Van Bunting, feeling sure that the wise editor
would thank him for bringing to his attention a man at once so
interesting and so worthy as this hero of the war had proved himself
to be. But for the present Bill would discuss nothing of the kind. He
was thoroughly content to sit beside Archie on the warm steamer deck,
and watch the ever varied surface of the Indian Ocean.
CHAPTER XXIII.
HONG KONG-- A HAPPY TIME IN TOKIO-- HONOLULU AGAIN-- ARRIVAL IN SAN
FRANCISCO, AND A GREAT RECEPTION BY THE PRESS-- ARCHIE AND BILL ARRIVE IN
NEW YORK, AND ARE THE HEROES OF THE HOUR.
AFTER a short and pleasant voyage they reached Hong Kong, and Archie
found this city to be much more interesting than he had expected to
find it. It was charming, he thought, to run across a place which
combined the conveniences of England and America with the picturesque
oddities of China and Japan, and he enjoyed himself to the utmost
during the two days they spent there. Bill Hickson enjoyed the place,
too, and they would both have liked to remain longer had it been
possible for them to do so, but they were anxious to see something of
Japan before sailing for San Francisco, and their steamer was due to
leave Yokohama in eleven days.
But they did enjoy Hong Kong to the utmost while they were there. They
called first, of course, upon the American consul, whom they found to
be an exceedingly pleasant man.
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