If she isn't sketching something, on the sly, then
my eyesight isn't as good as it used to be!"
Captain Jack Benson found himself quickly aquiver with suspicion and
indignation.
"Yet I can't afford to make any mistakes," he told himself, uneasily.
"I've got to be absolutely sure before I can take the risk of starting
a human cyclone about my ears!"
CHAPTER XVI
THE GOVERNMENT TAKES A HAND
Yet, for a brief interval more, Jack Benson hesitated.
"Is the young woman sketching, or is she merely writing?" he wondered,
anxiously. He watched her a little while longer.
"No; she's sketching. Those are drawing strokes she's making."
Then, looking wholly blank, Jack Benson turned on his heel. He looked
first at one mechanism, then at another. Yet, presently, stood close
to Lieutenant Commander Kimball's ear.
Only a few words were said, but the naval officer understood instantly.
As Captain Jack turned and went back, Kimball also sauntered along,
although he did not appear interested in the submarine boy's movements.
Yet it was not long when both appeared before the young Swedish woman.
"Miss Peddensen," murmured the lieutenant commander, "may I see what
you are writing?"
The woman looked up, her face composed, her eyes dancing with mirth.
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