You don't mind, do you, boys?
But we would like to have you here at half-past four o'clock to go across the lake with us." "We'll be here," Dick promised promptly.
Six high school boys watched the girls drive off in the farm wagon, waving handkerchiefs and parasols back to the boys.
"Two o'clock," remarked Dick, looking at his watch.

"Suppose we take a spin up the lake ?" "Or go back to camp, to make it more ship shape ?" suggested Tom Reade.
"What's the use ?" inquired Prescott.

"We fixed everything as well as we could before leaving there this morning.

As to the safety of the camp, Harry's dog, Towser, can be depended upon to look after that." So Dick & Co.

headed up the lake in their canoe..