"
"How is it different, I'd like to know?"
"Well, in the first place, there's no guesswork in my case. Belle
and I are engaged, and we feel perfectly sure each of the other.
I'm so sure of Belle that I dream about her only in my leisure
moments. I don't ever let her face come between myself and the
pages of a textbook. I am here at the Naval Academy working for
a future that Belle is to share with me when the time comes, and
so, in justice to her, I don't let the thought of her get between
myself and the duties that will lead to the career she is to share
with me."
"Humph!" commented Midshipman Dalzell.
"Above all, Dan, I've never Frenched it over the wall. I don't take
any disciplinary chances that can possibly shut me off from the
career that Belle and I have planned. Belle Meade, Danny boy, would
be the first to scold me if she knew that I had Frenched it over the
wall in order to meet her."
"Well, Miss Preston doesn't know but what I had regular leave
tonight," Danny replied.
"Miss Preston?" repeated Dave his interest taking a new tack.
"I don't believe I know her."
"I guess you don't," Dan replied. "She's new in Annapolis. Visiting
her uncle and aunt, you know. And her mother's with her."
"Are your intentions serious in this, Danny?" Darrin went on.
"Blessed if I know," Dalzell answered candidly. "She's a mighty
fine girl, is May Preston. I don't suppose I'll ever be lucky
enough to win the regard of such a really fine girl.
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