"This is where I get a swift vacation," he said, and called his servant.
Hamilton leapt on to the rail, and steadying himself against a stanchion, waved a reply—
"We are sending you a doctor."
Back came the reply in agitated sweeps of arm—
"Doctor be blowed! What am I?"
"What shall I say, sir?" asked Hamilton after he had delivered the message.
"Just say 'a hero,'" said Sanders huskily.