The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-01-19
HIS TWO RECEPTIONS.

cueFhHu CulcagO man VINO was SmOk
ing 2 cigar and waiting for car.
Cold and sad" replied the other
speaking with foreign accent.
"1ou are stranger in Chicago"
"W orse than that"
How can that be?"
Il am Spanish brave"
Indeed Well, the war is over and
Won are safe here. If you are in need.
the proper committee will give yon
soup tickets"
''Ah. 1t Is not that I am ashamed.
hnmiliated, heart broken. Yon NAV
remember that | have been in Chica-
go before.
Il cant say that I do remember it
"Ah. NV brother. How soon TO
forget. Only five short wears ago did
not come to your grand. your bean
tlful Columbian exnOaitlon7 The
siken banners Of CASTLE and of Ara
gon waved above my head / wore a
silk bat and in my lapel was a bunch
OF YIolet7 costing two npsatas Your
| officers Of the law in blue and gold
beat back the single admission OF pol
IoI who tried TO crowd upon me and
shake hands 90 that they conld 20
back to Aftichobe Center and Lamsi-
| qnoddy and tell how they had touch
ed the flesh OF genuine royalty" ="
Il believe | do recall something of
| the circumstances"
"Ah, / trod upon roses and lived in
a spray Of champsgne When ap
peared ~ the Court of Honor did not
the band play the tOrfador song from
Carmen" Alb, the luacbes, Think
of those lunches aud how they ap
pealed to one wi o bad been living on
green peppers and fuioles. When
would 90 TO lunch with Senor Higin
boibam he would ask me: Senior
which will you have, ovstar or clams?'
II L hesitated be would sav 10 the
waiter; Bring him both Then he
would ask: Which do yOu prefer.
the red or the white wine? and m
less | res ponded at once, be would say
to the waiter: Bring him both
| One dav, after lunch, the waiter asked
me: w Which Is it yOu choose. a large
or small cup of coffpeH Away
with youn cried Senior Higinhotbam,
bring HIM both All, those were the
| days when the Spaniards and Ameri-
cans kissed each others hands and
wept in fraternai joy"
"Now that you mention some of the
details | do remember that we gave
the infanta and some. more of Won
folks Just about the limit" said the
! Chicago man.
It was truly what Won call 1.-THE
| Iimit-when the infanta came. Alb.
that day, Men who never had silk
hats before were wearing them on
that day. The populace knel1 in the
| gravel. 1t Was supposed to be the
proper thing"
I'VE we're doing the best we knew
how, said the Chicago man, reflect
| lively.
"Ah. but when the caravels cama.
| Already the good Senors OF Chicago
had paid the duke Of Terra yua's bills
| at the Auditorium n0tel and erected a
private throne for the infanta. and
when the caravals came, can you ever
forget that day."
"Nhat happened?"
"Oh. bands. soldiers. flags. beanti
| ful ladies Senior Palmer met us
when we came ashore from the Nina.
| the Pinta and the Santa Maria. and
| he said that the Americans loved the
! SDsniards as brothers Then Senior
Sherman. the senator. made a long
speech, II was what you Americans
call 'iOll'
Yes, there was "a great deal Of that
kind Of talk served during the worlds
far" said the Chicago man.
Yes. but here, here was the honor
able senior. the secretary of the navy.
Senior Herbert He stood in front of
Capt Concas and told him-oh. such
things
Is this Capt Concas the same
began the Chicago man.
''A-h h h. at Santiago, poor Capt.
Concas. He jumped overheard. His
ship was sinking. His coat tails were
on fire! Who set them on fire? The
American navy-the same American
navy. Not Senior Herbert. maybe.
bnt some other seuoc. And evely
! ltitf bf tODh a StlNfN dl ADiIoI AyhIO
| COncas he said: This will be hut
another bond of friendship and amity
| between Spain and American
oh we'll, it's all over now, and you
might as we'll sJon hollerin," said the
| Chicago man. ''You brought al this
trouble on yourself ard | think we've
treated you pretty well-after licking
you"
1T is not for defeat that I mourn y
said the brave, putting bis right hand
out through his cloak and laying it on
his heart. a brave man does not
fear death in battle, and be does not
shrink from honorable defeat. But
my pride-my only remaining asset -
Caramba 2
"What about it?'
when I was here before the club
doors stood open to me. l could ride
in Senior ArmOur's yacht or on Senior
Caton's coach Seldom was | com
PEELED to buy a meal In the morning
when | awoke there stood black
slave with four kinds of cocktails. |
was taken ont by Senior Hobart c.
Cnai nelQ- Taylor ana the american
senorita threw herself to entertain
me. Now the clubs are closed to me
and society will not admit that l be
long"
Then why are you here? What are
ycl doing in Chicago in zero weather
Why aren't you picking grapes in
| Malaga"
Il knew that question was coming.
knew that l would have to confess
/ the full measure OF my degradation,
l, Spanish brave, once the real thing
/ in Chicago, the pet of society, have
become the property villain of punk
melodrama- To night. on the South
side. at the ten-twent-a -thirt. !
will have to insult Red Cross nurse
pull down the American flag three