The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13

, as the Consul had business caller i about once a month, there was no need i of maintaining two establishments. Al
 ready he had taken into his employ
 and his warmest personal friendship
 native named Franciotto. This name l seemed formal and hard to remember i so Mir Willoughby rechristened him Jim" He liked this native in spite of his color because he was the only
 man in Galnvancia who seemed to be l peryaded by the simple spirit of de-
 mocracy. Mir. Willoughby said that
 the others put on too many "damlugs'
 whatever that may mean.
 If U. S. Consul Willoughby's social i standing in Gallivancia was at all sub , ieet to doubt that doubt vanished on
 the day when he and Jim" came down
 to move the office effects to the house on the hill.
 MT. Willoughby did something that day which convused Gallivancia as it never had been convulsed before-not even when a neighboring volcano blew off. For days afterwards the official set, the men at the little club and the men pouring tea at each other, talked
  lieve when they first heard it, but there were witnesses-reliable wit nesses-who saw. the whole thing and were called upon time and time again to testify regarding the most extra ordinary performance of the United States Consul. Other Consuls may come and go and the years spin their weary lengths and the obliterating drift
 q Ia TF h., events in the history of Galliyancia, but until time shall be no more the resi- dents of that city will tell the story of "Od Man Willoughby. of Michigan.
 What do you suppose he did? No effort of the imagination can carry you within hailing distance of the hor- rible truth, so let the suspense be ended MT. Wiloughby, with his own hands, helped to move the furniture from the old Consulate up to his new residence. He put the table on top of his head and balanced 1t carefully and carried 1t through the open streets of Galliyancia! An official repre- sentative of a great Power performing cheap manual labor,
 Words are altogether inadequate % describe the degree of obloquy which MT. Willoughby earned for himself by this unheard of exhibition In Galliyan- cia it was not considered quite the thing to indulge in mental effort. and for any one except menial of the lowest social order to perform physical labor was almost inconceivable. The new consul was set down as either a harm less imbecile or an altogether new specimen of barbarian. In either case he was not a fit associate for well bred gentlemen and Gallivancia proceeded | to ignore him and Ma" That is, they pretended to ignore them. but as a matter of fact they watched them at | distance and heard daily reports of 1 t.,eir iamiliarities with servants, their | fondness for outlandish American cook l cry and other eccentricities. It was all vastly diverting to the tiny aristo- crats of Gallivancia, but it was pretty , hard on MT and Mrs. Willoughby-- homesick, hungry for spring chicken
 and garden truck and yet ashamed to
 pick up and go home so soon after all ,-ose elaJorate goodbys.
 | One morning Mir. Willoughby walked 1 out on the veranda of his hillside cot ] tage and looked across the harbor and saw something that smote him with an overpowering joy. A white cruiser. flying the Stars and Stripes. had
 steamed through the narrow entrance and was bearing down to an anchorage. ] Come her, mother!" he shouted