The Cruise of the Training Ship; Or, Clif Faraday's Pluck

During his brief career as a cadet at the United States Naval Academy, Clif had not been placed in many very startling and dangerous situations, but he was a youth of natural co...

“N-nothing, but I heard a cracked kind of a voice,” whimpered the little lad, almost in tears. “It--it seemed to come from the roof. Oh, the old tub is haunted! Let’s leave.”

For one moment the five cadets stared in horror at the body, then with one accord they broke for the launch. As they did so the torpedo boat lurched abruptly to one side, tossed...

Clif could hardly repress a chuckle, although he fully realized the gravity of their position. With his ever-present sense of humor, he saw that he could have a “high old time”...

It was shortly after quarters on a Saturday morning, and the trim old frigate was riding easily at anchor in the Tagus River just off the main landing dock of Lisbon, Portugal.

Springing to his feet, the officer made a grasp for the dangling rope. Before he could reach it, a long wave swept along the rolling hull and caught the whaleboat upon its crest.

The startling cry, wafted aft from the forecastle by a sudden shifting of the gale, came to an end just as the officer on watch awakened to the fact that something was wrong.

“Worse than that,” added Joy, equally angry. “Look at the poor kid’s face. I’ll bet anything Greene tried to throw him off the spar to make more room for his own worthless carca...

“You didn’t mean? Why didn’t you mean? Say, is it possible you say things without meaning them? Then you don’t tell the truth. Ergo--you can’t be trusted. A pretty naval officer...

Clif himself was similarly attired, and the single garment revealed to advantage his erect, muscular figure. He was not over large for his seventeen years of age, but there was...

“Only day before yesterday,” laughed Juanita Windom, with a shy glance at Cliff, who looked extremely self-conscious under the battery of such eyes. “Why, it seems months since...

All afternoon and until after supper time Clif and the rest continued their preparations for the entertainment which was destined to prove (so they fondly hoped) the crowning tr...

Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship. He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times. He was thinking longingly of th...

In a back room of a disreputable drinking resort on a narrow street leading from the water front were seated two youths clad in the uniform worn by United States naval cadets.

“We may be mistaken after all,” persisted the lanky plebe. “Limbs have a habit of dropping from trees, you know. We would feel rather foolish if we aroused the house, and found...

“Him should be Japan,” said Trolley, genuine admiration in his voice. “If boy do that in Japan navy they make him hero. Mikado give medal and all people sing songs.”

In the excitement Nanny had been temporarily forgotten. The little lad had ran up the rigging to the foretop, then seeing that his friend was in trouble, he descended midway to...

The liberty party from the old _Monongahela_ was composed of one-half of the port watch, and the forty odd cadets composing it glanced back in gleeful triumph at their less fort...

Lieutenant Watson, the executive officer of the _Monongahela_, aroused from a sound sleep by the indescribable pandemonium, lost no time in heedless inquiries, but rushed on dec...

“Wait a bit until we get him served and spliced, Dodge. He’s kicking like a steering wheel in a nor’east gale. There, that’s it. Another turn about his arms and we’ll have the r...

The pedestrians in the streets taken by Clif and Joy little thought as they glanced carelessly at the two cadets that the sturdy youth with the intelligent, manly face was he wh...

Quarters are held at the usual hour, then Jack’s time is his own. The “smoking lamp” is lighted, and those who care to indulge in a pipe are permitted to do so. In passing it ma...

The excitement that ensued was intense. There was a rush for the spot by visitors, officers and crew. A chorus of screams from the feminine visitors, a quick word of command, an...

The top was down, but Clif was too engrossed in thought to discover the fellow. On went the conveyance through the miserably paved streets, on past churches and stores and resid...

“But think what it means, my dear fellow. Why, such a thing has never been dreamed of before on a naval academy practice ship. Plebes give an entertainment! Pshaw! you’re crazy!”

“Fact, sir. I’m not supposed to give the secret away, but I know you won’t repeat it. The American Government is very progressive, sir. And the American naval officer is great o...

“He! he! you try be funny, Clif. Yes, they push me along. They say I good actor and know how to make laugh. Say, Clif, we no do one thing to other cadets when we have show. Hurr...

“Oh, there is more than one way to kill a cat,” replied the other. “You just promise that you will lend a hand, and I’ll furnish any amount of schemes.”