"We always deserve to be," declared Frank.
"So?" replied Jack. "I'm not going to argue with you about it."
"It wouldn't do any good," declared Frank. "Let me tell you something. If it hadn't been for the United States this war wouldn't be over yet."
"Is that so?" demanded Jack. "Why wouldn't it?"
"Because all the British and French together don't seem to have been able to lick the Germans."
"Rats," exclaimed Jack. "We would have done it in time."
"Maybe so, but there is nothing sure about it It was the Americans who turned the tide at Chateau-Thierry."
"They did some wonderful work, I'm not gain-saying that," Jack admitted. "But I can't see that it was any more remarkable than what the Canadians did at Vimy Ridge."
"Well," said Frank smiling, "while the Canadians are really British subjects, nevertheless they come from the same part of the world as the Yankees. They're made out of the same pattern."
Jack smiled.