The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-10

and after n few minutes found ourselves
before a bamboo house somewhat larger
than the rest.
Every one remembers the surroundings
of the fantastic Sultan Of Sulu in a pretty
bit of fooling lately staged in New York
the light. the grace. the beautiful cos
tunes, the more beautiful women. The
house occupied by the real Sultan of Sulu
had a ground floor of beaten earth, and
barnyard fowls were running or whirring
through the open door. We zigzagged
through a motley crowd of women and
children, and, preceded by the interpreter
who had made the engagement for US.
came TO bamboo ladder without railing.
Trying our weight on one trembling rung
after another, we felt our way TO the top,
and pushing our heads through sort of
trapdoor in the floor above, emerged into
the cool twilight Of large loft under the
rooftrees. At the opposite end OF the
apartment we saw dim figure reclining
on dias under a canopy polishing pearls.
For moment the individual was lost in
the smybol and before the habby little
figure engaged in this work of pretty fu-
tility, / felt myself not so much in the
presence OF a particular man as III that
of a type of the decay of that Malay
Mohammedan power which had been
founded by bull-necked chieftains who
rushed the decks of sailing ships; which
had been ruled for centuries by princes
who were treated on equal terms with
His Most Catholic Majesty; and which
was destined. perhaps. 20 end utterly Un-
der Sultan who polishes pearls
was recalled to actually by the voice
of the interpreter saving His Highness-
Ne an salaanc1 az weh as We could. but
the SultaB.. besging us TO be- seated IN
some chairs eyidendy reserved for white
Visitors. caf1e forward and shook hands
With Al, in turn. The Satan T. rathes
small h person With q rooria. fat. soyish
face He must be considerably oldet.
but be appears scarcely twenty years Of
age His teeth arr deeply fled away con-
claveIy. after a common Malay fashion.
and constant chewing OF the oeiei nut and
line has dyed them rs ietty black as The
teeth Of an old.fashiolsed japanese WON
an. As rule. the Moro chieftains | have
met talk in high nasal key, and their
sentences often end IN sharp upward
squeak The sultan spoke in an agree
able. even tone. his face lighted up some
times with pleasant human fseliaS. aid
his lips. carrnineJ With the tuice II the
betel nut which he vas chewing. often
parted IN "a black snile
lie had bat lately sep, % MS siesia-
and his costume consisted so.siy of a
pa ~ white trousers and small Turk
ISL Towel thrown over his shoulders- The
Only cutie present consisted % . dozen
brawny fellows with muses. swelling
unde- the SKI. bare 10 TIE waist sitting
or their hesis about tie aoor. iesnfng
With io:h hS1d= on fhe h.lss u raked
kri%sS wavy as The angels faase-sNoEt
ln Do.s-s Illustration q tie B.cle; the
lips and cheeks swelling and sizing ever
MAIDS Of betcI max in time "a tie moving
flaws OF puckered uP as fhe tioot-Ted
5,Isee vas ; hilaasIy sauirisl. w.IA z pTac-
f5css ss,renaSs into vessels - bes-en
brass TIE Ealis ve-e bars save for about
a dozsa photographs cIipped fTonz some
illustrated magazine. - hezUisfs1s Amer
ear women = The canopy over the dais
wss red ard white; sDH~ az ;Ee white
! strips besrayed their c-isin b TIE three