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Updated: May 17, 2025
So then, all there was on our side of the kitchen was my little compartment and the not quite so little compartment of Monsieur Le Bon Chef, whose confines reached around the corner a bit. Around that corner and back a little way were two fat Porto-Rican women who washed glasses and spoke no English. Beyond them, at the right of the stairs going up to the main kitchen, were clean dishes.
At Guayama there was even a greater reception than at Juan Diaz. In fact, everywhere, as soon as the people heard of the landing of our soldiers, the American flag was hoisted and kept hoisted, while the Spaniards were driven from the towns where soldiers were stationed. A large number of Porto-Rican refugees now began to return to the island.
The third to join our time-clock ranks was a Porto-Rican. She could speak no English at all. They put her at scrubbing floors for twelve dollars a week. About 4 that afternoon she appeared on our floor, all agitated. She needed a Spanish girl there to tell the boss she was leaving. She was one exercised piece of temper when it finally penetrated just what her job was.
Counting the chore persons of various sorts and not counting waiters, we had some thirty-eight working in or for our café—all men but the two fat Porto-Rican glass washers and me. Bridget, the dear old soul, came down that first afternoon to see how I was getting along. I had cleaned up spick and span after the Spanish woman—and a mess she always managed to leave.
'No, Espanol, Porto-Rican Americano. His motives are not, however, always of the sincerest, for the boys have learned a trick of saying to the passing Yankee; 'Viva America, and then putting up the forefinger with this half-asked question, 'one cent?"
Judson and his adventurous countryman did not see O'Reilly that night, nor, in fact, did any one. But the next morning he appeared before General Gomez. He was haggard, sick, listless. The old Porto-Rican had heard from Lopez in the mean time; he was sympathetic. "I am sorry you came all the way to hear such bad news," he said. "War is a sad, hopeless business."
The world-renowned Prussian "tobacco-conference." Baronet Hotham, you have heard of my Smokers? You have said nice things about them. That reconciles me can you smoke? Yes, Your Majesty, the light Dutch Varinas, at least. I have that and the Porto-Rican and Hungarian tobaccos as well. In fact, I'm having quite a good sort grown here in the Mark Brandenberg now.
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