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We turned . It was our old friend Burke , of the Secret Service , accompanied by a stranger . `` I 'd like you to meet Mr. Sydney , the new special consular agent whom the government is sending to the Danish West Indies to investigate and report on trade conditions , '' he introduced . `` We 're off for St. Thomas on the Arroyo , which sails to-morrow noon . '' `` Great Scott ! '' ejaculated Kennedy . `` Is everybody daffy over those little islands ?