Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-05
IN THE PHILIPPINES

of rain-curtain was bounded above by
one of the most beautiful rainbows I
have ever seen. / wish I could make
you see the distant mountains yonder,
the clear view at the left, the cloud
curtain at the right through which, We
could but dimly see, and the beautiful
rainbow arching to the zenith l hope
shall never forget it.
But even more beautiful was another
cloud effect. IT was raining, the entire
landscape was hidden, when suddenly
the clouds parted ard the sun shone
through on yOnder hills. l simply can
not describe it. I thought Behind
the clouds is the sun still shining" but
two others exclaimed Truly. a glimpse
of heaven ITSELF l cannot imagine
anything more beautiful.
That night we slept in the road, sew
other traveller had put up. / slept
splendidly though a wee bit chilly.
Some complained that the ground was
hard even though covered with pine
needles. Tor myself. 1 prefer a hard
bed. One can get accustomed to any
thing. and | have become accustomed
TO that.
The next morning we were up early.
An uncomfortable bed induces early
rising,-and so does the cool mountain
air. We needed bit of water to mix
with the canned cream SO sent the car
riers to a distant spring with dishes to
wash and to fill. One fellow went
along to take a bath. In due time one
carrier brought back clean dish with
no water in it. All the time our hun
ger was growing and our Impotence
| increasing in like proportion. We could
wait no longer and SO fried bit of ba-
con and mixed some rice with the fat
and had-a breakfast. May / never
have another SUCH But we finally got
started after more than three hours Of
unnecessary delay. 4,t-g
During the forenoon we saw some
| fine bits of mountain scenery. At noon
we reached Hats place." after about
a half-mile of climbing almost straight
up. He should name it Aegles eyrie or
something of the sort. But the wind
| ing trail through the moss-covered
scrubby oak forest was we'll worth the
| trouble it was one of the prettiest
scenes I saw on the trip. And well
worth the climb We're the hot biscuits
err nice things that Mr.. Halt gave u.s.
| This trail through the oaks was diff
ferent from any thing 1 have ever
seen. Think of some lovers lane in
autumn through deciduous woods ana
then think of the trees ambling as it
| were in all directions like honey sue
kles and covered with moss and green
| leaves through which now and then
| flashed glimpses of sunlight, then you
have something resembling in some
slight degree the long winding trail
leading to "Haits place.
Arrived we impatiently awaited
lunch and when the first dishes of it
were put on the table those of us who
had just arrived rushed to the table
so the earlier arrivals who had had
breakfast We're obliged to wait And
how we did devour the cabbage and
meat and potato and ether good things
that Mr.. Halt gave us. We acted like
pack of hungry wolves; our man
ners were quite forgotten and all our
energy was devoted to getting some
thing to eat and to getting it quickly.
And the Fireplace with two big
back logs! If 1 ever have home of
my own it must have a fireplace.
Mr.. Halt may have come, over as a
soldier and then turned minek At any
rate he drank very heavily, so heavily
that the doctors said he had but a
short time to live. He was married to
an Igorote woman. He came ut. on
this mountain top to live and nowfs a
well man, temperate il not teetotalAr,
| owning comfortable home, earning a
good living. better fixed every year, and
happy with his two robust healthy.
active, little boys that look quite Am
ericau.
He is quite ingenious and besides
building his house and making his fur
| niture, etc, ETC., he has made a dam
and sawmill with an undershot wa
terwheel. all of wood except the saw
an ordinary cross-cut,-and a few
spikes. The mill was not in operation
| the day I was there but I saw some
fine boards that he had sawed. was
especially interested in it because We
hope to put in a sawmill at the indus-
| trial school in Bukidnon. Ii
Mr.. HATS place is over 5000 feet
| above sea-level and the nights are cool
all the year around. DR.. Copeland and
Mr.. Merrill said that the first TING
they had ever seen the place 1T was
covered with frost. So You see it ia
possible to get quite change of eli
/ mate even in LuZon The object Of ,ny
present trip is to get this Change
which I feel need--at the lowest cost
possible and also to drop my work. for
few days. I feel that I am getting
both and that I shall go back to work
with better health and greater courage.
| We left Mr.. Hats the next morning
at seven thirty and struck directly
across country with nothing. to guide
us but the Igorote trails and DR.. Cope
lands sense Of direction. These trails
&c straight UP over the highest hills.
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