midnight
Th ' r-rest iv th ' avenin ' was spint in dancin , ' music , an ' boat-r-ridin ' ; an ' an inj ` yable time was had . `` Th ' nex ' day th ' army moved on Punch ; an ' Gin ` ral Miles marched into th ' ill-fated city , preceded be flower-girls sthrewin ' r-roses an ' geranyums befure him . In th ' afthernoon they was a lawn tinnis party , an ' at night the gin ` ral attinded a banket at th ' Gran ' Palace Hotel . At midnight he was serenaded be th ' Raymimber th ' Maine Banjo an ' Mandolin Club . Th ' entire popylace attinded , with pork chops in their buttonholes to show their pathreetism . Th ' nex ' day , afther breakfastin ' with Mayor Casey , he set out on his weary march over th ' r-rough , flower-strewn paths f ' r San Joon . He has been in gr-reat purl fr 'm a witherin ' fire iv bokays , an ' he has met an ' overpowered some iv th ' mos ' savage orators in Porther Ricky ; but , whin I las ' heerd iv him , he had pitched his tents an ' ice-cream freezers near the inimy 's wall , an ' was grajully silencin ' thim with proclamations . ''