The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13

out on the veranda of his hillside cottage
and looked across the harbor and saw
something that smote him with ,a.Ia an over, ,ho
Stars and Stripes. had steamed through
the narrow entrance and was bearing
down to m anchorage.
Come here. motherr he shouted
Como here. II you want to see some
thing that's good for sore oyes.'
Mrs, Willoughby came running, ana
nearly careened with happiness. There
II was. an American war vessel. with real
Yankees on board-boys from home; boys
who had been brought up to believe that
a mans character and his abilities give
him a worth which cannot be altered by
putting mere handle to his name MI
down and call on the folks from home
After the prolonged boycott which had
been hanging over them they were pining
Mr. Willoughby put on his long black
coat and Mrs. Willoughby got out her
lowered bonnet and together they went
down to the water front-walked instead
OF going as thvy should have gone, In ono
OF the decrepit local hacks Before they
could charter humble rowboat and go
out TO the ship the Governor-General and
the Lord High Commander of the Scow
and the Imperial Collector OF Customs
and all the other residents of real Inn
Dortance had gone out In a launch and
taken charge Of the naval officers Din,
ucr parties and ball at the palace
we're arranged Mt once; The servant at
the club hurried cut and got another bot,
tie of Scotch whisky, and the town band
began TO mobilize at a cafe Galllvan-
ella had no use for humble American OF
the Willoughby type, but II gave hys-
terical welcome to the splendid war vessel
and the natty men In uniform over tho
first drink the Americans were told the
remarkable story of the new Consul and
were assured that he was 81 queer sort
And the naval officers. being accustomed
TO herring United States Consuls ma
ligned took 10 further interest in their
Governments representative; merely
shook hands with him when he came
aboard told him to. mako himself al
home, and then f1ocked away TO the high
lights and the Rayety which ma peen
provided for them by the court circles OF
Gallivancia-
selves sidc-tracked, and they went back
| home not daring to talk about what mad
happened, But that was tho day which
caused them to decide to go back to Mich
igan Mr. Willoughby wrote to the State
department and said that the climate did
not agree with him. And when they
who came to the. dock to bid them good
bye"
AS tho "E1-Consul to Callivancia" Mr..
WilIoughby Is more than ever an honored
figure in his own town, Doubtless he has
moro gray matter. more Christian char
ity and more horse sense than could DO
collectively assembled by all the petty OF
fcials at Galllvancia. And yet Gallivan-
ella regarded him as very poor excuse
for n Consul. The naval officers saw In
him a well-meaning Jay" who was
because OF his ignorance OF social forms.
Therefore let US send out Consuls who
can put up front" Have each Consul
wear the uniform of drum major. Make
sure that he can dance all night. play
bridge and keep up with the naval crowd
when 1t comes to drinking, Let him be
naughty with the serving classes but
joviai with the military. Make sure that
ho Is ayerse to all forms OF labor. Such
a Consul will shed glory upon our beloved
country, and will never suffer the un-
hanpy fato of "Old Man" Wiloughby.