“Go on,” said the watchman, but he looked at Roy suspiciously.
Roy passed on into the great pier shed. At one side of the pier lay the Lycoming. Nobody paid the least attention to Roy. He made his way aboard the vessel.
“What do you want here?” asked a sailor gruffly, as he slouched on the gangway.
“I want to see the captain,” said Roy.
“He’s busy. Come around later,” replied the sailor.
“I’m the new wireless man,” explained Roy.
“I didn’t recognize you, sir,” said the sailor, instantly straightening up and touching his cap. “The captain is in his cabin. This way, sir.” And he led Roy to an upper deck.
“Come in,” said a gruff voice, in answer to Roy’s knock.
Roy pushed open the captain’s door and stepped inside the cabin. “I’m the new wireless man, Captain Lansford,” he said briefly. “My name is Roy Mercer.”