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side still and the salute was answered by the

/ pumped out seven more for the Captain OF tho
! Wild Duck and the Captain gave them back
gun for gun. This salute had hardly died away
when the guns of the New York began snlut-
ing the Governor. and 80 1t was all the alter
noon. biif. bang everywhere. Tho guns were
| just punctuation to the incessant yells and
cheers Of the crowds on the various boats.
| Once whom particularly big boat came sailing
by the Olympia. careeninG over until her rail
was under water the crowd aboard OF her
yelling Dewey" Dewey" Dewey" tho Ad-
miral held mp his hands and. broad smile
covering his face, he said: Boys. it seems to
be all Dewey Dewey. Dewey. don't it?'
Another visitor OF tho Admiral was Gov.
Wells OF Utah and mem bers OF his staff. They
came down tc the Olympia on the yacht Whis-
per. Major Grant was one OF the party.
Capt. Lam berton recognized him and welcomed
him. Gov. Wells told the Admiral that that
moment was the rroudost moment OF his life.
That Utah was the last State In the Union to
be admitted to the Union. but was one Of the
first to come to his relief at Manila. The
Governor said he wasl pleased TO be one Of
tho FIRST Governors to welcome the Admiral to
America. The Admiral replied that he knew
all about the Utah batteries and the work OF
Major Grant.
VERMONT BOARDS THE OLYMPIA.
Wv hOObtNeII ndu DeeH ROHb hDOuJ uull du
hour and tho Admiral still had q lot OF his
friends with him, when along came boat with
message to the effect that the Lieutenant
Governor OF Vermont and the Governors staff
wero on the pier at Tompkinsville. So
said the Admiral. "Brumby. send tho launch
| for them" The party consisted OF Lieut. Gov.
| Henry c. Bates Major Gen. Thomas S. Peck.
Brevst Major Gen. William IL. Gilmore. Brign-
dier-Gen. Edward l.. Bates. Oscar W. Peck
and Frank l.. Grew and Col. Edward J. Booth.
| +. 8. Stranahan. George T. Chaffee. Henry s..
| Bingham. John G. Brown. Benjamin Human.
| Curtis s. Emery. Walter ". Brown. Charles
L. Nelson and two members Of the Reception
| Committee that Is waiting to tackle the Adj
miral when New York and Washington get
through with him.
Now. the Admiral was In tho finest spirits.
He had just as warm and hearty reception in
waiting for these Nermonters as he had had for
| every other living soul who had come n board
| the Olympia. But the Admiral isn't the m n n
| TO lay great store on set speeches. and he
| doesn't give a twopence for gold lace. II must
| be said that the staff OF the Governor OF YER
mont was moro than amply equipped with
| both. They had gold lace to burn and swords
too. and dignity thick as plaster; and they had
| the whole business with them when they came
alongside the Olympia and got out with as
much dignity as Is possible to men getting out
| OF a small boat into big one and marched up
| the gangway The Admiral was at tho top hi =
| face was wreathod in smiles. The Lieutenant
Governor came first and gravely ealuted the
| Admiral. The members OF the staff came mex
| and gravely saluted the Admiral and lined u p
their swords clanking.
A SPEECH NEATLY DoDGED.
1t wasn't the sort OF a reception that the
| Admiral had been used to. Tho smile on his
face seemed TO dim bit as the Lieutenant
Governor stepped forward and said:
I'm behalf OF the people OF Vermont. I want
! to welcome you to your native land. and to
| toll you how proud OF you the people Of your
native State are and when you get there"
| At this point the Admiral beamed. Yes.
yes" he said. I'm coming. I'm going there
I'm going to Vermont. I'm glad to see you.
| boys; I'm going there"
And then he turned to gentleman who ap-
preached him with two little boys and a little
| girl.
We'll. we'll" said tho Admiral. I'm glad to
| see you. children"
The father. who had them In charge. intro
duced them. These are my little sons" he
said and this is my little daughter"
This is your little daughter. is it2' asked the
! Admiral. Lift them up. won't your" And as
| the father stopped to lift the child the Admiral
| tOph ~ III IllH ulIub anu klSSeL lie
DO you know" said tho Admiral cheer
fully. DO you know that that's my failing
OF all things in this world my fayorites are the
children. You have no idea" he went on.
how many letters l got while I was In the
| Philippines from children here"
VERMONT RET1EEs IN GOOD ORDER
Tho Lieut.. Governor OF Vermont and the
staff OF the Governor OF Vermont remained
lined up. Occasionally they looked at
each other. Their gold lace shone in the
sunlight. Their swords canked still. From
the children the Admiral turned to Mrs. Miller
and recalled tho time when he used to live
with the Millers. Mrs Miller said laughingy
that she and her daughters were your
landladies." Tho Lieutenant Governor OF
| Vermont and the Governors Staff stood
stol!d. Their stay was brief one. When they
| left they went with as much dignity as they
had with them when they came. AS the boat
| put away from the side with them they stood
in perfect line in model form with immoble
faces. The Admiral had bid them goodbye
| He was not paying attention to them after they
| left the dock They stood there gazing back
| at him. At last Capt. Lam berton touched
him on the shoulder and pointed toward the
| sea. The Admiral looked and. doflng his hat
he sauted them. They saluted In return and
then sat down. The set speech was uns poken
and IL the Admiral ever gets II. 1t will have to
| como by mail
JIM JEFFRIEs MEETS THE SHIPS scIENTIsTs.
Tho next really distinguished visitor was the
| Hon, Jim Jeffries champion puglist oil
the world One OF the yeows brought
him down on tug for advertising
purposes. Jim was looking healthy and
almost as much Of a fighter as the Olympia,
although he wasn't painted white. He was
brought on board and the first man he ran
across was the chaplain. Chaplain Reaney is
something OF boxer himself. Paymastcr's
Clerk Harvey introduced Jim to him. and Jim
said: We'll. I'm mighty glad to know you.
chaplain. I'm glad to meet the man who
taught the sailors how to box. Pve.heard a
good deal about you"
'Yes.",said the chaplain. 'and I've heard
about you and I'm glad to see you Come over
to see tho admiral. did your"
Just then Nick Mulvihill OF San Francisco.
who fought a twenty-round bout with Shar-
key when Sharkey was in the navy. trot-
ted up and was introduced. He had q
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