PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I A Competitive Examination for the Naval Academy
CHAPTER II Mr. Thomas G. Short and His Man
CHAPTER III Short's Method of Passing an Examination
CHAPTER IV Short's Naval Career is Short
CHAPTER V Himskihumskonski
CHAPTER VI The Summer Practice Cruise Begins
CHAPTER VII Man Overboard
CHAPTER VIII Bollup's Watch in a Queer Place
CHAPTER IX " Indignant Fourth Classman "
CHAPTER X " The Osborn Demonstration "
CHAPTER XI Third Classman Osborn
CHAPTER XII Chief Water Tender Hester
CHAPTER XIII Oiler Collins Jumps Ship
CHAPTER XIV Ralph is Kidnapped
CHAPTER XV Ralph Breakfasts with His Captain
CHAPTER XVI A Boiler Explosion
CHAPTER XVII Third Classmen Elect Class Officers
CHAPTER XVIII "Professor Moehler is a Liar and a Fool"
CHAPTER XIX " Osborn Never Wrote It, Sir "
CHAPTER XX Himski Saves Ralph
CHAPTER XXI " Creelton, I Believe You are the Man "
CHAPTER XXII Ralph at Bollup's Home
CHAPTER XXIII Ralph Saves Bollup from Dismissal
CHAPTER XXIV Ralph has a Joke Played on Him by a Candidate
CHAPTER XXV Ralph Court-Martialed For Hazing
CHAPTER XXVI Ralph is Dismissed by Sentence of General Court Martial
CHAPTER XXVII Himski and Company are Joyfully Astonished
CHAPTER XXVIII First Class Leave at Hampden Grove
CHAPTER XXIX " Turn Out On This Floor. Turn Out, Turn Out "
CHAPTER XXX The Thief Unmasked
CHAPTER XXXI Ralph's Lost Watch Is Found
CHAPTER XXXII Ralph Finds His Uncle at Last
Transcriber's Notes:
Ralph Osborn—Midshipman at Annapolis
“You did well, sir”
