working hours, and a quiet student of professional papers in his scanty leisure.

'An' they come into the ward-room,' says Twenty-One, 'and you know they've been having a young hell of a time down below, but they never growl at us or get stuffy or anything. No end good men, I swear they are.'

'Thank you, Twenty-One,' I said. 'I'll let that stand for the whole Navy if you don't mind'