DAVE DARRIN
AFTER THE MINE LAYERS
CHAPTER I
WEIGHING ANCHOR FOR THE GREAT CRUISE
"It sounds like the greatest cruise ever!" declared Danny Grin, enthusiastically, as he rose and began to pace the narrow limits of the chart-room of the destroyer commanded by his chum, Lieutenant-Commander Dave Darrin.
"It is undoubtedly the most dangerous work we've ever undertaken," Darrin observed thoughtfully.
"All the better!" answered Dan lightly.