“Lawrence, eh… I was there at the university
from ’85 to ’88… didn’t finish, though.”
“Me neither… I attended from ’77 to ’79.
Then I left for Dodge City to work on a newspaper.”
Funston slapped his knee. “Damned, if that
doesn’t knock the rag off… I spent a year newspaperin’ in Kansas
City at the Journal. Looks like we have a lot in common,
Captain.”
“Looks like it.”
“How long you been here?”
“About nine months, give or take.”
“And what do you make of the place? Of these
Filipino natives?”
“Well, they spent some 350 years under the
heavy yoke of the Spanish, and there is no doubt that they are
looking forward to their independence.”
“Independence? I don’t see that happening
anytime soon. And from what I can tell, neither does Washington.
What does General Otis think of t
