The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-27
HIS TWO RECEPTIONS.

How can that be 2!
81 am Spanish brave"
Indeed! Well, the war is over and you
are safe here. Ii you are in need the proper
committee will give you soup tickets"
"Ah, it is not that | am ashamed, hui
inflated, heartbroken. You may remember
that have been in Chicago before"
II can't say that do remember it"
"Ah, my brother! How soon to forget!
Only five short years ago did not come to
your grand, your beautiful Columbian ex-
position? The silken banners of CASTLE and
of Aragon waved above my head. i wore
silk hat and in my lapel was bunch of vio-
lets costing two pesetas Your officers of
the law in blue and. gold beat back the single
admission hoi polloi who tried to crowd upon
me and shake hands so that they could go
back to Artichoke Center and Lemsiquoddy
and tell how they had touched the flesh of
genuine royalty"
II believe l do recall something of the
circumstances"
"Ah, trod upon roses and lived in
spray of champagne. When appeared in
the Court of Honor did not the band play
the toreador song from Garment All, and
the lunches! Think of those lunches and
how they appealed to one who had been
living on green peppers and frijoles. When
would go to lunch with Senior Higinbotham
he would ask me: Senior, which will you
have, oysters or clams?' If / hesitated he
would say to the waiter: Bring him BOTH
Then he would ask: Which do you prefer,
the red or the white wine?' and unless l re-
sponded at once he would say to the waiter:
Bring him both One day, after lunch, the
waiter asked me: Which is it you choose,
a large or a small cup of-the black coffee?'
Away with you'll cried Senior Higinbotham,
bring him both All, those were the days
when the Spaniards and the Americans
kissed each others hands and wept with
fraternal Joy"
'sNow that you mention some of the de-
tails do remember that we gave Che infanta
and some more of you folks just about the
limit" said the Chicago man.
"It is truly what you call 1.-THE limit.
When the infanta came. All, that day!
Men who never had silk hats before were
wearing them on that day. The populace
knelt in the gravel. 1t was supposed to be
the proper thing
eve were doing the best we knew how"
said the Chicago man, rehectively.
"Ah, but when the caraves came! Al
ready the good seniors of Chicago had paid
the duke of Veragua's bills at the Au-
ditorium hotel and erected a private throne
for the infanta, and when the caravels came,
can you ever forget atsday?'
"What happened?
ooh, bands, soldiers, flags, beautiful
ladies! Senior Palmer met us when we
came ashore from the Nina, the Pinta and
the Santa Maria, and he said that the Ameri-
cans loved the Spaniards as brothers. Then
Senior Sherman, the senator, made long
speech 1t was what you call here in this
country Jolly.
eyes, there was great deal OF that kind
of talk served during the worlds fail" said
the Chicago man.
eyes, but here, here was the honorable
senior, the secretary of the navy, Senior Her
bert. He stood in front of Capt. Concas
and told him-oh, such things!
els this Capt. Concas the same" began
the Chicago man.
"A-h-h-h, at Santiago, poor Capt. Concas!
He jumped overheard. His ship was sink
ing. His coat-tails were on fire! Who set
them on fire? The American navy-the
same American navy Not Senior Herbert,
maybe, but some other senior. And every
time he took shot at poor Capt. Concas
he said This will be but another bond
of friendship and amity between Spain end
America!'"
"Oh, well, it's all over now, and you
might as well stop hollerin'," said the Chi
cago man. "You brought all this trouble
ON yourself, and think we've treated you
pretty well-after licking you"
e ut is not for defeat that mourn" said
the brave, putting his right hand out
through his cloak and laying it on his
heart. "a brave man does not fear death
in battle, and he does not shrink from hon
orable defeat. But my pride my only re
naming asset-Caramba!"
"What about it 2"
when was here before the club door
stood open to me. could ride in Senior Ar
mour's yacht or on Senior Caton's coach
Seldom was compelled to buy meal. II
the morning when awoke there stood {
black slave with four kinds of cocktails
was taken out by Senior Hobart G. Chat
} 6eld-Taylor and the American senorits
, threw herself to entertain me. Now the
clubs are closed to me and society will moi
!. admit that I belong"
"Then why are you here? What ar,
. you doing in Chicago in zero weather? VIII,
aren't you picking grapes in Malaga"
II knew that question was coming.
knew that would have to confess the full
measure Of my degradation. l, Spanish
: brave, once the real thing in Chicago, th.
pet of society, have become the propert.
villain Of punk melodrama. Tonight, OF
the South side, at the ten-twent-and-thirt
will have to insult Red Cross nurse, pull
!, down the American flag three times, pu
yellow fever germs into war correspond
ent's coffee and throttle an aged reconcen
trado. Also, tonight, on the West side
= l will be expected to blow up the Maine
= put dynamite bomb under Consul Genera
: Lee and torture an American sailor wit
hot iron. On the North side am to ar
: pear in three amateur performances dea
ing with the late war, and in each perform
!, ance am expected to speak dialect entire
ly foreign to my nature and bark savagel
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