"
Again Mr. Mayhew expressed his thanks. Presently, glancing ashore through
the night, he asked:
"What sort of country is it hereabouts?"
"Mostly flat, as to the surface," Mr. Farnum replied. "If your question
goes further, there are some fine roads and several handsome estates
within a few miles of here. Mr. Mayhew, won't you and a couple of your
officers come on shore with me? I'll telephone for my car and put you over
quite a few miles this evening."
"Delighted," replied the commander of the gunboat.
One of the "Hudson's" cutters being now in the water alongside, the party
went ashore in this. Jack, after bidding the naval officers good-night,
found Hal and Eph, who had just come ashore from supper on board the
"Farnum."
"No sailing orders yet, I suppose?" Hal asked.
"None," Jack replied. "I reckon we'll start, all right, some time
to-morrow morning."
"What'll we do to-night?" Eph wondered.
"I don't know," replied Jack. "We've few friends around here we need to
take the trouble to say good-bye to. We could call on Mrs. Farnum, but I
imagine we'd run into the naval party up at the Farnum house. We want to
keep a bit in the background with these naval officers, except when they
may ask for our company.
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