Show ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE 0 ORIENT description OF TRIP FROM PAN MANILA TO destination IN FAR BORNEO continued from last week at noon wo we called for mr bir beardsley at his office rind ami we nil all returned to tile botel for lunch in ill the meantime lie had arranged for our passage on oil tit the A merritt ferritt a dear little boat going to jolo wo we were vory very fortunate in ill getting on oil this tin s boat as it is the best boat that travels around the wands islands and happened to be going just the lay day we arrived in manila Manil ft you can easily locate the island of jolo on any map of tile the philippines we sailed that afternoon at three mr aar beardsley had dotie done everything to make us comfortable oven to having a butich bunch of roses in ill our room and strange to say roses are a very r rare ra and expensive luxury in ill the phil philippines ho used to live in ill ogdon ogden utah and lie ho and euid uli undo cleare are grout great pals that light on the water was tile most beautiful night I 1 think I 1 have over ever witnessed we were crossing tile sulu sea eca and the moon was full and the sky was perfectly clear I 1 must not forget to toll tell you that tile tho sultan of sulu was at mattila manila staying at bair buir hotel all the tinie time wo we wore were there lie ho all and about four of his wives und mid his private secretary ato breakfast at the same timo wo vo dil did there fore we had all a opportunity of getting a good look at them thein they wore were dressed in nativo native costumes and were seemingly enjoying themselves and the hospitality shown them by the officials in manila as much as any ally american 1 also alio forgot to tell you that the governor of tho islands carpenter came up and introduced it to us and offered his services in our beli behalf alf and also cabled uncle who arts then awaiting us in jolo that we wore were leaving manila that af afternoon ter I 1 am tile the luckiest girl in the world to have this trip the experience is something that one could nover never got get in schools and I 1 can call not begin to toll you how bow interesting it all is ard and I 1 could uever never write you all the things I 1 see and hear that are really stories in ill themselves selves tile the trip down on oil the bl merritt erritt was just like a yachting trip wo we met so many nice people sunday night just before dinner wo we watched the alio suii sua set and it was a gorge gorgeous ous sight tile the water was as smooth as aa glass scarcely a ripple I 1 did hot think the alio water in tile ocean ever became so quiet it really lopker uncanny and the clouds vare vore piled up in the west lilie big banks of snow it was a that I 1 shall never forgot wo we spent tile evening in ill tile the open air on oil dear aco c playing tile ukulele and singing wo IVO all slept on oil deck that night but the sky and water and moon wore were so beautiful that I 1 just watched them thein until four in the mor morning nhiM I 1 had boon been told we would undoubtedly ell n counter rough water in the south sons seas but the euln sea was wag just juat like a lake I 1 could have enjoyed 0 Y a few more lays days on oil the M mer 0 r ritt but wo we wore were duo due to arrive ut tit jolo tire tho next morning when mien I 1 awoke the next morning wo we wore tit at 1010 lolo jolo pier and everybody was dressing us aa rapidly lis as possible poa sible uncle mot us its and you can call imagine that our greetings were its aa cn and would be as good as a for ill an onlooker as any we witnessed on tile the Th thomas onias at manila ile he bad tile tho governor of jolo with mth lint him and the governor took us its in his car for a ride all over 1010 lolo jolo to bu be continued |