A midshipman at the Naval Academy, I understand, is kicked out of the service if he tells lies." "Not quite--only in case he gets caught," laughed Dave Darrin.
"But really, about being nervous--" "Oh, forget that sort of nonsense, won't you, Dan, old fellow ?" begged his chum.

"Just get your eye on the lovely country we're going through." It was just about the first of June.

Our two young travelers had come by train, from Baltimore to a little country junction.
Thence they had traveled, briefly, by trolley, to Odenton.

There, after a wait of some minutes, they had boarded another trolley car, and were now bowling along through the open country of that part of Maryland.

At the end of their journey lay the historic little town of Annapolis.