"
"What is your Miss Cameron doing in New York?"
"Having her first look at the town before going to some resort for the
summer; perhaps taking a cottage somewhere. I say, Captain"--leaning
closer--"I wish you didn't feel you had to stick around this apartment
so tight. I'd like to take you out and introduce you to her."
Larry could imagine the resulting scene if ever this innocently
proposed introduction were given.
"I guess that for the present I'll have to depend upon your reports,
Dick."
"Well, you can take it from me that she's just about all right!"
It was Larry's strange instinct to protect Maggie that prompted his
next remark:
"You're not just out joy-riding, are you, Dick?"
Dick flushed. "Nothing of that sort. She's not that kind of girl.
Besides--I think it's the real thing, Captain."
The honest look in Dick's eyes, even more than his words, quieted
Larry's fear for Maggie. Presently Dick walked out leaving Larry yet
another problem added to his life. He could not let anything happen to
Maggie. He could not let anything happen to Dick. He had to protect
each; he had to do something. Yet what could he do?
Yes, this certainly was a problem! He paced the room, another victim
of the ancient predicament of divided and antagonistic duty.
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