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For , as the Orchid Hunter pointed out , in order to save life , one must sustain it . And Louis Eppinger himself designed that dinner , and the Paymaster , and Perry 's brother-officers , who were honored guests , still speak of it with awe ; and the next week 's _ Box of Curios _ said of it editorially : `` And while our little Yokohama police know much of ju-jitsu , they found that they had still something to learn of the short jab to the jaw and the quick getaway . '' Indeed , throughout , it was a most successful dinner . And just to show how small this world is , and that `` God moves in a mysterious way , His wonders to perform , '' at three o'clock that morning , when the dinner-party in rickshaws were rolling down the Bund , singing `` We 're Little White Mice Who Have Gone Astray , '' their voices carried across the Pacific , across the Cordilleras and the Caribbean Sea ; and an old man in his cell , tossing and shivering with fever , smiled and sank to sleep ; for in his dreams he had heard the scampering feet of the White Mice , and he had seen the gates of his prison-cell roll open . * * * * * The Forrester Construction Company did not get the contract to build the three light-houses . The Japanese preferred a light-house made by an English firm . They said it was cheaper .