THE PLOT OF THE STORY

The unnamed narrator was sitting at a small table in a café. A cosmopolite named E. Rushmore Coglan soon occupied one of the two empty chairs at his table. The narrator considered that there were no true cosmopolites. 

The narrator soon became convinced that E. Rushmore Coglan was a true cosmopolite.  While his speech he jumped from continent to continent.  He betrayed  no passion to any particular city. He treated all places alike.

The café had an orchestra. the orchestra  played a medley of tunes, concluding with "Dixie." The performance was appreciated highly by the visitors.One of them arose and expressed his enthusiasm. He then sat at the same table where the narrator and cosmopolite were sitting.

The narrator wondered where that man was from,according to his love to "Dixie", he believed him to be from the north.However, E. Rushmore Coglan interrupted him saying it didn't matter where you were from,you couldn't judge the person about his nationality. 

Later the cosmopolite  he saw someone that he knew, so he left the table. Not long after , there was a row in the café. The cosmopolite was fighting with another man. 

 The narrator learned that the so-called cosmopolite became angry when the other man made critical remarks about the city,where he was originally from.