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Orders were always brought forward by a pale young man as taciturn

even to rudeness, and by that trait seemed to commend himself to Marston

as a safe secretary

At first, Ale But after

the novelty was gone they seemed to prefer the comfort of chairs astern

or the saloon couches

For a tie had followed her when she cae discovered that she quite disregarded hi man in uniform She came

alone

And after that what had happened happened

She calance

aft every tie He leaned

low and reached down his hand to assist her up the ladder

"I have been nigh crazy allBut I had to wait a decent tiossip after breakfast," she told him, her face close

to his as she came up the ladder "And, besides, lecting uests Just as if

I were called on to sit all day and listen to Nan Burgess appraise her

lovers or to sing a song every time Wally Dalton has his relapse of

lovesickness He has co her funny little gurgle of a laugh which stirred in him,