"He got his start in the New York State League. Why, we're
quite old friends, by sight."
"As for Galpy, he's an underbred little cockney bounder."
"With the most naive line of conversation I've ever listened to. I
want all of them."
"Let me bring Sherwen first," pleaded the suitor, and was
presently introducing that gentleman. "Mr. Sherwen is in charge
here of the American Legation," he explained.
"How does one salute a real live minister?" queried Miss Brewster.
"Don't mistake me for anything so important," said Sherwen. "We're
not keeping a minister in stock at present. My job is being a
superior kind of janitor until diplomatic relations are resumed."
"Goodness! It sounds like war," said Miss Brewster hopefully. "Is
there anything as exciting as that going on?"
"Oh, no. Just a temporary cessation of civilities between the two
nations. If it weren't indiscreet--"
"Oh, do be indiscreet!" implored the girl, with clasped hands. "I
admire indiscretion in others, and cultivate it in myself."
Mr. Carroll looked pained, as the other laughed and said:--
"Well, it would certainly be most undiplomatic for me to hint that
the great and friendly nation of Hochwald, which wields more
influence and has a larger market here than any other European
power, has become a little jealous of the growing American trade.
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