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 She announced it as a triumph of subtlety.

"Do," counseled Bob; "and if she 's the sort of a goddess she ought to be, she 'll send an earthquake, or something of that sort, at the right moment." He stopped with his coat half off again. "I 'd rather be shot, slightly, than make that speech. Look here, Kohana-San; I believe I 'll steal a march on mama, and just thank them in the good old American fashion for their patronage, or words to that effect, and hoping for a continuance of the same—don't you know?"

"Tha' 's mos' bes' nize of aeny!" declared the girl, comfortingly. "But—your modder she lig you say those 'bout Goddess Liberty an' Suffering Freedom In-de-pen-dence! an' 'bout the igle."

"Yes," sighed the victim of circumstance.

The white uniform began to appear again, and they descended behind it.

found long coat-tails even more of a nuisance than he had supposed he should. He discovered presently that the Japanese