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Show Tho "Old Jay." Wiry, quick and energetic, enveloped envelop-ed In an old linen duster, a little man, wearing a slouch hat, crowded his way through tho throng in tho rotunda of the Tampa Day hotel whon the war expedition to Cuba was In preparation. prepa-ration. Nobody seemed to know this quaint looking little old man, and he was given scant attention. On the sun blistered side of the hotel, whero trie thermometer stood nt 110, ho was given a room. . Whon ho entered the dining room tho head waiter passed tUe "old Jay" to the last table, where peoplo of little lit-tle consequence wero assembledt But Major General Whcoler, for this Is who the "old Jay" was, didn't mind all this a bit. lie smiled at tho flower laden tables reserved for staff and field officers and "shoved" In his simple sim-ple order of dinner with a lusty appetite. appe-tite. Afterward when tho "old Jay" appeared ap-peared Jn a major goneral's uniform, ho Immensely appreciated tho astonishment aston-ishment doplctod on the fuoo 6f one who had Jocosely accosted him as "Rube" on tho day befo. 1 |