Just at this moment, though, the sound of trouble was in the air, even if it reached interested ears but faintly.
A step was heard in the corridor outside. There was a faint knock.
The upper class midshipmen knew on the instant what the knock meant—and so indeed did Dave Darrin.
CHAPTER IV
THE "YOUNGSTERS" WHO BECAME "SPOONS ON"
It was a most critical moment in the life histories of several young men who had grown to consider themselves as future officers in the United States Navy!
Such a man as Midshipman Bender was certain to report any form of hazing he detected.
Now, the usual punishment meted out to hazers at either Annapolis or
West Point is dismissal from the service!
True, this was not brutal hazing, but merely the light form of the sport known as "running" the new man.
Nevertheless, "all hazing looks alike" to the public, when posted by the newspapers, and the Naval Academy authorities deal severely with even "running."