"Look us up the instant you set foot in England, Sammy," said Eric, gripping his friend's hand. "Watch the newspapers. You'll see when our ship comes home, and after that you'll find us holding out our arms to you." "When my ship _leaves_ home," said the American, "I hope she'll steer for an English port. Good-bye, Lady Temple. Please live to be a hundred, that's all I ask of you." "Good-bye, Sam," she said, blushing as she uttered the name he had urged her to use. "You won't mind letting the children call me Uncle Sam, will you?" he said, a droll twist to his lips. "How quaint!" she murmured. "By Jove, Sammy," cried Eric warmly, "you've no idea how much better you look in Uncle Sam's uniform than you did in that stuffy frock coat this afternoon. Thank God, I can get into a uniform myself before long. You wouldn't understand, old chap, how good it feels to be in a British uniform." "I'm afraid we've outgrown the British uniform," said the other drily. "It used to be rather common over here, you know." "You don't know what all this means to me," said Temple seriously, his hand still clasping the American's. "I can hold up my head once more. I can fight for England. If she needs me, I can fight and die for her." "You're a queer lot, you Britishers," drawled the American. "You want to fight and die for Old England. I have a singularly contrary ambition. I want to _live_ and _fight_ for America." * * * * * On the twenty-fourth of July, 1914, Lord Eric Temple and his bride came home to England. THE END Transcriber Notes: Passages in italics were indicated by _underscores_. Small caps were replaced with ALL CAPS. Throughout the document, the oe ligature was replaced with "oe". Throughout the dialogues, there were words used to mimic accents of the speakers. Those words were retained as-is. Errors in punctuations and inconsistent hyphenation were not corrected unless otherwise noted. On page 9, "Marchiness" was replaced with "Marchioness". On page 18, "unforgetable" was replaced with "unforgettable". On page 22, "respendent" was replaced with "resplendent". On page 26, "idlness" was replaced with "idleness". On page 47, "sacrified" was replaced with "sacrificed". On page 53, "spooffing" was replaced with "spoofing". On page 67, "shan't" was replaced with "sha'n't". On page 69, "constitutency" was replaced with "constituency". On page 78, "assed" was replaced with "passed". On page 80, "acccepting" was replaced with "accepting". On page 81, "lookingly" was replaced with "looking". On page 103, "acccused" was replaced with "accused". On page 107, "afternooon" was replaced with "afternoon". On page 224, "limmo" was replaced with "limo". On page 230, "pressent" was replaced with "present". On page 233, "EOR" was replaced with "FOR". On page 235, a period was placed after "in the depths". On page 240, "tobaccco" was replaced with "tobacco".