Show UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS it was aloft 4 0 clock elock K on chri christmas tinas fc ic and busina besmen s v ci biera era il I 1 clo clovd 11 ply desk esic and rose with a weary yawn there was ILI tie tic in iny surroundings to remind nie lite of tho lay no lie frost on tho the windows no lie sylow oil nil the ground ont ade and ami no ito harp bracing hima in cold in ill the car air the window s were as wide wida open as they could tn be and the steady 8 swinging of the wat was all that kept the room from froin being stiflingly lot aud alid close cloi c lor for tile tho office was situated somewhere about latitude 14 1 i north in the faraway philippine islands island aberi the great beautiful lowers flowers have coper luine and the birds never sing where the southern hou thern cros glitters over the land at night and the great dipper is upside down and the abo ann sets seta w v athla two ali of ii a quarter atter after 6 13 all the year around so I 1 1 lad had beloi e tile me about two hours and si a halt half ot of daylight aud and I 1 was trying in to decide to utilize it by iding out to tin the tennis dab club and hav isik afternoon tva tea or walking to the tha park to ler hear the hand band play and soo see tho the j abish dianita ac tb native clerks iu in the tha out butr r foont halt had dusted up and now came cama gliding gilding in ili with bare splay toed food feet liko like black headed ghosts in their w white lite clothes to bill bid no mo bucala buc 3 noches noche sand I 1 and a happy Christ christinas and il oid stally to T a alb liula I 1 illy liy gift of one cue or perhaps five big s ihrer 1 I ver dollars according accor diug to his station f from rom lose jose the lait allf bread chirt chief link who v he on the th strength of his dignity ty aud and of ins his speaking a little enlie kept his hii shirt tucked d inside his bis I 1611 serb and wore ered sandals dils down to little nito the errand boy hardly male tiran a savage of 0 the wilderness wilde they hall had the christmas feeling auywa y and associated it with tho llo iner cerys lansing front from 80 to loi degree as wo we new eug luaders do its rambling frum from zero to freezing the last manchas gracias era cias senor had been said and the tha last clork cla k glided tut anil and the gray headed old pun bali cooly was stealthily to see I 1 nio lite take up tip my iny jacket the signal for lis his departure when tho the trum tramping trumping ping ot of unmistakably ibid ind evidently boots sounded without aul acia with v etli a crish crash of the ceu door hero entered into my stal stalwart warl Capt Jap taia aill halo of the gad ship lilon began arrayed in in linen and crowned with a broad 1 pith by stout and j lolly jully mrs hale candying a big bablot ba att cd I 1 a brown ging liani umbrella lj with L her er lue lre beani boanini bc anini nig from tile tho depth of a real old fashiO ld good evo evoking ning sir hr they both called out call aud d MK alls mile added wish a Christu uh lits mr B E my iiii ob siding into the abdia boo boa cb chur ox I 1 hall had placed for her under tle Lali vl ith a pica hom lire bro fa faster eter iti ian vii to old ol 01 pedro the ha oly coly c abo redoubled his effort TOrt with a grant y g tf ov B exclaim exclaimed oll mrs kale hale d nil tor for sake wake that rr old feller work so 0 o tins this hot lay on my eonni it her 11 ani lit brella i vig l at who took t bis L is for A ogeal I 1 lo 10 0 go 0 o fi afaf or still anil 11 ilc big fail lilily baat md lad forth till I 1 illch ill cd 1 gently sent ly the legall hild had 1 lc c cn 11 in th tho a liy lay fur fu a mouth naif lr charter to me 2110 for Boit nu flirl wi ivaa now cleara carel cl and ami rahly to uil mil tile belt eliy div I 1 hall hail spent a lion on oil board with the tb captain ami altal ing hn will wil rf in ill tho fill foiling it balte galte lue lie to hoir hear ho ir thor goul good lil ill yankee forms 0 of speech tile tho N ury ry