CHAPTER I.
READY FOR FIGHT OR FROLIC "Do you care to go out this evening, Danny boy ?" asked Dave Darrin, stepping into his chum's room.
"I'm too excited and too tired," confessed Ensign Dalzell.

"The first thing I want is a hot bath, the second, pajamas, and the third, a long sleep." "Too bad," sighed Dave.

"I wanted an hour's stroll along Broadway." "Don't let my indolence keep you in," urged Dalzell.

"If you're going out, then I can have the first hot bath, and be as long about it as I please.

Then I'll get into pajamas and ready for bed.