Dan's head was still down, and he was walking as blindly as ever, when he turned a corner and ran squarely into some one.
"Why don't you look out where you're going?" demanded that some one.
"Why don't you look out yourself?" snapped Midshipman Dalzell, and the next instant a heavy hand was laid upon him.
CHAPTER VI
THE "FORGOT" PATH TO TROUBLE
"Here, confound you! I'll teach you to——-"
"Teach me how to walk the way you were going when I stopped you?" demanded the same voice, and a harder grip was taken on Dalzell's shoulder.
In his misery Dan was not at all averse to fighting, if a good excuse were offered. So his first move was not to look up, but to wrest him self out of that grip, haul away and put up his guard.
"Dave Darrin!" gasped Midshipman Dan, using his eyes at last.
Dave was laughing quietly.