tight sight of their healthy faces browned liy by tho the sun bun litany sen did 1110 goal ia luy illy ni cary exile and their to atmos of tho 1110 vines and aal wind ept thorda afif maine and liow good their pi food was after vf 1 il ania allish orl dini ners on an shora I 1 and la 11 now low the ills ot rn 1 ir l nearly nan n an ia ned ive t li N 8 at to 9 civet givet liUi quake ike rout dingy walls of tho the li 0 1 r I building a pic manter aspect y u te v air F hauld J the captain binder thought wed drop in ill an 1117 r yo me lie good avi hes ot of tho the sr se i I 1 ro goin round to 10 lo do wr our Chri christina stint r F act is lie the i dy cant gt bt on without no lio matac bho is and thesal ways voys bovold to rite bio joselito po nr to tn fochs it if yera sit at rca kul she elie I 1 i 1 i 1111 it to iii 1 crew giitl till it if beia lit in port liko like thit abir huo p poor fol toas aud and 1 IT avei CIn 1 I to eu cm it L 51 liens at aal idall all abut that 0 ul mother other 1111 H hiis idilo oddal tha tims t 3 a f tint L c t father slit bin said why crin tile the li ast inita like it il 1 give presents whether I 1 it lillue iu in boothbay Boo thay or licit As fo for r lic k tha raabe raahe it a hit bit of 0 differt acilee at thu the saule sauie lealir Let lir they 1 leow it or not aud and ii it leb eill in ast as is much to get present aud and olive pm em and youre deft th the c J I 1 it you know you be I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 V ell out know hut but what 1 I bo be will ia i C ito 1110 cau cartall they went C HI I 1 to tell of their queer c et peli ellees w N ile in ii out of the 1 0 way C safe I 1 nua aric n with b akles ui th vals ot of that et pedro gam g by lorce ot of exa example though ho be roiden tand 1 n I atad and fp fin of that mr air B said mrs tl thought robbe I 1 could inako alce it a 11 little ae ninio like lihu Clin stinia to you rou and fl ten 11 other young men litra away front from t tir ir own foll foil so I 1 riidu you yon abi abid jal with that sho bho extra tod froin glicr 1 sat k the conr ry r of all 1111 adding i alic lart dr t one I 1 hall had F eyford for thile e deuro waylo taint itally ti int jest aliat set get at horie home he ehe maid h A g it out with both handi while tile the toy tell prod ered beside her six fart ot of liine delight at my sura surprise prise cafe ell e I 1 didat have jut jn it the right L fili I 1 11 t I 1 guess go donau well T here dihe iko it aud dont bother r to sit agie ne woid won t and I 1 knew new the blind I 1 oal raw faw that for tile lilo moment I 1 con coth f ns cs easily have bavo flown its as uttered the its I 1 folt trust theold old lady to knew what boys like M the th captain we ve lid had a ley boy once hed no jest about your ago nom lie added in a lower tone at lis his A i HB fe weve 9 gatt him now john as ivo ive alliy said nd alway will said mrs hale qi itly rearranging ter bas ket the calta cut el 0 i in ill ling itcy to lay iny qin q I 1 lob M x y yon oi 1 ses s eo es our or boy run I 1 oil oft when boj hori Ont ut uni ll 11 15 hed k lind iaia 1 0 11 f F nim 1 11 as is boys bilys lc be and im ilin inlall in lill I 1 wig 11 1 tao l I 1 toay way ho ha 71 NAith without out a N word rd and we ne lit er feel pretty si bijie IS lie he s lead dead but mother ailep i t it ile he aint and im goat to stick mid to it icam john till I 1 hiow ur fw tire aud and thin avi with th a apply smile lokile pt jilt lae jt it kind of doe doca tile good to keep lookin fir forward vard to s ela Un liffe feagain dyain slime lay day auw along john i Vs its gettin lite late I 1 slipped on oil my illy jacket whereupon where apon pedro vani SlAd and ai the worthy couple down clown to the door ol of tile the buil din on oil the mrs il i halo turned and whispered to tome tile john as it if he earo about goin oll oa lut but now flow ho he nally does mr li if sa ile coi hall our boy 1103 atwould take til ten years 0 off hasage his age HII mine too I 1 did not doubt