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"Now, I'm ready to maintain, at all times, that I know more about my liver and its hanging-out place than anyone else possibly can." There was a note of half challenge in this, but the time-keeper merely laughed and turned away. Members of the second class usually feel too grave and dignified to "take it out of" plebes. That work is left to the "youngsters" of the third class. A little later Mr.
Along the color line the guns of the battalion were stacked. Over the center of the line the colors of the country and the cadet colors were draped with beautiful effect. Cadets of the three upper classes escorted the visitors through. The plebes stood by their own tents, answering when spoken to, which was not often.
Welcomed by the victorious general as a valuable assistant in his ambitious designs, and raised by his influence to the offices of quæstor, augur, and tribune of the plebes, he displayed admirable boldness and activity in the maintenance of his patron's cause, in opposition to the violence and intrigues of the oligarchical party.
The yearlings now became second class men, and departed on their summer furlough, to last until the latter part of August. The old plebes moved up a peg, also, and became the new yearlings, vested with all the power of hazing and otherwise oppressing and training the plebes. But for the new plebes what? They were plebes just as much as ever, and would be until the following June.
Some of the yearlings who stood outside peering in should have kept a weather eye open for the approach of trouble from tac. quarters. But, as the ordeals of both of the once frisky plebes became more severe, the interest of those outside increased. Crab-crab-crab! continued Mr. Briggs.
Fortunately both plebes were too much astonished to utter a sound. "Crouch and scowl at me, Greg -hideously whispered alert-witted Dick." As he spoke, Prescott swiftly crouched before Holmes. Dick's hands rested on his knees; he stuck out his tongue and scowled fiercely at Holmes, who tried to repay the compliment with interest.
Lieutenant Denton asked the fellow Prescott, who is a cadet captain, to keep a watch and stop plebes before they had a chance to get on the other side of the guard line. "Well, I knew the point at which plebes were in the habit of getting past the guard line, and so did Prescott, I guess. So, a little after taps, I slipped outside the guard near where I judged Prescott would be watching.
"There's one satisfaction, anyway," thought Haynes savagely, as he walked blindly back toward the door of his own subdivision in barracks, "I can take it all out on the plebes!" Just as he was going up the steps Haynes encountered a plebe coming out. "Here, mister!" growled Haynes. "Swing around with you! At attention, sir! What's your name, mister?" But the plebe did not even pause.
Harry Hunter had graduated from the Academy the year Happy and his class were plebes, and had been the two-striper of the company of which Wheedles was now the two-striper. His return to Annapolis with his lovely young wife was the signal for all manner of festive doings, and it need hardly be added that Mrs. Harold's party had a row of seats which commanded every corner of the stage. Mr.
However, the special duty imposed upon Cadet Prescott for this night related to plebes, and plebes do not go to the hops. Bringing out his camp chair, Dick sat once more before his tent. Down at Jordan's tent he could still hear the low hum of cadet voices. "Something is certainly going on there," mused Prescott. For a moment or two he felt highly curious; then he repressed that feeling.
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