HARK FORRARD! \\ 



CHAPTER II 



BOARD SHIP 



Three o'clock saw Reggie Miller and his friend 

 Alfred Acton safely on board the ' Scythia/ 

 and some few minutes after, the big ship was 

 under way for Queenstown, where the Cunard 

 boats invariably call to pick up the mails. 

 Alfred Acton had been a great friend of 

 Reggie's father, and as he used to &tay at 

 Radbrook in bygone days, when Reginald wa& 

 a lad home from Eton for the holidays, and 

 was a fine horseman and capital shot, he took 

 great delight in fostering Reggie's talents in 

 that line, which showed themselves most 

 unmistakably at a very early age. It was,, 

 therefore, but natural that a deep and lasting 

 friendship between the two should be the result^ 



