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Bamboo Tales, by Ira L. Reeves
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Title: Bamboo Tales
Author: Ira L. Reeves
Illustrator: J. Alexander Mackay
Release Date: February 27, 2008 [EBook #24709]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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Bamboo Tales
By
Ira L. Reeves. 1st Lieut. 4th Infantry,
Author of "Twenty-four Hours on a Mountain," "Looking Forward," and other Short Stories.
Illustrations by J. Alexander Mackay.
Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, U. S. A.
Copyright, 1900, Hudson-kimberly Publishing Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Respectfully Dedicated To the "First Man up San Juan Hill."
CONTENTS.
How the Spaniards Campaigned in Luzon 7 "Cougar" Daly 19 A Dying Spaniard's Request 31 Benito 38 The Army Mule 65 Comedy and Carnage 67 How I Saw Aguinaldo 79 What the Wounded Say and Do 92 The Flight of "Father Time" 101 Camp Alarms 106 An Encounter with Bolomen 124 "Carabao Bill" 135 "Paterno," the Disgraced Mascot 158
HOW THE SPANIARDS CAMPAIGNED IN LUZON.
A TRANSLATION FROM A SPANISH OFFICER'S DIAR