The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-06-28
DEwEY's FRIENDLINEss
Although Very Compsnionnble the
Admiral May Not Re Im-
posed Upon.

Men in Manila who have associated
frequently with Admiral Dewey have
begun to realize the true greatness OF
the man. His simplicity, naturalness
and affable manner, almost approach
ing familiarity, invariably mislead one
at first meeting. Go aboard the flag
ship, ascend the gangway, step upon
the deck, as white almost as the duck
uniforms of the officers, and send your
card to the admiral. You half fear
this famous idol of 100000 people
will not see You. You take a seat aft
and wait few minutes. Mr.. Brumby,
the admiral's flag lieutenant, suddenly
interrupts your reverie. THE admiral
will see you," he says, and you rise
and follow him down to the admiral's
spacious quarters. The door opens.
and beautiful Chinese elbow" dog
bounds through before you and jumps
upon the admirars legs, for the hero
has arisen and is advancing TO meet
you. Il am very happy to see you"
he says. when did you come to Ma
Mia, and what is the views from Amer
lea? Take this chair And the adj
miral. having shaken hands, gets you a
chair, and. after you are comfortable,
takes one himself and continues, almost
before you have had a chance o answer
him: what do you think of my dog?
Bob, get down, charge-there. Isn't
he beauty. though? He was sent me
from China-Bob, behave''-for the
great, bouncing pet is trying to lick his
hand.
OF course, you feel at once at home
and quite at your best. You launch into
all the news at the end of your tongue,
and go away after half an hours chat
10 find yourself surprised at how in
timately you know him.
His mind once made up. his judg-
ment never falters. know of more
thap one man who has mistaken Adj
miral Dewey's affabilty for weakness,
only to regret il bitterly. A well-known
instance in Manila was that of promi.
nent newspaper correspondent who
was permitted the freedom of the flag.
ship. One day this correspondent. who
was frequently in the habit of chatting
informally with the admiral, sauntered
into Deweys quarters and, interrupt
ing him in his work, blurted out:
We'll, admiral, what are your plans
regarding future action here?'
''PIans? Plans?" the admiral re
piled in surprise. How dare you ask
the plans of action fer publication
Get off this ship, and don't you let IRE
see you here again until you know
more"
The correspondent realized his mis-
take, but too late. He got off, and has
since been allowed to resign from the
paper he represented. Admiral Dewey
is one of the best specimens of Ameri
canism our country has produced. He
is fearless to a point little short OF
recklessness. Not once. but every week
he visits the firing lines. and he takes
chances that makes everyone present
fear for his safety. His character
shows that simplicity and approacha-
bility are attributes of true worth. He
is not averse to fondling his pet dog,
nor is he to be found wanting when
the harsh measures of war are needed
When. one day, | showed him a num-
Der of photographs of the dead insur.
gents, he exclaimed:
Poor fellows. Too bad. too bad!
Isn't it a pity we have to do it?' Their
he added, entreatingly: Don't senc
them home; they are too horlibl
This admiral is quite proud of his
gallery of beauties" as he calls the ar
ray of photographs that decorate his
cabins on the Olympia. This one,
he said. writes me she is 4 distant
cousin of mine. Isn't she pretty? ]
am sorry she is so distant. | wrote
thanking her, and told her | was proud
to acknowledge the relationship
Wouldn't you be-"
The admiral's cabin is stored with
reSembrances from admirers, and, &c
me. it seemed greatly to his credit that
he was gratitied by the gifts that were
sent him. Il am afraid, though, if
kept them all aboard | should have
to enlarge the Olympia he said. And
so he would. For there are books by
the hundred. vases, cups, albums, stat
uettes, table service, embroideries.
paintings, and knickknacks galore, &c
say nothing of the hundreds of buttons
and pictures of himself adjoining ev-
crything from a medal to a beer-tray.-
Manila. Cor. Leslie's Weekly.