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Frank motioned his men to halt some distance away, called Lieutenant Hetherton to follow him, and approached the cabin. "How do you do, sir?" he asked civilly of the big man in the doorway. "What do you want here?" was the growling response.
"No fear, I guess," declared Frank. The return trip was made in record time and without incident. Jack saw the victims of the Hazelton landed safely and then, turning the ship over to Lieutenant Hetherton, went ashore with Frank to report to Lord Hastings. The latter greeted them with a wry smile. "It seems that my warning to America is not to be delivered after all," he said.
Quick as a flash of lightning the hot blood mounted to the doctor's face, while Fanny cast upon him a searching glance as if she would read him through. Fanny Hetherton would have given much to know the answer which Dr. Simon Bellamy mentally gave to that question, put by one whom he had known but little more than three months.
"Certainly," replied Jack, "I'm the commander of this ship, Captain Templeton. This is Mr. Chadwick, my first officer. What is your name, sir?" "Hetherton, sir, second officer of the Brigadier." "Very good, Lieutenant. You shall stay on here as second officer until further notice. Now below with you." Lieutenant Hetherton disappeared. "I guess he won't ask many more questions," said Frank grimly.
Frank had been afraid to order a shot at the submarine for fear the shell might hit Jack in the water. "Take the bridge, Mr. Hetherton!" he cried. "Lower a boat, men!" The boat was lowered in a trice and Frank and a score of sailors sprang in. The launch darted toward Jack at full speed, Frank standing erect and with the quartermaster at the rudder.
Hetherton against her niece's walking so far, and Mrs. Meredith suggested that they should ride, but to this Lucy objected. She meant to take Anna's place among the poor when she was gone, she said, and how was she ever to do it if she could not walk such a little way as that?
But I guess there is nothing more we can do now. Come, we'll go outside." Frank now saw to the disposition of his men. These, as he had decided, he stationed on three sides of the cabin. He himself took command of the men on the left, Lieutenant Hetherton commanding the right wing and a sailor named Hennessy the left.
"The captain hauled me aboard, questioned me, looked as though he more than half doubted my yarn, and then put me to bed in the cabin of the sloop. He attended to me as best he could. When we reached Hetherton, about noon, a doctor patched me up. I had something to eat, bought this new hat, and hired a driver to take me ten miles to the railway.
"She was a famous nurse," the physician said when he came, constituting her his coadjutor and making her tread wild with joy and importance when he gave his patient's medicine into her hands. "It was hardly proper for her niece to stay," Mrs. Hetherton thought, but Lucy was one who could trample down proprieties, and it was finally arranged that Fanny should stay with her.
The engineer saluted and left Jack's cabin. Jack turned to Frank. "Now," he said, "what are you doing here? I thought I left you to take the deck?" "I turned the deck over to Hetherton," replied Frank with a grin. "I wanted to find out what all this rush is about?" "Don't you know it's bad form to ask questions of your commander?" Jack said severely.
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