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Show CHAPLAIN AND ADMIRAL. Father Reaney Gave Dewey a Painting Paint-ing Obtained in Rome. W. T. Dewey, a Montpelier, Vt., a nephew of AdmiraIr.Dewey, tells an interesting incident in connection with the admiral and Father Reaney, chap- j lain of the Olympia, which culminated i after the flagship reached New York. In the course of a recent interview Mr. Dewey said: ,. "Speaking of presents to the admiral, he has one he received in Italy that he prizes very much. The Catholic, chaplain chap-lain of the Olympia, the Rev. William Henry Reaney, is a hearty admirer of the admiral. When, the Olympia arrived ar-rived at Naples on its homeward voyage voy-age the chaplain was honored by an I invitation,- to visit Pope Leo XIII., I which he accepted. I "Upon the chaplain's return to the I Olympia he brought with him a beau-I beau-I tiful painting which had been, presented to him while he was the guest of the Pope, the painter cf which has been ! awarded a prize for his meritorious j work. This painting the chaplain pre-i pre-i sensed to Admiral Dewey as a token of J the high esueem in which he was held by the chaplain. "When the Olympia arrived in New York," continued Mr. Dewey, 'Hagen-beck, 'Hagen-beck, the animal exhibitor, knowing the admiral's fondness for pets, presented to him. a fine lion cub. The admiral was much pleased with the cub, but his Chinese servants were in mortal dread of it, and as the chaplain and the cub soon baceme much attached one to the other, they became constant companions.. com-panions.. "The admiral noticed this preference shown by the chaplain, and desiring to return the compliment of his- gift of thu reiin.Hn.o- tl a-t o vm i n Ji'rl Ox -rirx2in:t cub to him. One day while the. admiral J and rorr.e of the members of family fam-ily were in his cabin he sent fcr the chaplain, who soon appeared with the cub in his arms. After presenting the animal to him the -admiral asked the chaplain what course of training he intended in-tended to pursue with the animal. Father Reaney replied that he should name him Chiche-ser, after the English admiral who was so lion-hearted in h s conduct at Manila after Dewey had destroyed the' Spanish fleet, and that h . would teach- the young lion to become be-come a good sailer anel to be as kind to ethers as .vas Admiral Dewey to his men. The sentiment was a pretty one end was highly appreciated by the admiral, ad-miral, as he was confident that it came from an honest heart." |