"I will call him, even though it is not the ordinary routine."
"And how you will call him," exclaimed Evelyn.
"Well, I'm not quite used to the ways of the border yet, but it seems to me to be rather against one to be an American down here," said Pearl.
"The fault ain't with America—it's with the ignorant bastards that's allowed to run it," answered Evelyn, as the Lieutenant was calling Fort Bliss.
After much delay the General was finally reached. "What the Hell are you calling me for at this time of the morning?" he roared over the phone.
"I'm sorry, sir, but it's about two women that have just waded the river, and we have detained them, and they have insisted that we call you, or they will take it up with the American Consul. I thought it best to call you."
Evelyn leaned her ear close to the receiver.
"Are they respectable women?" asked the General.
"I'll answer that question," said Evelyn, as she snatched the receiver from the Lieutenant. "What the Hell difference does it make whether we are considered respectable or not—we are American citizens, that ought to be enough."
"Why were you wading the river at this hour of the morning?" asked the General.