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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: ASCII

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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 DIARY FOUND AT SAN FERNANDO
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