David Darrins Second Year at Annapolis

David Darrin's Second Year at
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Title: Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as
Naval Academy "Youngsters"
Author: H. Irving Hancock
Release Date: November 11, 2003 [EBook #10045]
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[Illustration: Darrin's Blow Knocked the Midshipman Down]

DAVE DARRIN'S SECOND YEAR AT ANNAPOLIS
or
Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters"
By
H. IRVING HANCOCK Illustrated

MCMXI

CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.
A QUESTION OF MIDSHIPMAN HONOR
II. DAVE'S PAP-SHEET ADVICE
III. MIDSHIPMAN PENNINGTON GOES TOO FAR
IV. A LITTLE MEETING ASHORE
V. WHEN THE SECONDS WONDERED
VI. IN TROUBLE ON FOREIGN SOIL
VII. PENNINGTON GETS HIS WISH
VIII. THE TRAGEDY OF THE GALE
IX. THE DESPAIR OF THE "RECALL"

X. THE GRIM WATCH FROM THE WAVES
XI. MIDSHIPMAN PENNINGTON'S ACCIDENT
XII. BACK IN THE HOME TOWN
XIII. DAN RECEIVES A FEARFUL FACER
XIV. THE FIRST HOP WITH THE HOME GIRLS
XV. A DISAGREEABLE FIRST CLASSMAN
XVI. HOW DAN FACED THE BOARD
XVII. LOSING THE TIME-KEEPER'S COUNT
XVIII. FIGHTING THE FAMOUS DOUBLE BATTLE
XIX. THE OFFICER IN CHARGE IS SHOCKED
XX. CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I
A QUESTION OF MIDSHIPMAN HONOR
"How can a midshipman and gentleman act in that way?"
The voice of Midshipman David Darrin, United States Navy, vibrated
uneasily as he turned to his comrades.
"It's a shame--that's what it is," quivered Mr. Farley, also of the third
class at the United States Naval Academy.
"But the question is," propounded Midshipman Dan Dalzell, "what are
we going to do about it?"
"Is it any part of our business to bother with the fellow?" demanded
Farley half savagely.

Now Farley was rather hot-tempered, though he was "all there" in
points that involved the honor of the brigade of midshipmen.
Five midshipmen stood in the squalid, ill-odored back room of a
Chinese laundry in the town of Annapolis.
There was a sixth midshipman present in the handsome blue uniform of
the brigade; and it was upon this sixth one that the anger and disgust of
the other five had centered.
He lay in a sleep too deep for stirring. On the still, foul air floated
fumes that were new to those of his comrades who now gazed down on
him.
"To think that one of our class could make such a beast of himself!"
sighed Dave Darrin.
"And on the morning of the very day we're to ship for the summer
cruise," uttered Farley angrily.
"Oh, well" growled Hallam, "why not let this animal of lower grade
sleep just where he is? Let him take what he has fairly brought upon
himself!"
"That's the very question that is agitating me," declared Dave Darrin, to
whom these other members of the third class looked as a leader when
there was a point involving class honor.
Dave had became a leader through suffering.
Readers of the preceding volume in this series, "DAVE DARRIN'S
FIRST YEAR AT ANNAPOLIS," will need no introduction to this fine
specimen of spirited and honorable young American.
Readers of that preceding volume will recall how Dave Darrin and Dan
Dalzell entered the United States Naval Academy, one appointed by a
Congressman and the other by a United States Senator. Such readers
will remember the difficult time that Dave and Dan had in getting

through the work of the first hard, grinding year. They will also recall
how Dave Darrin, when accused of treachery to his classmates,
patiently bided his time until he, with the aid of some close friends, was
able to demonstrate his innocence. Our readers will also remember how
two evil-minded members of the then fourth class plotted to increase
Damn's disgrace and to drive him out of the brigade; also how these
two plotters, Midshipmen Henkel and Brimmer, were caught in their
plotting and were themselves forced out of the brigade. Our readers
know that before the end of the first year at the Naval Academy, Dave
had fully reinstated himself in the esteem of his manly classmates, and
how he quickly became the most popular and respected member of his
class.
It was now only the day after the events whose narration closed the
preceding volume.
Dave Darrin and Dalzell were first of all brought to notice in "THE
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SERIES." In their High School days, back in
Gridley, these two had been famous members of Dick