True Blue: Stirring Stories of Naval Academy Life — page 18: what you’re looking at

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16 “TRUE BLUE. hour had found a good many of the students off on independent strolls, and Vic could not particularize. ‘ “Why, Clif?” he inquired. ‘ “1 may tell you later,” answered Clif, enigmatically. “I will be back soon.”’ Chit made for the orderly’s tent, and found that indi- vidual smilingly accommodating as he intinated that he would like to look over the camp log. this was an unofficial record of cruise and camp. do- ings, including written reports, from nearly every cadet assigned at one time or another to special duty. Clit ran these over several times, comparing the hand- writing of the page he scanned with the torn slips of pa- per he had found in the woods. “It was a cadet who wrote them.” Clit started out with that idea firmly’ rooted in his mind. At last he came to a page that was an eye-opener . its handwriting tallied preeisely with the handwriting of the little paper fragments. “It was a cadet,” filled out Clif complete, “and his namie is Chawncey De Lawncey !” Chit closed the book and put away the incriminating slips of paper, but still sat on the stool reflecting deeply, lor the orderly had left the tent. “What is the game ?” “Game,” some sinister plotting, Clif only could attribute to Chawncey De Lawncey. | = - pill, e — = ll . =~ (i Em! ~ ~~ - -—™, _—_— a — -— ~~ —™ & oo z a ‘ : yr a | I, _ F ; i | ; ‘ 4 | f P . He could not believe that the exquisite was honestly ' ' smitten with Bessie Stuart's prettiness, fetching as that | prettiness was. the sole ambition of Chawneey De Lawncey’s life had - been “to down araday !” His popularity ; his acknowledged leadership had made the anglicized plebe frantic on some occasions, disgruntled on all where Clif shone solely from his own modest but resplendent merits. Was Chawncey trving to reach him in some underhand way through Bessie? lhe naval cadet, outside of feeling slightly indignant that the noodle should even dare to“asptre to Bessie’s no- tice, smiled with confidence at any fear that Chawncey , would succeed in enlisting Miss Stuart's attention. 7 ee SE mn ean, ee ae Fa Oe = ae comicbooks.col