. A story from the Philippines . theyhad seen a farm house ahead and would thev */ ride on to it and halt in waiting for us, ifthey found it was fit for the lady? I said 56 A Story from the Philippines. yes, and they cantered on. When we caughtup with them again we found that the occu-pants of the house were only three in num-ber, and, therefore, room and welcome forthe seiiorita and the boy. The usual num-ber crowded into these hovels is from ten tofifteen, mostly women and children. Thespace inside is usually 10x15 feet. Not asbig, little folks, as mothers kitchen. Andin this space all this
. A story from the Philippines . theyhad seen a farm house ahead and would thev */ ride on to it and halt in waiting for us, ifthey found it was fit for the lady? I said 56 A Story from the Philippines. yes, and they cantered on. When we caughtup with them again we found that the occu-pants of the house were only three in num-ber, and, therefore, room and welcome forthe seiiorita and the boy. The usual num-ber crowded into these hovels is from ten tofifteen, mostly women and children. Thespace inside is usually 10x15 feet. Not asbig, little folks, as mothers kitchen. Andin this space all this enormous family musteat, sleep and live. True, in the dry seasonthey live or squat out of doors most of thetime. But in the rainy season, and thislasts for about five months at a stretch,these poor creatures have to huddle to-gether in these pens. A self-respecting pigwould mutiny at the conditions. Do youwonder that even though we despise it alland are disgusted, that we pity and wishto help these poor people into civilization?. 4; -I. r. .- LiY LONSR Christmas Day. 57 Well, to continue my story. In this place,where we had stopped to rest, there was onlyan old woman and two boys. We learnedthat the boys mother was dead and that theold woman was their grandmother. Andfurthermore their father and three olderbrothers had gone to the hills, to join theinsurgents. When the old woman saw Sen-orita Marchan and Antonio she bowed her-self to the earth. She recognized that theywere of the nobility. She told the senoritain Filipino that she was welcome to the shel- 4* ter of the shack but that she did not haveanything to offer her to eat. That she andthe two children were almost had 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 fir
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