Of course, the hop comes on for to-morrow night.

Let me have until Sunday evening.

Meanwhile I'll talk with some of the other fellows of my class.

You both come in here Sunday evening, and I'll have the answer for you--if there's any possible way of finding one." With that the chums had to be content.

Expressing their gratitude to this friendly first classman, they withdrew.
That Saturday forenoon Dan did considerably better with the two recitations that he had in hand.
"I got easier questions than usual, I guess," he said to Dave, with a mournful smile.
After Saturday dinner, Dave and Dan, having secured permission to visit in Annapolis, steered their course through the gate, straight up Maryland Avenue, through State Circle and around into Main Street, to the Maryland House.
At the desk they sent up their cards to Mrs.Meade, then stepped into the parlor.
Barely two minutes had passed when Belle and Laura flew downstairs.
"Mother says she'll be down as soon as she fancies you'll care about seeing her," laughed Belle.
"And how are you getting on in your classes ?" asked Laura Bentley, glancing straight at unhappy Dan.
Both midshipmen had agreed not to mention a word of Dan's heartache to either of the girls.
Dan gulped hard, though he managed to conceal the fact.
Darrin, however, was ready with the answer: "Oh, we're having pretty rough sailing, but we're both still in our class." Which statement was wholly truthful.
"Up at West Point," Laura continued, "Dick told us that the first two years were the hardest for a man to keep his place.