"But motor-boats cost money, Jack. Why, mine cost me-----"

"Never mind what it cost, Dick. You spend a lot more money thanI can afford to spend, and you have a gilt-edged affair, of course.I want a boat to use as well as to look at."

"But you want a serviceable boat, Jack?"

"I am going to have it, and it will not cost me anything like whatyour boat cost. Just let me look around a bit, Dick."

"All right, I'll let you do all the looking you want, but I'd like tobuy you a boat just the same."

"No doubt you would, and so would Jesse W. and Harry and Arthur and adozen other kids, but I am going to get one myself, and it will notcost me much either, and will give me all the service I want. Wedon't go into camp under a fortnight, and that will give me all the timeI want to build---"

"You are not going to build you a motor-boat, are you, Jack Sheldon?"asked Dick Percival in the greatest surprise.