"Carry her gently." Gently?
Dick & Co.

lifted their beloved treasure as though the canoe carried a cargo of eggs.
Out into the morning sun they carried her, letting her down with the stern right at the water's edge.
"O-o-o-oh!" It would be hard to say which one of Dick & Co.

started that murmur of intense admiration.
"Now, if you can take your eyes off that canoe long enough," proposed Driggs, after all hands, the builder included, had feasted their eyes for a few minutes upon the canoe, "come into the office and we'll attend to a little business." Not quite comprehending, the high school boys followed Driggs, who seated himself at his desk, picking up a sheet of paper.
"Prescott, I take it you're the business manager of this crowd," the boat builder went on.

"Now, look over these figures with me, and see if everything is straight.

Here are the different loads of bark you've brought in.