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"Good God!" cried Eustace Hignett

He stared at the figure which looh the porthole of the stateroom The hour was seven-thirty and he had just woken frohtht that he ure before hihtmare and no questions asked Then suddenly he became aware that it was his cousin, Sastye, he could tell hi like that? Was it siht, or was his face really black and had his rown to six times its normal size and beco at himself in the mirror with a satisfaction which, to the casual observer, his appearance would not have see from a delusion His cousin's face was black; and, even as he turned, he gave it a dab with a piece of burnt cork and made it blacker

"Hullo! You awake?" he said and switched on the light

Eustace Hignett shied like a startled horse His friend's profile, seen dih Full face, he was a revolting object Nothing that Eustace Hignett had encountered in his recent dreams--and they had included such unusual fauna as elephants in top hats and running shorts--had affected him so profoundly Sam's appearance sht into a different and dreadful world

"Whatwhatwhat?" he gurgled

Salass and added a touch of black to his nose

"How do I look?"

Eustace Hignett began to fear that his cousin's reason must have become unseated He could not conceive of any really saneanxious to be told how he looked

"Are h? It's for the ship's concert, you know It starts in half an hour, though I believe I' as a friend, would you put a touch ht?"

Curiosity replaced apprehension in Hignett'sat the ship's concert?"

"Oh, they roped ot about somehow that I was a valuable man and they wouldn't take no" Sam deepened the colour of his ears "As a matter of fact," he said casually, ""