THE ORIGIN OF THIS STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES
CHAPTER I.
ADMIRAL DEWEY ON HIS FLAGSHIP.
A Stormy Day on Manila Bay—Call on Admiral Dewey—The Man in
White—He Sticks to His Ship—How He Surprised the Spaniards—Every
Man Did His Duty on May-Day—How Dewey Looks and Talks—What He Said
About War With Germany in Five Minutes—Feeds His Men on "Delicious"
Fresh Meat from Australia—Photography Unjust to Him
CHAPTER II.
LIFE IN MANILA.
Character of the Filipinos—Drivers Lashing Laboring Men in the Streets—What Americans Get in Their Native Air—The Logic of Destiny—Manila as She Fell Into Our Hands—The Beds in the Tropics—A Spanish Hotel—Profane Yells for Ice—Sad Scenes in the Dining Room—Major-General Calls for "Francisco"—A Broken-Hearted Pantry Woman
CHAPTER III.
FROM LONG ISLAND TO LUZON.
Across the Continent—An American Governor-General Steams Through
the Golden Gate—He is a Minute-Man—Honolulu as a Health Resort—The
Lonesome Pacific—The Skies of Asia—Dreaming Under the Stars of the
Scorpion—The Southern Cross