THE ALARM It was still dark when the captain woke, and he struck a match to look at his watch.

It was three o'clock.
"Is that you, captain ?" said a voice from the next room.

"Is it time for you to begin watch again ?" "Yes," said the captain, "it is about time.

How do you happen to be awake, Miss Markham?
Ralph! I believe the boy is snoring." "Of course he is," said Edna, speaking in a low voice.

"We cannot expect such a boy to keep awake, and so I have been on watch.