Ralph Osborn, Midshipman at Annapolis
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Edward L. Beach. Ralph Osborn, Midshipman at Annapolis
Ralph Osborn, Midshipman at Annapolis
Table of Contents
PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. A Competitive Examination for the Naval Academy
CHAPTER II. Mr. Thomas G. Short and His Man
CHAPTER III. Short’s Method of Passing an Examination
CHAPTER IV. Short’s Naval Career is Short
CHAPTER V. Himskihumskonski
CHAPTER VI. The Summer Practice Cruise Begins
CHAPTER VII. Man Overboard
CHAPTER VIII. Bollup’s Watch in a Queer Place
CHAPTER IX “Indignant Fourth Classman”
CHAPTER X “The Osborn Demonstration”
CHAPTER XI. Third Classman Osborn
CHAPTER XII. Chief Water Tender Hester
CHAPTER XIII. Oiler Collins Jumps Ship
CHAPTER XIV. Ralph is Kidnapped
CHAPTER XV. Ralph Breakfasts with His Captain
CHAPTER XVI. A Boiler Explosion
CHAPTER XVII. Third Classmen Elect Class Officers
CHAPTER XVIII “Professor Moehler is a Liar and a Fool”
CHAPTER XIX “Osborn Never Wrote It, Sir”
CHAPTER XX. Himski Saves Ralph
CHAPTER XXI “Creelton, I Believe You are the Man”
CHAPTER XXII. Ralph at Bollup’s Home
CHAPTER XXIII. Ralph Saves Bollup from Dismissal
CHAPTER XXIV. Ralph has a Joke Played on Him by a Candidate
CHAPTER XXV. Ralph Court-Martialed For Hazing
CHAPTER XXVI. Ralph is Dismissed by Sentence of General Court Martial
CHAPTER XXVII. Himski and Company are Joyfully Astonished
CHAPTER XXVIII. First Class Leave at Hampden Grove
CHAPTER XXIX “Turn Out On This Floor. Turn Out, Turn Out”
CHAPTER XXX. The Thief Unmasked
CHAPTER XXXI. Ralph’s Lost Watch Is Found
CHAPTER XXXII. Ralph Finds His Uncle at Last
Footnote
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Edward L. Beach
A Story of Life at the U.S. Naval Academy
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At this time Ralph Osborn was about eighteen years old. He was of medium height and build; his eyes were brown; in them was a steadfast earnestness that always attracted friendships and inspired confidence. His salient characteristics were truthfulness and determination. Except when his mother died no sorrow had ever been a part of Ralph’s life. Time had dimmed that sorrow, and to him his mother was now a beautiful, tender memory. His affection for his father was unbounded. The Osborns were a good family; there had never been a better one in Toledo, but Mr. Osborn had not been successful as a business man and now depended for his support entirely upon the salary he earned as bookkeeper.
Ralph wrote to his uncle, and received the following letter in reply:
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