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jKANT ROLUNS heard
tfl, gasp of surprise, but
idwr stopped nns
slowly.
d(mt shoot," came
nmktakably feminine. "I
Mt to move an Inch.
Bible sensation of having
tod of himself swept over
ZL A, he rose, rather
,Con the stairs, he dreaded
he girl's face could it be
irse?
r to frighten you, Sister,"
sgized, "but it's very late
It
's'all right," she replied
'I realize fully that it is
ours, but I just couldn't
id thought a few breaths
air would help. You may
ne and ...
felt his face reddening.
10w, just a minute . . ."
de a feeble attempt at
his good-natured side,
t trying to get any charm
ton such as yourself re-
I was merely trying to
own somebody flashing a
i here . . ."
wrse seemed to freeze,
that," she gave a short
laugh. "I guess it was I.
itealing a pufl of a cigaret,
a that is evidently enough
; you fellows dashing up
med." ' ,
was nettled but he
ed bis pride. Taking her
anta he guided her to the
door, opened it and waved
de. She paused under a
corridor light and looked
In some surprise.
what, she asKea coiaiyi
Wit olraret!" Rollins
pushing forward a pack-
tesltated a split second,
k one. He snapped his
taking advantage of the
name to examine her fea-
Yes, she was definitely
m a cultured sort of way.
coughed abruptly! "Good
L" she exclaimed looking
tfgaret, "either the brand is
1 " r m td
t A I
At three o'clock to the after
noon, the troopships began to
move out to sea.
awful or I'm catching cold. Good
night."
Later, lying in his bunk and
gratefully sipping the Scotch and
water his snoring roommate had
left for him, Rollins was letting
his mind drift through the hap
pier side of the uncomfortable
meeting. Suddenly he sat bolt
upright,
TT hadn't clicked in his befuddled
mind at the moment but sub
consciously it had registered in
the flame of his lighter he had
seen what an uncommonly large
tip of cigaret she had wetted. And
that cough like a person puffing
at her first clgaretl
He awoke unrefreshed to find
the throbbing noise increasingly
evident but the troopship still at
the dock.
Steam was fully up and smoke
rolled from the two funnels. There
was the unmistakable atmosphere
of last-minute preparations, and
the captain's bridge was a hive of
activity.
Thousands of soldiers were jam
ming the starboard side which
faced the actual water leading
down to the sea. At regular in
tervals freighters were steaming
by. Evidently a huge mercantile
convoy was leaving for some over
seas destination.
A few minutes before noon the
last of the merchantmen went by
an insignificant but sea-toughened
trawler. Although painted
over, the letters on the bow of the
trawler were visible to the troops.
"Ahoy, Loch Lomond!" some
body roared, and the troops burst
into the gay Scottish tune. .A
window opened on the trawler's
bridge and a ruddy face appeared,
lips plainly moving in aceompanl-
mwn 10 xne Troops' singing.
At 8 o'clock in the afternoon,
the troopships began to move,
starting from the farthest inland
dock. The bands of all units ap
peared on deck. There wasn't a
man below. The air was crisp and
clear and bright sunshine basked
the dramatic scene.
Tees and Rollins clanned mm
another on the back enthusias
tically. "We're off!" yelled the
lieutenant "I was berinnlnc in
think it would never hamwn to
us."
Tees smiled. "Oh. I thounht toM
sail all right, but who would have
thought it would be like this . . .
He made a sweeping gesture. "I
expected to slip out in the dark
ness with everything very hush
hush. Instead, the bands are play
ing, me noys are yelling and sing
ing their heads off. Just look over
there!"
THE wind was beginning to bowl
r.ff V. l.r. l
Sharp flecks of snow bit into red.
dened cheeka and men dashed
away to reappear with overcoats.
Already a gray drabness waa
melting out the Nova Scotian
coastline and the rolling swell waa
becoming more pronounced. Half
hearted jokes about seasickness
began to circulate.
Suddenly, the whistle on T 6"
began emitting a series of long
and short blasts it was the life
boat alarm signal!
Tees and Rollins, standing up
near the pitching bow, looked at
one another startled, then laughed
outright:
"It's the lifeboat drill they
warned us about!" yelled Tees as
he started on the double for his
boat station. Rollins was right be
hind him, but something on "A"
deck caught his eye. He slowed
to a walk.
There was the nurse the same
one he had encountered last night
on the deck. The lieutenant's eye
brows knitted into a frown as ha
saw her evidently making no
effort to dash for her boat station.
She was peering intently through
a pair of powerful binoculars at
the battle cruiser from which the
light flashes were coming.
Lieutenant Gregory Rollins was
puzzled as he stood at his station.
Why the binoculars? Why the rapt
interest that even a lifeboat alarm
didn't disturb?
- But, most puzzling of all, where
had he met the girl before their
encounters aboard ship. It had
been somewhere interesting and
on some important occasion. But
where and when?
(To Be Con tinned)
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