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Dalzell, Farley, Hallam, Pennington and others were detailed as members of that section. The same section was also designated for steam instruction, Dalzell being made leader of the section in this branch. The class was then dismissed. Somewhat later Pennington and Hallam returned from their interview with the commandant. Hallam at once sought out Dave.
"But what has that to do with giving Benson a commission in the Navy?" demanded Farley. "I'm coming to that," Dave replied. "As I've heard the yarn, Benson and his two boy friends attracted attention even from the European governments. The Germans and some other powers even made them good offers to desert this country and go abroad as submarine experts.
Midshipman Wolgast stepped over to Farley, holding out his right hand. "Shake, Farl! I'm glad to find a man of brains on the eleven. I know well enough that I'm not the right captain. But we couldn't make Darry accept the post." Midshipman Wolgast appeared anything but hurt by the direct candor with which he had been treated.
President," went on Farley, at the top of his voice, "class honor and that of the brigade have been satisfied by the direct, manly statement of Mr. Jetson. I move you, sir, that the motion now before this body be tabled, all further action dropped and the class meeting adjourned subject to call." "The motion to adjourn must follow the disposal of the first part of the motion," ruled the chair.
It was an event to me, and to my immediate friends among the mill-girls, when the poet Whittier came to Lowell to stay awhile. I had not supposed that it would be my good fortune to meet him; but one evening when we assembled at the "Improvement Circle," he was there. The "Offering" editor, Miss Harriet Farley, had lived in the same town with him, and they were old acquaintances.
"He might be sulking at just the time when we need him this afternoon." "That would be unmilitary," retorted Mr. Waite. "Oh, no," said Dave lightly. "Even as good a soldier as Achilles sulked in his tent, you know." "Achilles? What class was he in, then?" demanded Waite. "I don't remember the name." "He was in a class of his own, at the siege of Troy," volunteered Farley.
Farley was more leisurely in his preparations, though he did not appear nervous. In fact, Farley wasn't a bit nervous. But he meant "wind up" the fight in such short order that there would be an abundance of time to spare. "There's no use in giving you any advice, old fellow," murmured Dan. "You've been in too many fights, back in the good old High School days of Dick & Co."
"One of the first and most important requests I have to make," said Whittam presently, "is that none of you touch the switches, except by direction. None of you can guess the harm that might follow the careless and ignorant handling of a switch." "It's pretty cheeky for an enlisted man to talk to midshipmen about ignorance," whispered Pennington to Farley.
Farley and Green, who were near at hand, now came forward, and together we took the prisoner and the mules three miles down the Platte River; there, in a thick bunch of timber, we all dismounted and made preparations to hang Williams from a limb, if he did not tell us where his partner was.
Service in the Brigade of Midshipmen for three years had taught him the virtue of direct truth. "Yes, Wolly," admitted Farley without embarrassment. "I was criticizing your selection as captain of the eleven." "Nothing worse than that?" laughed First Classman Wolgast. "I was saying -no offense, Wolly -that I didn't consider you the right man to head the Navy eleven."
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