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Rh it he saw one of the janitors, Corporal Bill Handlee, standing there.

"Well, what is it, Toots?" asked the lad, giving the old soldier the name bestowed on him from the fact that he was always whistling military airs.

"Colonel Masterly wishes to see you, Captain Hamilton."

"All right. Tell him I'll be with him at once."

Dick slipped the letter into his pocket, adjusted his uniform, and hastened out.

"I wonder if I'll ever get time to read my letter without being interrupted," he mused.