"Your being South as a travelling salesman was only a blind.
You came to volunteer for this expedition.

Before you could explain your wish you were mistaken for a secret-service man, and hustled on board.
That was just where you wanted to be, and when the moment arrived you took command of the ship and single-handed won the naval battle of Nipe Bay." Jimmy Doyle nodded his head approvingly.

"You certainty did, Dave," protested the great man, "I seen you when you done it!" At Key West Carr filed his story and while the hospital surgeons kept David there over one steamer, to dress his wounds, his fame and features spread across the map of the United States.
Burdett and Sons basked in reflected glory.

Reporters besieged their office.

At the Merchants Down-Town Club the business men of lower Broadway tendered congratulations.
"Of course, it's a great surprise to us," Burdett and Sons would protest and wink heavily.