The navy eternal, which is the navy-that-floats, the navy-that-flies and the navy-under-the-sea . • • « • For forty minutes the policeman on dutyoutside Waterloo Station had been keepingunder observation a rather dejected-lookingbluejacket carrying a bundle, who stood atthe corner scrutinising the buses as theypassed. Finally, with deliberate measuredtread he approached the man of the sea. What bus do you want, mate ? Mr. Pettigrew enlightened him as to thenumber. Theres been four of that number gone ^ By the ancient custom of the Navy a defaulter removeshis Cfl-p when his case is investigated
The navy eternal, which is the navy-that-floats, the navy-that-flies and the navy-under-the-sea . • • « • For forty minutes the policeman on dutyoutside Waterloo Station had been keepingunder observation a rather dejected-lookingbluejacket carrying a bundle, who stood atthe corner scrutinising the buses as theypassed. Finally, with deliberate measuredtread he approached the man of the sea. What bus do you want, mate ? Mr. Pettigrew enlightened him as to thenumber. Theres been four of that number gone ^ By the ancient custom of the Navy a defaulter removeshis Cfl-p when his case is investigated by the captain. THE PORT LOOK-OUT 219 past while you was standin ere, said thepoliceman, not without suspicion in histones. Im very partickler about buses, saidMr. Pettigrew coldly. Well, said the constable, eres an-other one. The sailor waited till it slowed up abreastof them. His blue eyes were cocked onthe rear end. An this eres the right one, said He stepped briskly into the roadway,ran half a dozen paces, and swung himselfon to the footboard beside the CHAPTER XTHE SURVIVOR ... And regrets to report only one survivor. - Admiralty Announcement. The glass dropped another point, and thecaptain of the cruiser glanced for thehundredth time from the lowering sky tothe two destroyers labouring stubbornlyin the teeth of the gale on either he gave an order to the yeoman ofsignals, who barked its repetition to theshelter-deck where the little group of signal-men stamped their feet and blew on theirnumbed fingers in the lee of the of the group scuffled round the bright-colomed bunting : the clips of the halliards 220 THE SURVIVOR 221 snapped a hoist together, and vivid againstthe grey sky the signal went bellying andfluttering to the masthead. The figures on the bridges of the destroyerswiped the stinging spray from their swolleneyelids and read the message of comfort. Return to base. Weather conditionsthreatening. They s
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