A story from the Philippines (1902) (14750038851)

Identifier: storyfromphilipp00dris (find matches)
Title: A story from the Philippines
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Driscoll, Katherine Elizabeth, 1867-
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Publisher: New York, London, Abbey Press
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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been living on rice for days anddays. I said, All right, madre (mother), wewill attend to the feast if you can make theseiiorita and the boy comfortable for thenight. We had carried sufficient rations 58 A Story from the Philippines. for the two days ride. Before pitching tentthe men built a fire and prepared the sup-per. The menu was a plain one, but ittasted good after the long days ride. Wefed the Filipino woman and her boys, andthey ate ravenously and gurgled their satis-faction at the feast. As it was now gettingquite dark, the seuorita and Antonio retiredto the shack, and T andmy men, exceptthose on guard, rolled ourselves up in ourblankets and laid down on the ground, gladto rest, for we intended to be up and awayearly in the morning. As I went to sleep,visions of home, sweet home, Christmastrees, stockings hung by the mantel, andthe jingle of sleigh bells, all floated throughmy mind and I sighed at the thought, sofar away. In the morning we were up and on theway at six oclock.
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oc i~ 93 ~c; - O) OP :K NOL Christinas Day. 59 We rode on without stopping till noon,when we halted and dismounted for dinner. Christmas dinner. One of the men saidto me, Sergeant, I wish you would let someof us men forage for chicken and Avhateverelse we can find, to make a decent dinner forto-day. I can go hard tack and coffee mostany day but Christmas. I said, All right, my man, if you can findanything fit to eat and do not take too longto do it, you may go. We are going to resthere for about two hours. I persuaded Sen-orita Marchan and Antonio to lie down andrest. And the men and I sat on the ground,pulled out our note pads and pencils and ina few minutes were all busy writing Christ-mas letters to our loved ones. We wouldmail them to-night in Yigan, but manyweeks would elapse before they would beread, for you know it takes forty days for a 60 A Story from the Philippines. letter to travel from Manila to New York. There were two or three men who hadnothing to write—no one to wri