"Well, that was the whole battery, wasn't it?" asked Gordon,
"and two huts is plural. I said houses of the people. I
couldn't say two houses of the people. Just you send this as
you get it. You are not an American consul at the present
moment. You are an under-paid agent of a cable company, and
you send my stuff as I write it. The American residents have
taken refuge in the consulate--that's us," explained Gordon,
"and the English residents have sought refuge in the
woods--that's the Bradleys. King Tellaman--that's
me--declares his intention of fighting against the annexation.
The forces of the Opekians are under the command of Captain
Thomas Bradley--I guess I might as well make him a colonel--of
Colonel Thomas Bradley, of the English army.
"The American consul says--Now, what do you say, Stedman?
Hurry up, please," asked Gordon, "and say something good and
strong."
"You get me all mixed up," complained Stedman, plaintively.
"Which am I now, a cable operator or the American consul?"
"Consul, of course. Say something patriotic and about your
determination to protect the interests of your government, and
all that.
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