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railway station to meet the visitors. "Quick!" cried Mrs. Bentley, after the greetings were over. "There's the stage, and its about to start. We'll all get seats in it." "If that is the programme, Mrs. Bentley," laughed Dick, "Greg and I will have to overtake you, later on, on foot. Cadets are not allowed to ride in the stage. "Can't you telephone for a carriage, then?" inquired Mrs. Bentley. "Certainly, and with pleasure, but cadets may not ride in a carriage, either." "Oh, you poor cadets!" cried Mrs. Bentley. "To think of your having to climb that steep road ahead. And its ever so long, too!" "You get in the stage, mother, and Belle and I will walk up the road with Dick and Greg," proposed Laura Bentley. So the two cadets busied themselves with assisting Mrs. Bentley into the stage, after which they returned to their fair friends. "Now, I have trouble in store for you two young men," declared Belle Meade, frowning. "Why did you young men conspire to beat the Navy at football?" "For the honor and glory of the Army," replied Dick, smiling. "To put humiliation over your old chums, Dave and Dan," flashed Belle. "Laura and I were down at Annapolis, at a hop last month, as you may have heard. Poor Dave hasn't yet recovered from the blow of seeing the Navy lose that game to the Army!" "But I'll wager he didn't blame us," retorted Prescott, his eyes twinkling. "He said that, if it hadn't been for you and Greg, the Navy would have won the game," retorted Belle. "I hope that's true," declared Dick boldly. "Oh, you do, Mister Prescott? And why?" asked Belle. "Because I belong to the Army, and I want always to see the Army win." "If West Point defeats Annapolis next Thanksgiving, and if its because of you and Greg, then I'll never speak to either of you again," asserted Belle. "Come along, Dick," laughed Laura. "Belle's positively dangerous when she talks about the Navy!" "The Navy is the only real branch of the service," declared Belle, with a toss of her head. "Everybody says so. The Army is merely nothing---positive zero!" "Laughing good-humoredly, Greg piloted Belle up the long, winding walk that leads to the West Point plain. Dick and Laura soon fell in behind, at some distance, walking very slowly. "Did you have a tiresome trip here?" inquired Dick. "No; a very pleasant one," Laura replied. "I should think a long journey would be tedious to women traveling w
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