"
"It is quite hopeless, Chevalier," laughed Jack Benson, shaking his
head. "The honor is quite enough to turn our heads, but we can serve
only the United States."
The Chevalier d'Ouray made a low bow, then turned away, for others
were approaching.
"Where is Hal?" asked Jack.
"Crickety! Look at him over there, talking to that little Japanese,"
muttered Eph, inclining his head toward a corner.
Hal and a Japanese were talking earnestly. At any rate, the little
brown man was. Hal was listening, occasionally shaking his head.
Then Hastings happened to espy his chums. He turned to the Japanese,
to take his leave, but the little brown man followed him across the
floor, still talking in low tones.
"Captain Nakasura has been trying to interest me in the idea that we
three go over to Japan, under a three years' contract, to act as
instructors and advisers in submarine work," Hal told his comrades.
"And I have high hope that you will see matter same as I do," smiled
the Japanese attache persistently.
"We shan't," Jack declared, shaking his head, emphatically. "Captain,
you are the third, representing also the third nation, that has just
approached us on this matter.
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