A faithful dog [song]

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Language

English

Year

1936

Subject

Songs, Philippine.

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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.\/11n:h, /!l.J{; THE YOUNG CITIZEN A Faithful Dog Words and Musich!} Grade VI-A Pupils Nasugbu l:.lemenlary :>chool, Batangas A feilh-ful do~ an olJ m•n H'e. war .RJ .raO he could no~ had. c.-a~. r ;J I~ But one. eold dar\t. day Iha. old mon die.d, And Bur -ter w .. r ac. on - ly could w.alch fi,. ,...,..,_ ~er" qrave, Un~il- ~;\ .al d. - \one. 'co 1rieve he. d ;..,J of ~ro.{. THE RUINS OF GUADALUPE (Continue,/ from page 55) olutionic;t> were repulsed. On February !9, 1899. General King ordered the church and convent set on fire together w.ith all the houses in the village. Some Americans justified the burning as a military necessity and to pun"ish the barrio for irs obstinate resistance. Many thinking people, however, Americans and Filipinos alike. believe that at least the beautiful church as a place of Christian worship, should hav~ been spared. In. the fire. the magnificent altar, priceless images. among which was that of the Virgin of Guadalupe. valuable paraphernalia. and silver utensils for church service were totally destroyed. Only the hardwood image of San Nicolas was salvaged by one of General Paclano"s PEN AND PENCIL (Cc'ltfinue.d from page 67) ground is surrounded by a gum a· mela hedge which supply. us. with plenty of red flo.wers everyday. Out side the fence are oprn fields and green trees. Next tirrle .. I will .try to send you a picture of our school. Sincerely yours, Julia San Jose Grade IV-A Yo:i hau'.} des-:ribed your school w W'.!ll that a p:.cture 'is almost u11nf!ccssary. I belieu2 other children in othf!r schoo~s will have a. uery clear idea of th'! hind of school 6uilding yo:.i studr,; in. Not all o:· them are as lucky as _you are. From your ·description. l gathered that t;ou love your school and will do much to keep it beautif.u/. l will men who were reconnoitering th;: appnx'.ate any picture you may send place after the Americans had n.•- vs. treated to Makati. The image was Aunr Almt.1 in the stone-vaulted mortuary chamber behind the sacristy and it was not touched by the fire, That same image is now housed in the small chapel of the town. Luck; Saint Nicholas! cecded in taking to the City some of Guadah~pe's sonorous bells where they must have been melted for thei.r valuable copper. Of the several church bells only two have THE ADVENTURES OF (Conttm1ed fr.,m ptUlt? b3 J Anyway we shall not be abJe to sleep tonight. with the wandering souls chanting their way through the town." "I can get for you my grandfather's fighting cock ... anOther Offered. "It is tied in a corner of the kitchen behind a low table." "Oh. No, No." Tonio· cut in: "I have so1m" savings. My Lola said I could spend it for anything. It will be en6ugh for a big hen and some loaves of bread." w·ith the help of their Ka Jose's father, the boys succeeded in pre· paring a decent midnight lunch. Meanwhife the other boys lurhd in the deep shadows- of the trees and glided stealthily from :backyard to backyard in the hope of finding chickens in their ordinary roosts. In spite of the precautiOns i:he owners had taken in-lo::king up their chickens. there were.some wavward ones that rewarded the vigilance of the night prowlers. (To be continued) Chinese junkman carting two bells to Manila. and recognizing the bells as those froni the ruins. he ·ordered After the fire,. marauders and been sav;:d and are in active use- the -Celestial· to return the stolen souvenir hunters had a free hand. one at the Makati church, and the belle;. Th:! junkman refused, ·and Chinese junkmen from Manila got other. at th:? Guadalupe chapel. As to scare him away, the man dt'ew ' every iron scrap they could lay their the village was pr.:ictically desert..!d his bolo. The rascal. fearin~ for hands on. They pried up from the at that time. the j.unkmen and oth- his life, lost .00 time ·in n•nning to chlirch floors glazed and marble er marauders did their plundering the city without even looking bacJ. ... tiles. and from the stairway, hug(' husine.:;s unrr!olested. A villager. leaving bdls and all. Chinese g_ranite slabs. They sue- however. returning to town me~ a (P.'e~r 1· run• h p ·ge •-1)

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73

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