The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-12


| married Colonel, afterward General,
Hazen, and Dewey, then lieutenant
commander, busy with the duties Of his
| profession dropped out of her life.
/ It was not until 1889, when he was
| summoned to Washington to become
| for four years the chief of the Juread
| Of equipment and recruiting, and iater
| to take charge of the lighthouse board.
that he once more took his place prom
/ inently in the society of Washington
| and renewed his acquaintance with Inc
| beautiful young widow. Then ne fire.
I quently saw her while a guest at the
| fine old Mclean mansion on Fifteenth
! and + streets. At that time the add
mirars attentions to Mrs. Hazen were
| so marked as to excite mildly the Cos
sips of the capital.
| But the years went by and Admiral
| Dewey still remained a widowar. As
| president of the important board Of
inspection and survey he continued to
| be seen in Washington and 20 share
! to some degree the hospitality Of the
! national capital But though rumor
insisted upon associating his name
with that of Mrs. Hazen, he was 1e-
| garded as typical club man, who
sought the company of ladies' only as a
pleasant diversion from the routine du-
ties of his station.
| When asa commodore he was ordered
In November. 1897 to sail for the
East and take command of the AS
attic squadron, it was thought that if
he had any serious intentions re would
declare them before leaving for the
Orient But the commodore left Wash
ington without satisfying the g3ssips.
Though he was still wdowe-, he
carried with him sweet memories of the
gracious lady left behind, and during
the months of preparation at Hong
Kong, and later, during the pesilous
days when he cut the cables and sail
ed into Manila bay, he kept upon the
bureau of his stateroom in the now
world famed Olympia a photograph of
the charming woman who was very
dear to him.
Letters crossed the sea and told OF
his busy life. of his hopes, of his long
ing to get back to his native land
But the secret was well kept. No che
guessed that Dewey had left his heart
behind. No one knew that vomaN's
prayers and love were cheering MIN In
his heroic achievements.
Not until the time came for Ad-
, miral Dewey to go to Washington tc
receive the jeweled sword presented tt
, him by congress did the gossips beeir
to whisper that perhaps after al
Dewey had a love affair. The fact
that Mrs Washington Mclean. tht
. mother of Mrs Hazen, turned hel
, home over to him to use during the
ceremonies in his honor first gave rise
to the rumor. The admiral was re
ticent. So was Mrs Hazen. The mat
, ter hadn't been quite settled and hoti
kept their own counsel
1t was Dewey, the impetuous lever
who at last told his happy secret 1ht
delegation from Tennessee came % asl
, him to go to Nashville to participate il
the reception given to the LIST Ten
, nessee regiment on their return from
the Philippines. The admiral declined
giving as a reason his arduous Worl
on the Philippine commission. Thu
delegation wouldn't be refused. The!
insisted; they begged him to rcconsid
err. Dewey is a frank man, sometimes
blunt, after the manner of the true sol
der. He is also truthful. He walked
! up and down the floor of his library il
| perplexity. Then he threw back hi
| head and facing them, said. firmly:
Gentlemen, there is another reason
why l cannot be present, much as
would like to meet the Tennessee Boys
T with many of whom l am acquainted
Here the courage of the man MO ha
made history by his sublime Drawer!
| failed him. He hung his head life {
:, school boy, He blurted out desper
, | ately:
1.-The fact of the matter is I hav
lust this day secured the promise O
/ the most charming woman in the worl'
s to be Mrs. Dewey"
: That was the modest way Dewey an
nounced his engagement. 1t was sue
}. charming sequel to his brilliant ca
: reer that every one reioiced with him.