Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis / Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy Youngsters""

ashore, carrying their swarms of dis

off all in the same boat, and

cruise, his fifty demerits to be paid for by loss

ip away and find a good place in no time.

to me," nodded M

tes the two se

ker. "And it isn't more than three minutes'

floor was almost immaculately clean. In consideration of two dollars handed him, th

it, Darry?" ask

nded Dave, slipping off his blouse, folding it neat

asked Decke

n't expect to be the man to

ir." Between them the different members of the party had smu

e third class, had come along as referee,

le of the floor. "Now, I understand that this is to be a finish fight; rounds, two minutes; rests, tw

nington nodded

" ordered the referee quickly

from both

im

ips each tried two or three passes which the other blocked. Mi

wheeled about. Pennington had to foll

fight, can't y

dmonished the referee quietly. "Let the offici

grinned broadly over this rebuke. That grin mad

off his face!" mutter

own feet, and for a few seconds he followed the dodging Darrin abou

yance, followed by excessive irritation, Pennington went into almost blind

th a force that jolted the larger midshipman. As part of the s

ck, to give Pen a few moments, in case

ngton's seconds pounced upon him

nington in an undertone. "He keeps on running away until he has

Decker worked over their man. "It's the result that counts. Rush Dar

right for the second round." m

e Dave and his oppon

erly. Yet, wherever he went, Pen followed h

f Dave's spare wind; he raced about, seeking to regain his wind before allowing close quarters. But

les reddening with anger, Dave swung in a huge o

p. That saved the larger midshipman from having to take the co

tactics, but his whole personality. To his opponent

work, but it was aggressive no

d enough to send his man down. Then a rather light blow on the jaw, just under Pen's right ear again. The larger midshipman was now th

he himself realized, and Darrin was not disposed to take any fooli

men had undergone some vigorous handling by their respective se

Pennington didn't find time to develop much in the

ddenly, Dave darted in and under, and brought a right-arm hook against Pen's no

in, heavily and blindly, blocking one of Dar

n! Break away fast!" ordered

instant later Dave came back, dancing all around his dazed opponent, landing on the

ows had been delivered with the fo

uted Midshi

t wholly afraid from the conviction that his antagonist w

badly scared when the two cam

ree Remington. "Finish this one way or the other, and

e, who had used up so much of his wind by his brilliant

ve in a third when Pennington blocked, following this with a left-a

began to count

eight, ni

k rush, but Darrin dodged cleverly, them wheeled

s keenly alert as they could be, each trying to drive home hea

e latter and Farley vigorously massaged Darrin's muscles. "He all but h

"and I shall go on trying to the last. But Penningt

him," whispered Dalzel

confidence. He began, at the outset, to drive

gone when Darrin landed his right fist with fearf

s time he moaned. His eyes were open, thou

g off the seconds

eight,

his feet, but sank back wit

Referee Remington coolly. "I don't believe we're needed he

l gave his attention to helping his chum, while Farley went over to

s eyes," murmured Dave to Dan. "But I didn't want to give him

murmured Dan confidently, as he spra

t fellow isn't so easy a prize for any one in my class. The

tales!" g

own way, the

ft him at an ice cream parlor, where he proposed to remain until he could return to the big, steel "Massachusetts" without exciting any wonder over the