With Speaker Cannon through the tropics : a descriptive story of a voyage to the West Indies, Venezuela and Panama: containing views of the Speaker upon our colonial possessions . is bidding. Theycould not hear of his taking upon himself any labor, nomatter how trivial. Much obliged! said the judge, but Im not going tobe carried around like a French poodle any longer, and,brushing past them, he hurried downstairs. His appearance in the corridor created a stir. The guestscrowded around to get a look at him, and the clerks turnedpale for fear the distinguished guest had come to makecomplaint. Is
With Speaker Cannon through the tropics : a descriptive story of a voyage to the West Indies, Venezuela and Panama: containing views of the Speaker upon our colonial possessions . is bidding. Theycould not hear of his taking upon himself any labor, nomatter how trivial. Much obliged! said the judge, but Im not going tobe carried around like a French poodle any longer, and,brushing past them, he hurried downstairs. His appearance in the corridor created a stir. The guestscrowded around to get a look at him, and the clerks turnedpale for fear the distinguished guest had come to makecomplaint. Is anything wrong, sir? one ventured to inquire. There certainly is something wrong! was the want to know why everybody is playing horse with me? Playing horse! Playing horse! echoed the clerkdubiously. I beg Your Excellencys pardon, but I dontknow the meaning of playing horse. Your Excellency! What do you mean by that? Whydo you call me Your Excellency? Oh, Your Excellency! said the clerk, now trying tosmile, Im afraid you can no longer travel incognito inGermany. Your guide has told everything. We know youare Chancellor of America—the Bismarck of the NewWorld!. STREEIT SCe:NE;, CARACAS. CHAPTER VII. CARACAS. The World is Small—Waiting for the Revolution—Discovery of aChess Player—Antiquity of Things—Venezuela and the Grafters—Caracas and Northern Cities Compared—Northern Energy andSouthern Lassitude—A Formal Reception—The Palace of Crespo—Mann and the Guide—Bolivar and Washington—Sampling theFood—Attractions of the Capitol—Glorification of Warriors—A Hero Dethroned—Visit to the Pantheon—Dinner at the Ameri-can Ministers—Night Scene on the Plaza—Speaker Received atthe Yellow House—Castro Sick and in Seclusion—ShermansMidnight March—Asleep in the Chapel—The German Railroad—A Surfeit of Scenery—Lunching Under the Bamboo Tree—Inci-dents of the Ride to Puerto Cabello. After all, the world is very small, and its ways, in
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