At the Mikado's Court

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Excerpt from At the Mikado's Court: The Adventures of Three American Boys in American Japan I tell you, Larry, I heard the captain say it." "It doesn't seem, possible, Wick." "I don't know about that, " stubbornly replied Wickford Ralston. "But I declare I heard the captain tell the first officer to see that no lights were displayed to-night. Even the running lights will not be used." "Then it means that we are in the vicinity of Russian ships. Whew! I thought we were too close to the coast of Japan for that. What if we are captured?" "The steamer would make a rich prize. I heard before we left San Francisco that she carries five million dollars in the strong room." Larry Ralston suddenly grasped his cousin's arm and exclaimed excitedly: "Wick, I forgot to tell you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.