Then, both on shore and on the decks of many craft, a realization of
what had happened dawned in the minds of thousands of people at about
the same instant. A great, combined cheer shot up--a cheer that was
a vocal cyclone!




CHAPTER II

TROUBLE IN THE MAKING STAGE


On the hurricane deck of the "Waverly" stood one man, mouth wide open
and eyes a-stare, who couldn't seem to get the meaning of it all. That
man was the leader of the combined band from the winter hotels.

Turning, glancing upward, the lieutenant looked at the leader with a
glance of cool wonder.

"Play, man! Why don't you play? What are you there for?"

Then, all of a sudden, reddening, the band leader rapped his music stand
with his baton, next gave the signal, and the band crashed forth into
the exultant strains of:

"See! The Conquering Hero comes!"

At the third measure the band was all but drowned out by renewed
cheering, that came more uproariously than ever.