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Should this story create any interest in Ralph Osborn and his friends it may here be stated that they have all lived. They were not the first nor will they be the last to have trials and triumphs at Annapolis.

Edward Latimer Beach,

Lieutenant-Commander, United States Navy.

United States Ship Montana.

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PAGE “You did well, sir” Frontispiece “They are not my papers” 43 He saw the man just ahead and on the port bow swimming frantically 146 “You may be the man” 235 Ralph threw himself on Bollup and caught him around the waist 330

Ralph Osborn—Midshipman

at Annapolis

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“Father,” said Ralph Osborn, looking up from the book he had been reading, “I want to go to the Naval Academy.”

“Why, Ralph, how did you happen to think of that?” asked his father putting down his paper and giving to the earnest youth at his side his sympathetic attention; “what has attracted you to the naval life?”

“Father, you’ve always talked about my going to college and studying to be a lawyer. I’d much rather be a naval officer than a lawyer, and besides I don’t see how you can afford to send me to college. I’ll finish high school in a few months and then must look for some position; you can’t hope to be able to send me to college next year.”