it md and I 1 refrained from that I 1 thought it would pruLa bly add teu ten to rates kufos it if lie he could coiled re elizo the sort ot of mother and father fd lie he hall 1 left ft so banyn nasa car ago so I 1 aie L de them good night promising to feo fee them iu ill the tha morini ig lad and alith beslity for ahr their kind kiad alens uess tall v arched theil the il as is they trudged h away toward the artive qua quarter rier their sturdy figures above the motley crowd ol of natives native ind and who thronged thron ged the narrow and fille 1 vie air with their tin uncouth couth gabble babble I 1 tont flit my f roeln home N with ith the th precious anu iding ind and my illy pony folly thread cI my anva way around to the duglish Kj glish club there I 1 found folind mcgregor or the old scotch cortor dor tor diug bug iu in the doorway and ald amusing hin himself self by coppers olio at 1 time if to i a cr crowd cwi of lime lane halt and blind I 1 beggar who as earl carh coin f fall P 11 lust inA antly bec became altic an siule skinny arvis arms rod imil legs said lie ns 13 I 1 hew up I 1 was just after you riu lii ili get gc t away at ay to tin the be Agars were nvere pl plucking I 1 i poi timis of his hii raiment and aidi lile like oli arr i er T TM lit it aching a tor for ditore arent t you AMel leall COE con II LI lut ut n now 0 W lie he inquired dunnig dui ing the temporary absence 0 if the I 1 lial had 11 ln i nut N P ty arduous botic dO lubias tIc baciu I 1 lie only 0 uther ther Alac rican rf in ill tho elie ili law well e 11 11 col itil lied the madio mc dio 0 11 1 11 I have a filow fillow countryman country nim of yours very bad with fe arr r dowil aoi ii lit in Milica anal uan Ei aliVe quai terl a 1 only just nt out bof the salui li 11 jail fur for thumping a guardia va I 1 cen last year I 1 IIAN ahne a ply doubt i of cf hij lii lating la ting lowr awl and you youa ll 11 letter como dowil if youl yon will UM of caliro 1 I come coal consul or not lit in abe feffe e corners ire of cl th t teo uble Fai faiet lT ain r e i or un out act of ii ii c r a as sure anro ot ol from mun I 1 1 1 i allow its if ho bit wm 1 ruivo land Ieru ars tall mil t n bajwa to ile IK a natural ui in N I 1 i sn his fricot him heinit lie die tula mii rt rl ind and then p it expenses 9 of i 1 liim in chill backhanded 1 philanthropy I 1 11 1 I alt il chinaman so the 6 i 1 r japed into a ali l i carriage fall nua mi away toward i lacaman la caBau canan I 1 firmed fIr allowed ill owed wed on oil puny pony leaving ti tin it liK gais to philosophy philo sophi i al 31 Y squat down own round the club doorway aud and their c wall of charity Cli arity tir for love ot of heaven charity chanty I 1 poor old story etory was a sad one lon lona years bunro asa you yonn u graan lie he had come to the Philipp iuca es on oil a pleasure trip trill with hit his wife aud and hero here the ehe died suddenly denly of cholera that ter rRt 01 thelast the cast which then was wa claiming churning its victims by thou snit IS anil and for 20 cabi lc doctor hadner had crIft ifft the island where she lay among linen the tall palms in the he little english cemetery on santa aria ana hill but many others hart had to bless tile the cause that kept ajr mci Alle among them broin the proudest t official in lis his palace to the ho ravage in his bamboo hut the do dow doctors w s time and skill were always at thur their service and many a yo froh aroi h from froin homo had been saved from going wrong in that land of wild and lawlee ria life by his kindly words of co counsel luisel and advice we stopped at last before a miserable but on the ont kirts of abo town and giving the iho pony iu in charge of a passing native I 1 followed the doctor iu in the interior was I 1 lirk and comparatively cool A an it old diat entire I 1 tro wona ii liko a grot grotesque esquo linage was cli ou the barabo i floor beside a heap of nipa leates Is aea and ami pieces of on oil NA aich lay illy a i chita man tossing turning