"
"All right. It will cost me another ten to put it in shape, but after
that it will do all right. Will you deliver it to a man that I send
after it? I'll take it down to the Riverton shops and work on it.
They let me tinker things there whenever I want to."
"Certainly. Send an order, and I'll let the man have it."
"Very good. That's all for the present," and Jack went out.
His next call was at the machine shop he had spoken of, and going on
their wharf he looked around, saw an old rowboat lying on the ground,
took a good look at it, and then went to the foreman and said:
"What do you want for that rowboat lying on the wharf? I'd like to
buy it. It will just suit me."
"It is not worth much, Mr. Sheldon," said the foreman. "You can
have it if you want it."
"No, I want to buy it."
"Oh, well, say a dollar, but you'll be a dollar out if you buy it."
"I don't think so," said Jack, who knew what the boat was worth, and
that a little money expended on it would not be wasted. "May I have
a bench for a few days?"
"Yes, for as long as you like."
Jack hired a man to take the boat to the shop, bought some paint and
brushes and some narrow boards used for flooring, and then sent for
the engine, which he placed near the boat.
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