“It’s a great pity our government will not allow our officials to accept foreign orders,” he added. “I am sure if it did, the ‘Alaska’ would sail away from Japan loaded down with them.” O’Neil and Bill Marley had returned to the armored cruiser but had been allowed to return to Tokyo to attend a dinner given to O’Neil by his old friend “Billy” Williams. The crowds that gathered about the little restaurant to catch a glimpse of the two noted sailors was one of the biggest advertisements “Billy” Williams ever had. But all things must have an end, and the happy party at the ambassador’s could be no exception. Good-byes were said and the carriages were waiting. Phil found himself alone with Helen only for the fraction of a minute, but in that time among other favors he had been given a certain gold locket that he valued more than any foreign decoration that might have been bestowed upon him. Takishima and Captain Inaba met the party at the railroad station and escorted them to a special train, and as they pulled out from the long platform the midshipmen’s last glimpse was of their two friends, hats in hand above their heads, crying loudly “Banzai”--ten thousand years of happiness! Other Stories in this Series are: A U. S. MIDSHIPMAN AFLOAT A U. S. MIDSHIPMAN IN CHINA A U. S. MIDSHIPMAN IN THE PHILIPPINES FOOTNOTES: [1] Bushido to the code of chivalry in old Japan. [2] The Japanese writing is backward from the end of a book or letter to the front. [3] Japanese term for dock. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Archaic or alternate spelling has been retained from the original.