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Of course Courtenay liked to be fondled in this el But he protested against the need of

the doctor's precaution

"No, no," he cried, "you already have one faithful patient in Joey I

wonder he did not wake ht rush off to you I

never have known hiazing at you with those pathetic eyes, ould think that his

teeth e, he

saved ed blows ai

marvelous He used all four paws then, I assure you"

"Ah, yes," agreed Elsie, blushing again as she recalled the scene in

the saloon "He could have toldbefore

I knew it myself Dr Christobal deceived iven hiency," said Courtenay, "though I

have a bone to pick with hiht

o'clock, but I expect he and Boyle, or Tollemache, conspired to let me

sleep on I was astounded when I saw the time What do you think of a

skipper who lies abed all the ," she decided at once "That is very nice

of Gray I must thank him" But she replied instantly, in her piquant

way: "Elsie certainly kept us in the dark about her fiançailles, Captain