Naval Occasions, and Some Traits of the Sailor-man

learn. He was taught to "drop everything and nip!" when called; how, when, and whom to salute. To pull an oar and sail a boat; to knot, splice, and run aloft; how to

education nearing its end, he had to begin all ove

at the hands of Olympian "Niners" (Fourth-term Cadets). He had to accustom himself to bathe, dress and undress, to sleep and to pray, su

with newly-acquired and vastly interesting knowledge. The beagles and football sweated the "callow suet" off hi

mporaries. About this time began his friendship with Jubbs. This young gentleman's real name was as unlike his sobriquet as anything could be; among a community of Naval Cadets this was perhaps a sufficient raison d'être: anyhow none other was ever forthcoming. They earned their "Rugger" colours toget

n to attend the prize-giving. At the conclusion of the ceremony he was piloted to the Canteen, where the Cadet Captains were pleased to

g's Medal. For one never-to-be-forgotten moment she watched him turn from the dais and come towards her, erect and rather pale, with compressed