Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-16

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him some trick. When he stepped to the
port gangway to get into the liberty boat,
with the cage containing the bird inclosed
in an old ammunition bag, the DULLES saw
their opportunity. There was sea run
ming in the harbor. whichl made 1t difficult
for the boat to keep alongside. and, just
as the steward put out foot toward the
gunwale, they purposely leased her off, >"
| so that he tumbled into the sea. He was
, pulled out in minute, but parrot and cage
went to the bottom. n
| The steward was distressed. He dreaded
punishment by the captain, who had said
| that he would hold him responsible for the
| safety of the bird. Having shore leave for
| three days. he spent that time wandering
| he would put in the balance of the voyage
| in the ships brig, on bread and water,
| doubie-ironed, and exposed to the Gerision
| of the crew. AT length, however, he was
! struck with a brilliant idea. Rio was full
! of parrots, and one parrot is much like
| another-especially green ones. He bought,
| for the equivalent of seventy-five cents, a
i green bird with yellow head which looked
| to him like the twin brother of the one
| drowned He was also lucky enough to
find cage like the lost one, and IN it he
took his precious purchase back to the
frigate
Now, as Dewey tells the story, the cap
tain was delighted to see his pet once
more, and especially to see how much its
plumage was improved and how mucn
more sprightly it had become But his as
constituent may be imagined when, being
asked whether it would like a cracker, the
bird responded with a string of Portu-
guese oaths. Being fed. it expressed its
satisfaction with lot of swear words In
Spanish and this so amazed the COM
m.nder that he felt obliged to share his
feelings with somebody. Dewey, who had
been walking the quarterback, was sum
moned to the cabin, and the parrot was
nerSlI1ipI to ''cuSS some more Tor MS
benefit.
Mr.. Dewey" said the captain, excitedly.
that Is most remarkable bird. lie mas
been ashore only three days, and in that
time upon my sacred honor, he has picked
up a thorough working knowledge of the
Spanish and Portuguese languages
Dewey II Hero Even Then.
Col Jim Morgan, now a resident of
Washington, was a famous confederate
leader. and he was one of the officers who,
after the loss of the cause for which they
fought so hard, went to Egypt and enlisted
in the service of the khedive. Said he the
other day:
Its odd that people didn't know that
hero before. We of the old confederacy
knew it long ago. Don't you remember how
the L. S. s. Mississippi was run down by
one of our ships and sunk? Well Dewey
was lieutenant on board her ana ne ana
his gun crew stood by the gun he had in
charge until the vessel was almost under
water In fact the water was up to the
muZz!e of the gun when the last shot was
fired. Then, because it was too late to es.
cane in any other way, the future victor OF
Manila got out through portfolio and
swan for it.
WHY, Dewey was always a hero con-
tfnued the colonel I'm his class at the
Naval Academy he was always at the top
of everything, except in his studies. He
was splendid athlete. boxer and a
fencer One thing he hated like holy water
was a bully. Though far from being quar-
relsome himself, he would hunt fight with
any fellow who attempted to impose upon
his interiors in physical strength Any
town boy who developed a reputation as a
bully was sure to fall foul of George Dew
ey, and to get a licking, too. l don't think
he was ever beaten in a fight"
It was at Manila a day or two before
the famous colloquy between Admiral Won
Diederichs and the British captain of the
cruiser Imnortalite, in which the former
asked what attitude the latter would as
sumo in case trouble arose between the
Germans and the Americans, Chichester re-
plying that information on that point could
best be obtained frgn Dewey. On this Oc-
casion Dewey was dining with Chichester.
ard over the nuts ami wine they got swap
ping stories. The lost expressed his adj
1niration Of the confidence of victory ex-
hibited by the Yankee sailors, and his guest
replied that there might be too much con-
idence in ones ability to win in fight.
The Engiishman did not see how that could
b., ana dewey PROCEEDED TO Illustrate MS
remark with a little anecdote. Said he:
Dewey Illustrates story.
''An old friend of my grandfat Tiers up in
Vermont lent some help to his countrys
cause in the war of 1872 by fitting out a
fine privateer. He took command of her
himself. having had some experience in
sailoring, and called her the New Jerusa-
lem. She smart little barkentine,
and mounted six twelve-pounders and a
sixteen pound pivot gun forward. In the
course Of the first voyage she took two
three prizes of no great value, and two
months or so elapsed before she got a
whack at something really worth captur-
ing.
1T was in foggy morning, in the re-
gion of the tropics the wind having died
down to mere catspaw. that she sighted
the royals and gallant stuns'ls of a huge
merchantmen carrying the British flag. 1t
was a spectacle to make any piraucal per-
sons mouth water. The privateer. being
to Windward, crept up to the prey, her
self unobserved in the mist, and presently
hove to within half a cables length of
her.
"'Heave to, or I'll sink you, yelled my
grandfather's friend, thinking gloatingly of
the silks and laces, with who knows what
other spoil, he was going to take back to
Vermont.
There was no reply. and just then puff
of wind blew away some OF the fog, re-