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Captain Wass grabbed down his aphone; he wanted to submit a few

remarks which seemed to fit the incident

But the captain of the Triton was beforehand with a celerity which

through the

huge funnel which a quartere

was terrific He cursed freighters inthere in the seaithout steering headway on

her! That a query took away Captain Wass's breath and all power

to retort Asking that of a man who had obeyed the law to the letter! A

felloas banging through the fog at eighteen knots' speed bla

a conscientious skipper because the latter had stopped so as to get out

of the way!

And, above all, going so fast when he asked the question that he was out

of ear-shot before suitable answer could be returned!

Captain Wass revolved those whirling thoughts in a brain which flah the skipper's wide-propped eyes

Then he banged his ainst hian to whack his fist

against a broad placard which was tacked up under his license as master

The cardboard was freshly white, and its tacks were bright, showing that

it had been recently added as a feature of the pilot-house Big letters