Darry and Dalzell! What evil spirit tempted them to be in that scrape ?" In the meantime Lieutenant Preston was arraigning the captured delinquents before the officer in charge, and the commandant of midshipmen had already been telephoned for and was on the way.
Study call cut short a good deal of excited discussion on the different decks.

The commandant of midshipmen arrived, heard the evidence of the discipline officer, looked over the offenders, entered their names on his own record, and then spoke briefly, but in the voice of fate itself: "The accused midshipmen will go to their rooms.

They will, until further orders, remain in their quarters, except for recitations and meal formation.

They will forego all privileges until the superintendent or higher authority has acted finally in this matter.

That is all, young gentlemen.