ere he's taught that nothing on earth matters but
the Navy!"

Later in the afternoon the train pulled in at Baltimore. It was
nearing dusk when the train pulled out of Philadelphia on its
way further north.

Yet the passage of time and the speeding of country past the ear
windows was barely noticed by the Gridley delegation. There was
too much to talk about---too many plans to form for the next two
or three weeks of blissful leave before duty must commence again.

Here we will take leave of our young midshipmen for the present,
though we shall encounter them again as they toil on upward through
their careers.

We have watched Dave and Dan from their early teens. We met them
first in the pages of the _"Grammar School Boys' Series."_ We know
what we know of them back in the days when they attended the Central
Grammar School and studied under that veteran of teachers, "Old
Dut," as he was affectionately known.

We saw them with the same chums, of Dick & Co., when that famous
sextette of schoolboys entered High School. We are wholly familiar
with their spirited course in the High School. We know how all
six of the youngsters of Dick & Co. made the name of Gridley famous
for clean and manly sports in general.

Our readers will yet hear from Dave and Dan occasionally. They
appear in the pages of the _"Young Engineers' Series,"_ and also
in the volumes of the _"Boys of the Army Series."_

In this latter series our young friends will learn just how the
romance of Dave Darrin and Belle Meade developed; and they will
also come across the similar affair of Dick Prescott and Laura
Bentley.

Dave and Dan had, as they had expected, but a brief stay in the
home town.

Bright and early one morning a postman handed to each a long,
official envelope from the Navy Department. In each instance
the envelope contained their orders to report aboard one of the
Navy's biggest battleships.

Our two midshipmen were fortunate in one respect. Both were ordered
to the same craft, their to finish their early Naval educations
in two years of practical work as officers at sea ere they could
reach the grade of ensign and step into the ward-room.

***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DAVE DARRIN'S FOURTH YEAR AT
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