When it lifted again the eyes were brimming with tears.
"I am so glad--so glad," she said simply.

"Now I am strong enough to hear the rest, Lieutenant Knox.

You must tell me." "There is not so much to tell, that I am cock-sure about." I began slowly.

"Kirby had you securely hidden away somewhere on the second deck, while this Clark girl had been locked into a stateroom above.

I possessed such a growth of beard and was altogether so disreputable looking as to be mistaken for a roustabout by the boat's officers, who set me at work to earn my passage.