Back in his face
was hurled the volley:
"N N N N,
A A A A,
V V V V,
Y Y Y Y,
NAVY!
Grin!
Grin!
Grin!"
"Eh?" muttered Danny, when the last line reached him. They were
unexpected. Then, as be faced the laughing eyes down in the street,
Dalzell justified his nickname by one of those broad smiles that
had made him famous at the Naval Academy.
Dave Darrin waved his hand in thanks for the "Four-N" yell, the
surest sign of popularity, and vanished inside. When he returned
to the parlor be found that Farley had conducted his parents and
friends to one of the parlor windows, from which, behind drawn
blinds, they had watched the scene and heard the uproar without
making themselves visible.
At noon the hotel dining room was overrun with midshipmen and
their friends, all awaiting the afternoon train.
But at last the time came to leave Annapolis behind in earnest.
Extra cars had been put on to handle the throng, for the "train,"
for the first few miles of the way, usually consists of but one
combination trolley car.
"You're leaving the good old place behind," murmured Belle, as
the car started.
"Never a graduate yet but was glad to leave Annapolis behind,"
replied Dave.
"It seems to me that you ought not to speak of the Naval Academy
in that tone."
"You'd understand, Belle, if you had been through every bit of
the four-year grind, always with the uncertainty ahead of you
of being able to get through and grad.
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