Then we started on the warpath." "I wonder," asked Dave Darrin huskily, "whether it is really necessary for me to assure you of the tremendous burden of obligation that you've put upon me ?" "It isn't necessary, any way that you can look at the question," retorted Farley promptly.

"What we did for you, Darrin, is no more than we'd stand ready to do for any man in the brigade who was being ground down and out by a mean trickster." "Wouldn't I like to take peep in on Henkel, now, while the commandant is grilling him in that gentle way the commandant has ?" mocked Midshipman Page.
"David, little giant, the matter is cleared and as good as squared," cried Dalzell.

"And now I know this is the first time in my life that I've ever been really and unutterably happy!" During the nest two days it was known through the brigade at large that Midshipman Henkel was in close arrest.

The brigade did not at once learn the cause.

Yet, in such appearances as Henkel was permitted to make, it was noted that he bore himself cheerfully and confidently.
Then, one day, just before the dinner formation, Darrin was ordered to report at the commandant's office.
"Mr.Darrin," announced Commander Jephson, when the midshipman had reported and saluted, "I am glad to be able to announce that we have been able to pile up so much evidence against Mr Henkel that young man finally confessed that it was he, and he alone, who created all the disorders with your equipment, and in your room for which so many demerits have been inflicted upon you.
At the dinner formation.