“And he’ll give it,” thundered the captain, striking the table with his fist. “He’ll give it!”
“Maybe he will, but he’ll be sorry,” declared Shirley, who could keep quiet no longer. “Uncle Sam will stand no foolishness from the Kaiser.”
Captain Von Blusen smiled at her scornfully.
“We shall come over here some day and take the United States,” he said.
“You’ll be surprised when you try it,” said Shirley angrily.
“Shirley!” exclaimed Mr. Willing. “Keep quiet!”
“I don’t care,” cried Shirley. “Anybody knows Uncle Sam can whip Germany, and all the rest of them, too, for that matter.”
Again Mr. Willing would have enjoined the girl to silence, but Captain Ainslee stayed him with uplifted hand.
“Let her alone,” he chuckled. “That is the spirit I like to see!”