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

adron, with the midshipmen on board,

gland's coast was sighted the third-class middies found they knew much more abou

struction and had "stood trick" by the engines; there had been some drill with the smaller, rapid-fire guns, and f

and's coast loomed up. Most of the midshipmen stood at th

families, had been in England before entering the Naval Academy

ipmen's call for supper formation sounded. Feeling that they would much

the impatient young men as though it ha

after the morning meal, all midshipmen might go to the pay offic

avid, little giant," murmured Dan Dalzell

s looking forward with greatest eagerness to his first visit

l get it straight in the mor

al hundred dollars concealed in his baggage. He had already invited Hallam, Mossworth

eed!" quivered Dalzell, when

d," declared Darrin

arley. "Don't you hear the r

ch racket," proposed irrepressible Dan, "let

hand aloft, and brought it down, as

ch time the lips of the midsh

right arm, let his lips form the wo

roaned Midsh

sible Fenian out!" d

ned their attention to

ded sharpl

wenty-one-gunner,

of twenty-one guns. After a short interval following the discharge of the last gun, one of the forts on shore answers w

rd classmen received the rising signal; the class marched

see the smoke and hear the roar of

ormal call to the senior military officer. Later in the day that English officer and one or two of his staff officers wou

r the English twilight is a long one, and

mured Hallam. There were many others to echo the

shore after lights out?" eagerly queried

, with few demerits against him,

o whom he appeale

en. "And trebly dangerous, with th

Darrin is no greaser. You've got h

tell you," cried P

pprovingly at Pennington's statement. Though still a class leader, Dave h

t night, with unsatisfied dre

ry midshipman had drawn his ten dollars, even to Pe

taking off groups of midshipmen, everyone of whom had been cautioned

were among the first to

r get away. These three chums had agreed to stick together during the day. They land

e quickly and intelligently to the best

of the two days we're to be ashore. I move that we put in the forenoon, anyway, in

then," app

enth century. Many parts of the town, including whole streets, look as though the houses had b

low classmen. Wherever the young midshipmen went many of the English workmen

oss Pen's gang anywhere,"

's a capitalistic crowd. The

selves hugely in seeing the quaint old town. At noon they found

these little mutton pies back

l three bought small souvenirs for their mothers at home. Darrin also

e of the other famous

began to inspect his watch

with Dave's eye glued to

y. "We haven't more than time now to make

know, we've found that they're va

ll need the rest of our shore money to-m

he chums reached the dock in time to see the launches half way between th

rty, all looking highly satisfied with

t sight of Darrin, Dalzell and Farley-f

le Englishman with keen eyes and a j

ed Pennington, slipping a half sovereign into the Englishman's ha

!" laughed the undersized En

ssmates that the launches now making shore-ward

plenty of time," si

ou holding the watch," laug

y the undersized Englishman, who touched hi

ve 'ad a look h'at the anchor h'of Sir Francis Drake's flagship

ve, looking at the man with inte

you'll come with me, young gentlemen, h'I'll show h'it to you. H'it's one of h'our big

ades. "Come along. It'll take the launches at least six minutes to g

the young midshipmen, the undersized E

that had been indicated. Their guide had already drawn a

tlemen, h'and h'I'll foll

inside the darkened shed. Suddenly the d

joker!" roared Dalzell, wheelin

seriously and with a face from