Behind our chapel, there lived a family of teachers. There were two of them. One was a spinster. I would like to name them but if this story
is read by them, they would surely deny it.
They strict, as they thought that everybody were their students.
They had a house helper named Elacio. They called him as their “ataman”. One day,
Elacio was bereft with financial problem.
He saw a sum of money. He got
this money although it was not his.
He was positively identified and would not come home even to
sleep at night. It was dark and there
was yet no electricity. It arrived some fifty years, hence, the area nearby was
also forested.
When darkness came, there was no Elacio. The teachers reported the missing Elacio to
the police. He became the first public
enemy no.1. They hunted him. There were no flashlights then. Nobody owns a flashlights in the town. They would use dried palm leaves of the coconut
tree which they call as “bulbog”. There were
no roads. The place was forested.
When morning came, they saw a man who was asleep atop the
coconut tree. It was Elacio. He became the town’s public enemy no.1. He returned the money but was brought to the
municipio. He was jailed for stealing
money.
The story was never clear what happened to Elacio.
