" Eph
conducted them below.
"Drugged," announced the medical officer, after a brief examination.
"Humph!" uttered Mr. Mayhew. "That sort of trick isn't played on folks in
any decent resort on shore. I don't understand Mr. Benson's conduct. I
remember his mishap at Dunhaven. I remember the plight he got into at
Annapolis; and now he and Mr. Hastings are found in this questionable
shape. I am very much afraid these young men do not conduct themselves, on
shore, in the careful manner that must be expected of civilian instructors
to cadets."
Eph Somers felt something boiling up inside of him.
CHAPTER XIX: THE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER'S VERDICT
"Let me try to get at your meaning, sir, if you please," begged Somers,
after standing for a few seconds with clenched fists. "Do you mean that my
friends have been going into tough resorts on shore?"
"Where else do sailors usually get drugged?" inquired Mr. Mayhew. "What
kind of people usually feed sea-faring men with what are generally known
as knock-out drops?"
"How should I know?" demanded Eph, solemnly.
"You see your friends, and you see their condition.
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