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.