"And I'll try hard not to be such a goose as I was last winter!"
She referred to the trouble that had been made by another girl at Annapolis, the circumstances of which are wholly familiar to the readers of the earlier volumes of this series.
"I don't blame you for the way you felt last winter," Dave assured her heartily, "Next time, however, I hope you'll come to me first for an explanation."
"There isn't going to be any next time, Dave."
Three minutes later two midshipmen were being whirled through the city limits of Gridley.
CHAPTER V
NAVY FOOTBALL IN THE AIR
Back on the old, familiar Academy grounds!
Both Dave and Dan underwent an unconscious brace as they passed the watchman at the main gate and stepped on, each with a suit case in hand, to the left, with Bancroft Hall in the distance.
Their first move was, as it must be, to report their return to the officer in charge. By that officer the two midshipmen were assigned to the rooms that they were to occupy during the coming academic year.