[Map Showing Position of Hut in Which Boys Took Refuge]
[Dick's Map of Camp Pendleton]
[Map Showing Position of Rock and Track]
The Marines Have Landed
CHAPTER I
A BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT
"Dick Comstock, you've been fighting! What will Mother and Father say when they see your black eye?" and Ursula Comstock looked with mingled pity and consternation at her brother, who, at the moment, cautiously entered the cheery living-room.
"And to-day of all days in the year to have such a thing happen," she continued. "Everyone in town will see it to-night when you deliver your oration. I do think, Dick, if you had to fight, you might have waited until to-morrow, at least."