“I have already notified Ottawa, New York, and the different capitals of the provinces. Washington also knows, our embassy has already notified them as to the location of the arsenals. They are going to issue orders from Ottawa to confiscate those in our own country at once.
“Ottawa wanted all the facts and it got them. I expect to hear further from them in the course of the day.”
“I wonder,” said Walker, “if our friends will be polite enough to return my dictaphone. They should, it does not belong to them and they probably know to whom, it does belong.”
“You might go over and claim it,” answered Strong. 89
“I think I will, just to see old Winckel’s face.”
Strong turned to Ted.
“Dear lad,” he said, “what you did isn’t the kind of thing that can appear in the newspapers, but it is the kind about which history is made. It is a big job you have accomplished. The men who sent you down to us made no mistake in their judgment as to what you could do. Sir Robert Wingate wanted to know all about you, I must have talked to him for more than twenty minutes on the telephone.
“Walker and I go to Ottawa on a late train today. They want to see me, to go fever details.
“Well, let’s get busy with the last threads of what happened last night—we have to put it down on black and white for future, reference. When do you want to return to Wayland, Ted?”
“I should like to go by Saturday, if it can be arranged,” answered Ted.