“Well, folks,” said Silent Storm, “everything is arranged. The Government gets the secret radio and your old-friend C. K. gets a liberal payment.”
“And you, Sally, are to receive half of it,” said the Captain.
“What!” Sally sprang to her feet. “Why! That’s unfair!”
“He didn’t see it that way,” Storm replied quietly. “He felt that you have done more than he to make the radio a success. I advise that you accept his offer and allow things to stand as they are. It is for the good of your country as well as yourself, and there will be plenty for you both, I assure you.” Sally settled back in her place.
“Well,” she admitted, “it will be a good opportunity to help my country in another way. I’ll invest it in War Bonds right away. C. K. will really be aiding our nation in that way, then, too.”
“Yes,” said the Captain, “that is true. Kennedy wants you to have the bungalow you have always dreamed of, when peace has come again.”
“Won’t that be sweet?” Sally said, turning to Danny with a teasing smile. Danny said never a word.
“And C. K. wants you to come back to work with him as soon as the war is over,” Storm said with a grin.
Once more Sally turned to Danny. This time he spoke. “That,” he said, “will need a lot of thinking about.”
And so, for Sally, life seemed fairly well begun.