"Good evening," was Jack's hearty reply.
"You've never been here before, have you, sir?"
"Never," Jack confessed.
"Then I take it you have never, sir, seen the camelroorelephant?"
"The cam--" began Eph Somers.
Then he stopped, clapping both hands to his right jaw.
"Won't you please hand that to us in pieces?" begged Eph, speaking as
though with difficulty.
The cadet laughed heartily, then added:
"Don't try to pronounce it, gentlemen, until you've seen the
camelroorelephant. It's a cadet joke, but it's well worth seeing. Shall I
take you to it?"
"Why, yes, if you'll be good enough," Jack assented, heartily.
The cadet glanced quickly about him, then said in a low voice:
"This way, please, gentlemen."
He led the strangers quickly around the end of barracks to an open space
in the rear. Here he halted.
"Gentlemen, I must ask you to close your eyes, and keep them closed, on
honor, until I ask you to open them again. You won't have to keep your
eyes closed more than sixty seconds before the camelroorelephant will be
ready for inspection. Now, eyes closed, please."
Lingering only long enough to make sure that his request had been met, the
cadet stole noiselessly away.
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