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Reluctantly he went In fiveby the rail

"It's all right!" West said "I thought I was doing soinal,

but there were eleven other people in the same fix One of them is a

billionaire from Wall Street The purser collected some money from us

and told us to sleep on the deck--if we could find rooirl "I rather fancied you in the role of

stoker" She glanced about her at the di to be filled with mystery and romance"

"I knoill be full of romance," West answered "And the mystery

will be--can I convince you--"

"Hush!" broke in the girl "Here comes father! I shall be very happy to

for a place to sleep"

Five days later poor dad, having slept each night on deck in his clothes

while the ship plowed through a cold drizzle, and having starved in

a sadly depleted dining saloon, was a sight to move the heart of

a political opponent Immediately after a dinner that had scarcely

satisfied a healthy Texas appetite he lounged gloomily in the deck chair

which was now his stateroom Jauntily Geoffrey West came and sat at his

side