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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 ANNAPOLIS*** ******* This file should be named 12775.txt or 12775.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.net/1/2/7/7/12775 Updated editions
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