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Back of the adjutant stood the cadet officer of the day and Captain Vesey, of the Army, who was the tac. doing duty as O.C. The calling of the roll, while the cadets stood in ranks, wondering, brought a surprise to Captain Vesey. Every cadet supposed to be in camp was present or satisfactorily accounted for.
"From the way he operates," said Roger disgustedly, "that might be never." Blasting farther ahead through the unexplored region of outer space, the cadets, who had seen a great many space phenomena, were awed by the thickening groups of stars around them.
If you're still here in the morning, I'll accept that as your answer. If you think you can't take" he paused "what I'm going to dish out, then you know what you can do. And if you stay, you'll be the best unit, or I'll break you in two in the attempt. Unit dis ... missed!" And he was gone. The three cadets stood still, not knowing quite what to do or say.
Then the two young people seated themselves and spent a delightful hour in talking over all that had befallen them both since they had last met. Belle, too, through Laura Bentley, had some much later news of the old chums, Dick and Greg, now cadets at West Point. This news, however, will be found in full in "DICK PRESCOTT'S SECOND YEAR AT WEST POINT." "What are your plans for this afternoon?"
The cadets were housed three to a tent, and Anstey, to the great delight of Dick and Greg, had been assigned to bunk with them. Anstey, too, was delighted, for the young Virginian was a gentleman of the actual type, who had been growing steadily more weary of the sham "gentleman" that Bert Dodge had so far illustrated. "I'm tent orderly this week," announced Dick, with a grin.
The procession was under the direction of Major Whipple, of the army, as Chief Marshal. It was escorted by the United States troops, which had been concentrated at Washington, the Marines, the District Volunteer Militia, the Philadelphia State Fencibles, and the Columbus Cadets.
In rotating watches, the cadets ran the ship, ate, slept, and spent their few remaining spare hours attending to their classroom work with the aid of soundscribers and story spools. Each of them was working for the day when he would wear the black-and-gold uniform of the Solar Guard officer that was respected throughout the system as the mark of merit, hard work, distinction, and honor.
Turning, Dick gave the sneak only a cold, steady look. Neither Dick nor Greg took the trouble to answer the greeting. Dodge's outstretched hand both cadets affected not to see. As it happened, few of the others present noted this brief little scene.
With mixed sensations of high elation and worried fear, the swiftly-maturing young Corpsman walked slowly through the beautiful park that surrounded the great stainless-steel skyscraper that housed the cadets during their training period. His thoughts were as twisted as were the meandering paths and walks he trod so unseeingly.
The rush of Company A was met with an extra heavy volley of snowballs. The cadets staggered under the onslaught and then came to a halt. "Now then, up and at 'em!" yelled Captain Bart. And yelling like wild Indians, his command charged on Company A. The snowballs flew thick and fast, and slowly but surely Company A was forced to give ground until it stood on the line from which it had started.
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