She opened the door for him.

"If you wish to have that dressing changed, ask for Miss Malone."

"Ah-h!" said Harrigan. "Malone!"

She explained coldly: "I'm Scotch, not Irish."

"Scotch or Irish," said Harrigan, and his head tilted back as it always
did when he was excited. "You're afther bein' a real shport, Miss
Malone!"

"Miss Malone," she repeated, closing the door after him, and vainly
attempting to imitate the thrill which he gave to the word. "What a
man!"

She smiled for a moment into space and then pulled the cord for the
cabin boy.




CHAPTER 5


The cabin boy did duty for all the dozen passengers, and therefore he
was slow in answering. When he appeared, she asked him to carry the
captain word that she wished to speak with him. He returned in a short
time to say that Captain McTee would talk with her now in his cabin.