Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen

d, familiar Ac

the watchman at the main gate and stepped on, each with a suit

fficer in charge. By that officer the two midshipmen were assigned t

en hastened to get out of cit. clothe

," murmured Dan Dalzell when, having arrayed himse

enough to please even the captious eye of the discipline officer. By the time that the two midshipmen

nded briskly

n," cal

aling Midshipman Heps

ows to rights

Dave. "Yes; we're to righ

inside the door before

ou anyt

lothes," grinned D

n?" persisted Hepson. "My being here won't

least," Da

red the first classman, suiting the action to th

tball eleven," Dave replied. "Has

. "Have you fellows any notion that w

good, from the practice

arrin answ

o strengthen the team all along the line, or I'll go down in Naval Academy histor

hat?" demanded Dan

ur eleven is rotten, sir-s

ently, "wouldn't it be a prime good idea t

colors, and especially

t are you ta

ring, and let it go by apologizing to the Army for getting

o strengthen our team. We've got to practice every minute that the commandant will

d players who have be

Dar

n," rejoined Hepson, fixin

are t

nd Dal

, or refused duty," Da

pushed yourselves f

"However, I'll promise for myself and Dalzell, too, that we'

delightedly. He jumped up, grasping

we've never played on anything as big as the Navy team. We used to be good

" grunted Hepson. "But you'll work? You'll try to mak

vy, at any point and in any sort of

ow talk!" glowed Hepson, making toward the door. "

physically able," prom

ing the door open. "And now you won't mind if I cut my

ged and Heps

to win under a chap as ne

nervousness,

't, what i

ctri

Oh, sa

e insisted. "He's a liv

h on the field this

ooking on the bright si

rumming on

that it is invincible. Still, I believe that the Navy is going to put forward a mighty s

anded Dalzell

a line we put forward, the Ar

o tooting the

y boy, sometimes the Navy wins, but most of the games of past years ha

the line to stop it!" g

get on the Navy line;

w we saw by the "Army

e playing on the West

sarily such a much,

know that better than we, after we've seen Holmes pull out so many victories for the old High Scho

s good a game as that p

d a game. You see, in the old High School days, Dick Prescott used to

Navy's chances, you'd better keep off th

ver, I'm not going to be betrayed into any bragging u

came on

t's Farley," wh

ge"-fr

n," cal

t in Farley, with Page

rward to clasp hands with the

pson?" a

told us he had gobbled y

be on the eleve

dded Farley slowly. "I'

avy can hit on some o

et!" gri

t's a big thing to play on the Navy's fighting eleven. It s

but idols, anyway, and they're two thousand years out of date.

moon if the Army carries things away fro

eclared Dave. "We'll do that, too, a

sounded musically

tion, by Jove

" of Bancroft Hall swarmed with young life. Then, ou

, roll was called, reports made an

e way of boisterousness was allowed this evening, and

into a soppy ball, struck Dalzell full in the back of the neck,

" promised Midshipman Dan, wheeli

s a gra

xcept the officer at the furthest corner of th

the brigade dismissed, some of the midshipmen-there were nearly eight hundred of them-went t

of the big squad gathered about him. Others, who could not hope to "make"

it's to be nothing this year but work, work, work!"

air, Dan soon caught the infectio

e fellows gave up their leave in order to be h

hat perhaps I didn't s

d to. And you weren'

ke me, instead of going off to Gridley like a deserter! It's October

line. There's nothing to be gained by losing

man, "has anyone invented th

nfully. "It's more to the purpose to fit ou

he blues?" asked

y the r

he minds of the midshipmen when a turn of t