"It is nothing new for me to wear overalls
and a jumper, and get my hands greasy. I can wash them."
"The first time I saw you it was in overalls. Dress doesn't make a
boy. I believe you'd look all right in anything. But I'd like to see
the boat now, Jack, and not wait till to-morrow."
"Well, I don't mind showing her to you, Dick, so if you will get out
your runabout we'll go down and I'll give you a trip on the river."
"To be sure I will," replied Percival eagerly. "Come along."
CHAPTER II
TRYING OUT THE NEW BOAT
In half an hour the two boys were at the wharf of the machine shop,
and Jack was showing his new acquisition to Percival, whose delight
could hardly be expressed in words.
"Why, I say, Jack, she looks as if she had just been turned out of
the shops. Why, she's a beauty and no mistake. And you did all the
work on her yourself?"
"I did not build the boat, Dick, but I fixed her up, caulked, painted,
and decked her over forward, put the rail around the standing room,
and put in the seats, installed the engine, set the propeller, and
got her in the shape you see her now. She's all right?"
"All right? Well, I should say she was. I'd never believe that you
hadn't just got her brand new from the shop.
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