"Nothing later than the news received this morning," the clerk
replied.

"The bare details of the dispute there over the insult to the Flag?"
Darrin inquired.

"That is all, sir," the clerk replied.

So Dave turned again to the newspaper. Several things were happening
in the home country that interested him.

"It was half an hour before the _Jefe Politico_, a Mexican official,
corresponding somewhat to a mayor in an American city, passed
through on his way out.

"You will be able to see the consul, now," suggested the clerk,
so Dave rose at once, passing into the inner office, where he
was pleasantly greeted.

Dave laid a sealed packet of papers on the desk before the consul.

"If you have time to wait, pardon me while I glance at the enclosures,"
said the consul.

Ensign Darrin took a seat near a window, while the official went
rapidly through the papers submitted to him.

Some were merely communications to go forward to the United States
in the consular mailbag.