When the first greetings were over, Uncle Toby could not help but ask about his Golden Embrocation and Universal Remedy for Man and Beast.
“Did you meet up with the King of England?” he queried.
“No, Uncle Toby,” laughed Jack, “I did not.”
“No, not the Kaiser, either.”
“How now—was it the Czar?”
Jack shook his head.
“But made a—use of ’em?”
“Yes,” replied Jack with a twinkle in his eye. “I did make——”
At this moment there came a sharp rap on the door. Jack opened it, and a messenger, upon ascertaining who he was, handed him a telegram.