ON THE FIRING LINE

by

Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller

[CHAPTER I] [CHAPTER II] [CHAPTER III] [CHAPTER IV] [CHAPTER V]
[CHAPTER VI] [CHAPTER VII] [CHAPTER VIII] [CHAPTER IX] [CHAPTER X]
[CHAPTER XI] [CHAPTER XII] [CHAPTER XIII] [CHAPTER XIV] [CHAPTER XV]
[CHAPTER XVI] [CHAPTER XVII] [CHAPTER XVIII] [CHAPTER XIX] [CHAPTER XX]
[CHAPTER XXI] [CHAPTER XXII] [CHAPTER XXIII] [CHAPTER XXIV] [CHAPTER XXV]
[CHAPTER XXVI]

CHAPTER ONE

Six feet one in his stockings, broad-shouldered and without an ounce of extra flesh, Harvard Weldon suddenly halted before one of a line of deck chairs.

"I usually get what I want, Miss Dent," he observed suggestively.

"You are more fortunate than most people." Her answering tone was dry.

Most men would have been baffled by her apparent indifference. Not so was Weldon. Secure in the possession of a good tailor and an equally good digestion, he was willing to await the leisurely course of events.