"Yet that Japanese has just gone below!" remonstrated Mlle. Nadiboff.

"The Japanese," replied the young captain, "is our cook and steward, and
belongs below."

A light glowed swiftly in Mlle. Nadiboff's eyes, but disappeared almost
instantly.

The handsome young woman opened her mouth as though to speak, then
compressed her lips tightly.




CHAPTER V

EPH LEARNS SOMETHING NEW


"You are not as gallant as you were last night," murmured Mlle. Sara, in
a low tone.

"Last night I was ashore, on social pleasures bent," replied Jack.
"To-day, I am on duty, and duty must go ahead of everything else."

"And I am hungry," continued the young woman, pathetically. "In my
eagerness to see that boat that you command, my Captain, I came away
from the shore before going through the ceremony of breakfast. Do you
mean to say, Captain Benson, that you cannot conduct me to your cabin,