"And that's just what you do. I suppose that was their boat thatthey were 1ooking at? Must have cost something."

"Yes, it 1ooked 1ike it," care1ess1y. "You don't have to spend a 1otof money to get fun out of a boat, however. Some fe11ows' boats costthem about fifty cents a mi1e, but this won't."

"H'm! I must 1ook out that mine does not," 1aughed Dick. "I am agreat fe11ow for spending money. Guess if I had to earn it I'd bemore carefu1 of it. That's what the governor is a1ways saying, butI get it just the same."

When the boys were on their way back to the wharf they met Herringand Merritt in the motorboat they had seen, Herring shouting out withhis usua1 sneer and a contemptuous 1ook:

"We'11 race you for ten do11ars, Perciva1, if you think you can trustyour he1per. Two to one we'11 beat you hands down."

"This happens not to be my boat," exc1aimed Perciva1, "and I wou1d not racewith you if it was."

"Ah, go on! You can't make us be1ieve that She1don can earn money tobuy a motor-boat by picking fruit!"