The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-29
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S MIlKMlID.

/ was standing by General Otis' des
in the Ayuntamiento. at 1890 O'Clock
when suddenly the gray-haired govern
or arose. You must excuse me now,
he said. reaching for his cap. II am 90
J ing to bid the admiral good-by." n
was soon steamins out across the ba.
In his white launch. and the Pasig ans
| the Luneta were thrOnged with civil
| ians soldiers and women. waiting Il
| catch a hast glance at the famous nag
| ship h airing homeward the man Wh,
had introduced a new continent TO the
ways of modern civ lization. All day
| the Olympia was surrounded by iieel
OF small craft hllsd with officials, citi-
zens and newspaper men. anxious 10
get one more hearty grasp of the fla
nous mans hand and wish HIM Cod
spsei" TO Gods country.
The morning had been a busy one for
the Admiral says Leslis's Weekly. Be-
sides making official calls he had at
tended "A meeting Of the commission at
the Audigncia. What seemed like good
news greeted HIM there, for that morn
ing the commissioners were recelving
the seven Filipino ENJOYS from Agui-
naldo The Admiral welcomed them
and before leaving left for them an in
vitatgon TO visit and be entertained up
on the oregon the day following. The
Admiral expressed great regret in leav-
ing the commission. whose work has al
ways been shared by him. As he went
down the stairs all the native guards
were drawn up in attention order and
saluted as he went before them to the
street. He returned the courtesy. Civ
ing them all gracious smile. The COM
mission later paid the Admiral a visit
a rA "a In. ha a.F
the captains OF the fleet handed In thcir
final reports. paying their respects TO
the man whose fame they all shared.
and who never hcsitated TO give them
his fun confidence and approval when
NJ was merited '"rhe secret of the Ad-
mirars greatness Is his command Of
men" said one of his captains TO me.
and the secret OF his command Of
men, is that he trusts them entirely
or not at all, he added. The newspaper
men who owed 50 much to Deweyis un-
failing courtesy were assembled TO
have a final interview The Admiral
remarked that he was sorry that ne
had not room aboard TO take them all
along. as they wished.
Many Of the prominent English resi-
dents. both msn and their wives. among
whom Admiral Dewey had many warm
friends. were aboard to say bood-by
<Niih III NlliS tuillttllOl tfttle is a pretty
little tale about a beautiful mestiZa
who they whisper i'm Manila saved the
admirals life. Last summer. so the
story runs, the adndrals health was
much impaired and the Olympia's doc
ter prescribed a dier OF fresh cows
milk. One might as we'll recommend
dissolved pearls TO a beggar as TO pre-
scribe cows milk at that time in Man
lila. The admiral was telling, as a good
story, the incident one day TO "a party
OF his friends from Manila, one OF
whom happened to be the pretty
young mestiza. whose father is a prom
inent Britishsr. They all laughed heart
ily at the American doctors absurtgity
that is, all except one
As i'm all fairy tales. it so happened
that this pretty young lady's father was
the pOssesSor of number OF splendid
Australian cows. who gave real mix"
every day. This was n treasure that
few We're able TO indulge In i'm Manila.
Therefore, II hapened that the next day
and the next and manana indefinitely
as long as the Olympia hay in the har-
Dor OF Manila. there was sent every ,lav
aboard ship a nice. fresh bottle of Aus
tralian COWS milk, and so our iniebted-
ness to England continues 10 increase
whether the story Is true or not. there
~ at any rate or was. In a conspicuous
place ON the drSsSer I'm the .,dmirals
cabin when the Olympia sailed from
Manila, picture of the very celebrated
Manila beauty. and. unless the seas get
TOO heavy. I'll wager that it ~ still
tnere when she heavcs anchor 6n New
York harbor. w"