we're sll gone.
vovo, the pet MONKEY. hsd eaten The
isst dish-eiotb. and Psblo himseH had
,shen the eniy twel be remembered ns
ina TO vrsp up his owo scslded foot
u wss 20 Consequence. bo.ever. When
there uss 10 The tin truuk containing the
weekly wash. which svsited the visit OF
the lsvsudero II sss foil of feasible dish
clesDsirg msterisls; 90 Pablo vas wsshina
the cop, With ooe OF the tescber-seuors's
stockioss. snd drying them on the senos's
white ducs cost.
LIei,s. his vile. silh their baby ssiride
ber hip. va vsschin, him 10 sdmirins
approval. Pablo vas sixteen yssrs old,
shich 10 msn's estate 10 Vis,ysn estimste,
and for more than . yesr be hsd been
family msn. he snd bis lived 10 . little
oips hat 10 the garden. Pablo esroed
every month four dollsrs and atty cent?.
which the senor paid in United States
coin, and he snd b!s fsuiiy lived we'll.
They bsd been thoroughly happy,
moreover. untl the baby began 10 cry go
much. The poor little Thing bad some
time bsfoFe rolled ont Of the door OF ibe
hot, sud dovn the ladder which served
as stsirs. Ever since then 1t bad ciisd
most Of the time, and NOTHING iu Llci.ss
iourteeu.yesr-old wisdom suiIi ,ed to tell
ber Why. To-day II wss so bad that she
had come over o ask Pablo wbst they
shonld do.
The poor piccsniupy WAS crying Wben
the tescbel,senors came into the kitchen,
ed something 10 i,s vail smo.e upon her
esrs sud checked her scandslissd remou
STRANGE .. P.blo's dishswssbiog.
What 10 the msster With the bsby9 che
ssked; bsudios over II; aud With PAblo's
assistance Lucits msnssed to mske The lii
tie story plain.
Bring him into the other room. Luci
to the tescber,senors ssjd, and let the sen
ors see him.
Phil, she added. % she and L1oits
same into the living room OF the biz Span
i.h.built house that wss the Americans'
nome, Llcita's baby must be hurt Sup
pose you look Il him.
Philip Barring vss . medical student,
shose sttendsnos OF college had been 10
serrop,ed BY the need Of earning money to
complete bis studies.
II vss 10 esrn this money. end 10 gsin
valuable experience. thst be hsd joined
the educational force 10 the Philippines.
Emily Ford end be usre msrried the day
eiors the transport sailed for Asnils,
More teschess we're 10 demsnd 90 their
arrival, 80 Emily bad received % sppoint
mept % veil. and the two wers sent at
onoe to O,cidentsl Nesroe.
b .sides bis regulsr school - 6ilsDg
Phil hsd oversight Of the work 10 one OF
tso outlsyins bsrrios. Emily taught the
Younger children. and be instructed the
sspirsuis The older ones studyiug TO be
tssohers themselves when be vas not rid
log bis district Silsng wss On important
sovn 10 one Of the most prosperous pro
siuoes Of the archipelago. The school had
pseo open three months. end nearly two
hundred pupils we're enrolled.
Pbi.s face grew grave Is be examined
the vsiIiDs piccaDiony. R,und its tiny
body wss wrapped layer upon layer Of
psnsos leaves When Barring had ss last
stripped these th, ,yro might have guess
cd The matter.
Oae OF the We ribs YES broken or bent.
.nd the trouble being neglected. sn sb
scets hsd formed, Whicn throbbed cod
burued uoder the teschei's prsctised 20
GERS. Tns poor baby shrieked - be laid
1t on lbe pillow wbioh z Enily brought.
B,rrios explained the situssion briefly.
L1cits watching bis iscs ell the while nod
ling nov and then With such % cir Of 10
Diligence that be took IL for granted she
20 pretended when be told her the %
,c.ss m ust be isncsd he vas very youpg
himself however, end bed not yet istbom
d the depth Of isnorsucs With which be
vas dealing.
When Emily. under bis direction, hsd
o ,de everything ready, be washed the
il,le eide thoroughly in slcohol. end scsl
pei 10 hand. started TO make The needed
1cision. Teen II s. that Lacits. vho
,,i been looking on With growing onessi
,.s. ssvs ssbrisk shicb brought Pablo
10 iron the kitchen He vss preparing
tas diane. s,sn vovo peschsd upon bis
snd, vesetsbis-kniie 10 hand.
ne hurled himself upon Barring.
Ii sss only minutes work TOR The Pow
NAL youns tescher 70 dissrm the muobs
saa and then Pail beld hiu while be ex
j ia.d. Pablo listened to the explsns
ieo, snd spolosssd Tor bic hssse. II
ne .eror voaId bat pardon Bis hesd hsd
-sen bot, be bad not understood.
Ptil psrdooed, the more resdily tbst
a - II