tiu ning aud and bab blilie 1 wita delirium deli nain in the alio full grip of ct the jungle fever a young man evidently his once frame fraine fearfully md cov ered by tho the r d lad and grimy shirt and trousers of a he beaune quieter as mcgregor Mc kaied lu ert ili hi head lua drank the mch medicine me given him but began anut agaibi as the doctor add edid idid him down hw he woi a a wee we bit more national rati oual this thia afternoon said mcgegor gor and told me a bit of nt his story cloty but he or tell his I 1 found him ill jut st hutsi outside do 0 ou U fit aliu 0 gralia nud ind bro broucht ugilt him iu in here fr for want of a b ater place wis was there nothing in his pockets I 1 asked nought but those these showing lowing sl it I 1 few centimes centilli cen times cs nt v ilich the old woman blared greedily lie ile may inny conic come to hid ai nn SLI r babu aluir LI blat 0 awhile la Is ho he past hope mar alac I 1 n C cant ant wo we do 1 ain ll 11 thing t take him to a better hone ho 1 I inan mi an tho the doctor shook his head if 11 we could get hint him up north nor ill now I 1 ll 11 my hed I 1 le C get well with the constitution he cc has its the heal of the place that keeps hint him down ahe poor lad lads 9 made like one of err rill am collie logs dogs strong and NN ell in the cold but whon whan taken by br fever iu in this clini climate ate ahiah vili tinnis burns up all liko like gunpowder it was terrible to see one oae of my own race dying thus in the low ION ost est degradation like a vi i ret fetched retched clied fc avage nursed by an ignorant old barbarian only for the sake of tho money the she knew wo would sivo give her inot c terrible as estime binic wont on oil end and the poor parched lips never ucher their childish ehi chil lilich dih ible chatter chatt cr oh for a bit of ice or anything lUy lhing to coo cool that hat burning rut put nothing ii ig cool there nothing not liin but death so we sat lit in silence 1 I with my hel met fanning the flut lied face so drawn and haggard which trust have been trong strong r and han handi dollic ome iu ill health and the doctor ever and annn raised the heavy head with tile the gentleness of ift a woman and gave medicine while the old hag clec inched in a col ner and mumbled to he herself relf wondering if when the man at wai t ead dead she would get a N vircle hole silver peo no 0 or not outside tho the brown people ind and laughed lau Klied in their freedom fre cdon from care now and lion peering in with curious faces and running away with freh shouts their turn might come coins next nest but little they cand tle the tr was s alcira for enjoyment of if life never kever mind tonio tomorrow now suddenly the seemed to increase cre ijo and ami farther dou down a the road then it bebau begau to approach chii th screams and happy laug laughter abter of chil children ren mingled with the tha clearer tones ol of a foreigners eigner s tongue and as the crowd reached the hut but I 1 suddenly hoard heard a familiar familial voice saying little boy dont deat you yon lie be so greedy let that little ahl it havo avo sonie some aint it nice lice john to see sae how they ell enjoy joy it mcgregor looked vp up in wonder all and 1 I roso rose and went to the door thero I 1 found captain C hale and his hi wife surrounded by a perfect lordo horde of delighted c lie ho tossing coppers about from a canvas bag and rite elie candy penny whistles lad and numerous odd anil ends anus from her ter inage faaet both their faces perfect pic pictures tures of tho the lonest holiest ileaure plea ure bilili ch imaged inac to such buch pro at tho the sight of me ice that for a a by tile ili tio infantry on their basli of if supplies liea was alino alil lost tc only prevented by a ni alvous else of the captains balossi fetick h iek aull aud mrs eira ilfilen gingham lini brella I 1 stalked to to explain why I 1 wits there but before I 1 mra ales hale with wilh air ol 01 0 why the poor sel fel leevil gave bior b |