y.
"These matters shall be attended to, gentlemen," he said. "Now, is there
anything else?"
"There is, sir," said Jack, "and a matter probably of much greater
importance."
He drew from his pocket the documents given him by Lord Hastings, and
these he also passed to Secretary Daniels. The latter read them
carefully, his face drawn into a scowl.
"Hm-m-m," he said at last. "Hm-m-m."
He grew silent, apparently lost in thought. At last he spoke.
"I have had some such fears myself," he said at last, "but it seems they
are not shared by other officials of the department. I dislike to take
matters altogether into my hands, and yet I suppose I can do it. First,
however, I shall make an effort to convince my associates through these
documents."
"I am instructed to say, sir," said Jack, "that it would be well if you
gave the matter prompt attention."
"Oh," said Secretary Daniels, "I anticipate no immediate trouble; and
still this is a matter that should not be overlooked. I thank you,
gentlemen, for bringing the matter to my attention."
He rose from his chair, signifying that the interview was ended.
Jack and Frank left the Navy department, and the ambassador dropped them
at their hotel.
"I don't know what to think of the Secretary of the Navy," said Jack when
they were alone. "He didn't seem greatly interested."
"He is the man, you know," said Frank, "who wanted to change the technical
terms of port and starboard to right and left."
"That's so," said Jack, "but I'll venture to say he can rise to an
emergency."
"There is no doubt about that," Frank agreed, and added quietly:
"Americans always have."
CHAPTER XII
THE U-BOATS APPEAR
Three weeks passed and Jack and Frank were still in Washington.
Immediately after delivering his messages to Secretary Daniels, Jack got
in touch with the British Admiralty wireless and asked for instructions.
When the reply came it was signed Lord Hastings and said merely:
"Stay where you are pending further orders."
Notka biograficzna
Reverend Nehemiah Adams (born February 19, 1806; died October 6, 1878) was an American clergyman and writer. He was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1806 to Nehemiah Adams and Mehitabel Torrey Adams. He graduated from Harvard University in 1826, and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1829. He was ordained as co-pastor of First Congregational Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that same year. In 1832, he married Martha Hooper.
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Joanna Baillie (September 11, 1762February 23, 1851) was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Baillie was very well-known during her lifetime and, though a woman, intended her plays not for the closet but for the stage. Admired both for her literary powers and her sweetness of disposition, her cottage at Hampstead was the centre of a brilliant literary society. Baillie died at the age of 88, her faculties remaining unimpaired to the last.