"Well, how is it that I find you out here in the Pacific, a sailor instead of a valet?" asked the Captain after a pause.
"I came out on a cruiser as a Naval Reservist, and was afterwards transferred to the gunboat," answered the fellow.
"When did you leave England?"
"A day or two before war was declared."
"You were recalled by the German Government?"
"Yes."
"H'm; and how was your master when you left?"
"He died about three months before I went," answered the man.
"Died!"
"Yes, sir, he fell from his horse while hunting."