Even the doctor was startled by the strange tattoo for he glanced at it curiously as he probed.
“You are a sailor?” he inquired.
“That’s right,” muttered Anchor Joe. “Ouch, doc! Take it easy, will you?”
Penny could not remain silent. “Joe, do you know a man named John Munn?” she asked.
“Sure I know him,” the sailor mumbled. “We shipped together on the Dorasky.”
“Your tattoo is very similar to his.”
Anchor Joe’s pain-glazed eyes turned upon Penny as if he were seeing her for the first time. He made an effort to pull the blanket over his back.
“We had ’em put on together,” he muttered. “Jack an’ John, and that rat, Otto—”
“Please don’t talk to the patient,” said the doctor significantly. “He should be kept quiet.”
“I’m sorry,” apologized Penny.