“Captain Briggs, sir,” said he, “I was with you in the old days, and I’m with you now—all the way through. Courage, and don’t give up the ship!”
CHAPTER XLIV
NEW DAWN
Twenty minutes later, anxious fingers tapped at Filhiol’s door.
“Come!” bade the doctor. Laura entered.
“Forgive me,” she begged. “I—I couldn’t stay away. Dr. Marsh has got the wound closed. He says that, in itself, isn’t fatal. But—”
She could not finish. From the hallway, through the open door, penetrated the smell of ether.
“The captain’s been just splendid!” said she. “And Ezra’s got his nerve back. I’ve helped as much as I could. Hal’s in the berth again.”