It may be different to-day, however."
"Why to-day?" asked Jack.
"Because--well, you see, I am introducing three rather famous strangers
to-day."
"Meaning--" began Hal, quietly.
"You young gentlemen, of course. The whole nation has heard much about
the submarine boys. Yet it is in the Army and the Navy, after all, that
the deepest, most abiding interest in you exists."
"This red spot on my cheek isn't a blush," explained Ensign Eph,
suddenly. "It's where a mosquito bit me."
"I am not joking," replied Ulwin, with a friendly smile. "All the
officers of the Navy know about you by this time."
"They'll be greatly disappointed, when they see us, then, won't they?"
laughed Hal Hastings.
"Now, see here," protested Eph, earnestly, "I can stand a good deal.
But, if they see us walking around the club, and ask who left the lid
off the can of shrimps--I'll fight!"
Ulwin laughed heartily.
"I shall have to pass the word to our worst jokers," he smiled, "that
it won't be safe for the fellow who starts in to tease you young men."
"Why, if anyone does start, we've got to keep our tongues behind our
teeth," returned Hal.
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