There are no finer girls in the country than they." By this time the older people had joined them.

Dr.Bentley's party embarked in the launch, taking up all the room there was.
"Pass us your bow-line, and we can just as well give you boys a tow," proposed the doctor.

"There is no use in your paddling." "Thank you very much, sir," Dick answered, "but paddling is just the fun for which we bought this canoe.

We do it because we like it.

And we'll show you how fast we can get across the lake." With a toot of the whistle the launch started.