At last a queer little pucker appeared on the serene brow of the far
from drowsy young lady whose eyes peeped through half closed lids.
Suddenly she threw off her rug and with a brief remark to her
companion arose and went to her cabin. Mrs. Gaston followed, not from
choice but because the brief remark was in the form of a command.
Soon afterward, R. Schmidt who had been joined by Dank, threw himself
into his chair with a great sigh of fatigue and said:
"'Gad, I've walked a hundred miles since breakfast. Have you a
match?"
"Hobbs has made a very curious discovery," said the young lieutenant,
producing his match-box. There was a perturbed look in his eyes.
"If Hobbs isn't careful he'll discover a new continent one of these
days. He is always discovering something," said Robin, puffing away
at his pipe.
"But this is really interesting. It seems that he was in the hold
when Miss Guile's maid came down to get into one of her mistress's
trunks. Now, the first letter in Guile is G, isn't it? Well, Hobbs
says there are at least half-a-dozen trunks there belonging to the
young lady and that all of them are marked with a large red B.
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