“Just like a girl–always thinking of clothes! But I’ve been thinking perhaps I should like the life. I always like to read about naval fights, and our navy’s always been some pumpkins, if it has been small. And the captain says a naval officer has a chance to go all over the world. Think of your beloved brother, who has never been on a train but six times, sailing away for China or Australia!”
Chicken Little gave a gasp, “Ernest Morton, it wouldn’t be a bit fair for you to go without me!”
“Don’t worry, I don’t suppose there’s one chance in a hundred that I could get the appointment. Father knows Senator Pratt, and the Captain said he didn’t think there was as much competition for Annapolis out here as for West Point. It’s so far from the sea. But mind, Jane, not a word to anybody till I think it over some more. I’m going to see the Captain again.”
42“O Ernest, what if you should go clear round the world?”
“’Twouldn’t hurt my feelings a bit. But mum’s the word, Sis.”
