“You’d better let me show you up in your true colors, Noon,” he said. Billy smiled.
“Well, I guess there’s no harm in it now,” he answered.
Mr. Cole struck an attitude.
“Miss Emery and gentlemen,” he said, “allow me the honor of introducing to you Mr. William Noon of the United States Secret Service!”
[CHAPTER XXI]
“UNTIL TO-MORROW”
There was a moment of silent amazement. It was broken by Chub.
“Huh,” he grunted. “I knew you weren’t any book agent!”
“And I knew you knew it,” laughed Billy. “I’m sorry I had to sail under false colors, but I had a difficult job on hand and I was forced to take every precaution. And when you say I was not a book agent you aren’t altogether correct, for I really have been a book agent for nearly two months this time, and I’ve acted the same part before. As a matter of fact I’ve taken orders for nineteen sets of Mr. Billings’ ‘Wonders of the Deep’ during my stay around here.”