CONTENTS

I.A Competitive Examination for the Naval Academy[11]
II.Mr. Thomas G. Short and His Man[21]
III.Short’s Method of Passing an Examination[33]
IV.Short’s Naval Career is Short[44]
V.Himskihumskonski[55]
VI.The Summer Practice Cruise Begins[65]
VII.Man Overboard[76]
VIII.Bollup’s Watch in a Queer Place[88]
IX.“Indignant Fourth Classman”[101]
X.“The Osborn Demonstration”[113]
XI.Third Classman Osborn[122]
XII.Chief Water Tender Hester[132]
XIII.Oiler Collins Jumps Ship[145]
XIV.Ralph is Kidnapped[156]
XV.Ralph Breakfasts with His Captain[164]
XVI.A Boiler Explosion[173]
XVII.Third Classmen Elect Class Officers[187]
XVIII.“Professor Moehler is a Liar and a Fool”[198]
XIX.“Osborn Never Wrote It, Sir”[209]
XX.Himski Saves Ralph[219]
XXI.“Creelton, I Believe You are the Man”[230]
XXII.Ralph at Bollup’s Home[241]
XXIII.Ralph Saves Bollup from Dismissal[252]
XXIV.Ralph has a Joke Played on Him by a Candidate[262]
XXV.Ralph Court-Martialed for Hazing[275]
XXVI.Ralph is Dismissed by Sentence of General Court Martial[289]
XXVII.Himski and Company are Joyfully Astonished[300]
XXVIII.First Class Leave at Hampden Grove[309]
XXIX.“Turn Out On This Floor. Turn Out, Turn Out”[320]
XXX.The Thief Unmasked[333]
XXXI.Ralph’s Lost Watch is Found[346]
XXXII.Ralph Finds His Uncle at Last[359]