"
"Yes, and I can do better yet," said Jack, smiling. "I was just
warming her up a bit. She'll do better when she gets seasoned."
All this time Jack had said nothing to Percival about his boat, which
certainly did not look like a made-over affair now that she was
painted and decked over, had her lights and all her appurtenances,
an engine in her hold and a flagstaff at her bow, meaning to give
his friend a surprise.
The day before they were to leave the Academy and go into camp on the
river Percival asked Jack if he had secured his boat yet, and added:
"I have mine, and she is a beauty, cost me three hundred dollars, but
it's worth all that."
"Mine did not cost me a hundred," said Jack, "and she is sixteen feet
long, and makes good speed. I'll have her down to-morrow when we go
to camp. She is in a machine shop in Riverton, and it will be easy
enough to take her down to our quarters."
"So you have one, eh?" exclaimed Dick. "Where did you buy it? You've
been very quiet about it. Did you send to the city for it?"
"No, I got everything around here, as I said I would, fixed it up
myself from one thing or another, but I don't think you'd know it,
for she is like a new boat."
"And you did all the work on her yourself?"
"Certainly," laughed Jack.
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