The only break in the monotony
was the day they were enabled to spend in Honolulu, and on that day
Archie went again to some of the places he had seen during his first
visit to the attractive city. And he called again upon some of the
friends of his first visit, and found that most of them had read of
his great success as a war correspondent, and of his many exciting
experiences in the Philippines. They were all profuse in
congratulating him upon what he had accomplished, and every one seemed
to think he had been very successful indeed.
While they were in Honolulu a vessel arrived, bound for Japan, and
Archie was delighted to find it was the same vessel upon which he had
worked his passage from San Francisco on his way to Manila. He went
aboard and met some of the friends he had made there, and found that
they all knew now who it was they had carried as chore-boy in the
galley. They all seemed glad to hear of his success, and to know that
he was coming home as a first-class passenger. The cook treated him
with much deference, and started to apologise for his treatment of
Archie on the way over; but the boy stopped him, and told him that no
apology was necessary. "I think I may have been an unwilling worker,"
he said, "because of course I didn't like the work at all, and it was
hard for me to take an interest in peeling potatoes when I was looking
forward to accomplishing such great things in the Philippines.
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