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But, though Dare looked constantly, he saw no indications of the Mexican column with which General Maas had retreated. "Too bad about Cantor of your ship," murmured Lieutenant Bowers, a little later. "Though the forces have been searching for him for three or four days he can't be found anywhere. It must be fearful to be tried for treason to one's flag.
Declining the offer of a chair, Darrin remained standing stiffly. As he went through the report, Cantor frowned several times. At last he laid the signed sheets down on his desk. "Darrin," asked the division commander, "do you realize that you are out of place in the Navy?" "I do not, sir," Dave answered, coldly. "Well, you are," pursued Lieutenant Cantor.
Dave rejoined, rather warmly. "No unnecessary remarks," thundered Cantor. "I shall not place you in arrest, but on our return to the ship I shall report at once your flagrant disobedience of orders." Darrin did not answer, but the hot blood now surged to his head, suffusing his cheeks. He was deeply humiliated.
"I did have a very fair reason," Darrin went on, "the fellow passed the lie." "Called you a liar?" "That was the purport of his insult," Dave nodded. "I'm glad you knocked him down," Dalzell went on, fervently. "Yet I see danger ahead." "What danger?" Dave asked, dryly. "Cantor will report your knock-down feat to Captain Gales." "Let him.
Then came the farewell of the cantor, the thunder of applause, the crash of cymbals, the calling of the flutes, and the surge of the wind in the great dark wood. At other times it was his chief pleasure to spend a whole day in a vineyard planted on the steep slope beyond the bridge.
Darrin?" sounded a cheery voice, and Commander Bainbridge, the executive officer, stood in the doorway, bringing young Darrin to his feet in prompt salute. "I was passing, Darrin, and so I called," announced the executive officer. "Otherwise, I would have summoned you to my office. Lieutenant Cantor has secured shore leave until eleven o'clock to-night. As we are busy aboard, Mr.
I also think it an advantage that when a "High-School of Music" was first thought of, the promoters at once secured the services of an admirable PRACTICAL MASTER OF STYLE AND EXECUTION. If, to-day, I had to put a theatre capellmeister in the way of comprehending how he ought to conduct a piece, I would much rather refer him to Frau Lucca, than to the late Cantor Hauptmann at Leipzig, even if the latter were still alive.
Lieutenant Cantor rose from his desk, facing his angry subordinate. "You lie!" he declared, coldly. "You cur!" Dave Darrin hissed back, his wrath now at white heat. Instantly he launched a blow full at Cantor's face. The lieutenant warded it off. Within three or four seconds several blows were aimed on both sides, without landing, for both were excellent boxers.
Dalzell, wide-eyed with news, drew his brother officers aside. "Cantor has escaped!" Dan murmured, excitedly. "It was not widely known on the 'Long Island' that he was in arrest. So it seems that he went down over the side, stepped into a gig, and ordered the coxswain to take him ashore.
"I'm ready for duty wherever I'm put," Dave answered, seriously. "None the less, I'm delighted that I'm ordered ashore." Lieutenant Cantor was greatly disappointed when he found that he was to remain aboard ship. Captain Gales had his own reasons for keeping that young officer away from shore. Under cover on the "Long Island" all was bustle, yet without a trace of confusion.
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