CHAPTER XVII. - THE RESULT AT THE HOP.Every one goes to hops promptlyon time at West Point. In select society it is the thing nowadays to go late everywhere, so Chauncey assured his friends. But at the academy relentless tattoo sounds on hop-nights at half-past nine as usual. The cadets have to be in line at camp five minutes later. And so, anxious to dance all they can, everybody who intends to dance is on hand by the hour of eight.
The dances were held, in Mark's day, in the academy building, in two big rooms on the second floor. Those rooms are used as examination rooms;luckless and frightened candidates were sent there to show what they do not know. This evening, however, it was gay and festive.
The West Point Military Band, in full plumage, occupied a small platform and dispensed an
