haven't any faith in Cantor's honor."

"Why, he'll have to do it," Dave contended, proudly. "Cantor
is an officer in the United States Navy. Can you picture an officer
as telling a deliberate falsehood?"

"It wouldn't be extremely difficult to picture Cantor as doing
anything unmanly," Dan replied, slowly.

"Oh, but he couldn't tell a falsehood," Darrin protested. "That
would be impossible---against all the traditions of the service."

"My infant," Dan retorted, "I am afraid that, some day, you will
have a rude awakening."

While these events were happening Captain Gales was closely
questioning John Carmody. Coxswain Riley and Corporal Ross of
the marines had already been before him.

As Darrin left his division officer's quarters Cantor turned to
wipe his stinging cheek, which he next examined closely in a glass.
Then he turned back to his desk, smiling darkly.

Rapidly he wrote his comment on Darrin's report, signed his own
report, and then leaned back, thinking hard.

"I'll do it!" he muttered, the sinister smile appearing again.

Picking up his pen, He began to write a separate report, charging
Ensign David Darrin with viciously knocking him down while on duty.