The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-17

soft job alongside of what We are UP
against here.
On arrival everybody, not on the
steamer, came forward and greeted
me they evidently want to make me
feel content on formidable Corregidor.
Nov. eth Typboon signal up, Last
evening the clouds parted for brief
space and time TO reveal f1ercely
brilliant sun, with sheet upon sheet Of
almost compact rain driving into its
face from every quarter. The wind
and rain held sway all through the
Wild black night. and they still doml-
nate. Everything is wet indoors and
out, although the bungalows are not
flooded, as am told Is sometimes the
case. We are deeply thankful We did
not run into tho typhoon which de-
structively swept n broad area OF
these waters a few days before we put
into Guam.
The desperate thing Is evil enough
on land. but to be in Its clutches at
sea would mean complete surrender. l
do hope after this awesome. forbid
able Introductory aspect troplc nature
Will speedily bestow her gracious ia
vors Of abounding sunshine. spicy
breeZes, opalescent seas, fascinating
poems Of yerdure and most enchant-
Ing nights. We had many sweet and
beautiful experiences enroute which
the hard things l have run up against
here have crowded remotely into the
background.
The storm grows more fUrious, 1t
seems us though cyclones OF the noun
tain wind kind are beating water
spouts, rising from the sea below. and
all the heavens around. into our bung-
allow. If this continues on the pro-
gresslve, some OF Your family will be
sleeping In wet beds tonight, and 1t
will be easy TO maintain siX-foot
per month rainfall record In the Phil
ippines. We have two small rooms
with another family-share the same
living room and moss. Looks as
though there is little prospect OF any
| thing better within the next six
months. when 1t is expected the per.
/ manent quarters for officers viii be
| ready
This place Is suited to the native,
with three.piece wardrobe and a
| nipa shack-lt's no white mans land.
The island Is infested with rats,
tremendous rats. mosquitoes, the en-.
tire family OF spiders. centipedes, scor-
| pione, cockToacbes that devour libra
ries. fierce ants-white, black and red
kinds-and by comparison with the
above perfectly dear gekos, lguanos
and lizards. II Is a constant fight for
survival, and | believe | feel inclined
TO let the climate and the critters
have It, Between the rains and the
heat all things grow rusty. musty. mil
dewed and rotten. Then for every
material and fiber there is just the
right sort OF predatory Insect (or
rats) to devour
We have On excellent Chinese cook.
an artiet IN ract, and Filipino house
boy who keeps at II early and late.
Lung Wu most mysteriously provides
everything seems to get II from no.
where and nothing goee out each
morning and comes in loaded With
stufis and then cooks and cooks and
makes fancy dishes all day long The
more We eat the better he is pleased. +.
appears greatly aggrieyed when We
slight his mrch-mlxed and garnished
dishes.
Really, IL It were not for so many
civilized belongings-the caro- of them
i should speedily be in the fat wo-
mans list
Think of the cook bringing In the
food and preparing the meals, keeping
! my lady out OF the kitchen and not
permitting her 10 say one word about