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This curious privately printed book takes place in the Philippines at the beginning of the American colonial period. The names of the characters are inspired by those of real persons at that time.
| Name in story. | Role. | Real name. |
| Judge Benjamin Daft | American Governor. | Judge William Howard Taft, president of the United States when this book was published. |
| Admiral Rainey | Conqueror of the Philippines. | Admiral George Dewey. |
| Camillo Saguanaldo | Insurgent General and President. | Emilio Aguinaldo. |
| Bishop Lonzello | the Friar. | At the time of this story, the Bishop of Manila was Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa. |
| Ambrosia Lonzello | the Friar’s Daughter. | |
| Rodriguez Violeta | the Papal Nuncio. | At the time of this book Placide Louis Chapelle. |
| Mrs. Rizal | widow of a Filipino Patriot. | Marie Josephine Leopoldine Bracken, who died in 1902. |
| Maximo Voliva | Leader of a Schism. | Gregorio Aglipay, who was Obispo Maximo of the church named after him. |