Announcement of Captain Elisha's decision followed quickly.

Sylvester, Kuhn, and Graves received the telephone message stating it, and the senior partner was unqualifiedly delighted.

Kuhn accepted his associate's opinion with some reservation.

"It is an odd piece of business, the whole of it," he declared.

"I shall be curious to see how it works out." As for Mr.Graves, when the information was conveyed to him by messenger, he expressed disgust and dismay.