y, are you going

k and was much relieved to find that the resulting thump was nothing mo

umbled, but half awake. "

, and the race is Saturday, and, take it from me, we have a lot of wo

're going to get that new motor installed in the Sprite, we sure

Golden boys were early risers, e

re Irish, and don't you fergit it, young feller." He was about 40 years old, and for the last twenty years had been man-of-all-work for the Goldens. He was very quick witted, good natured, had a decided mechanical turn, and his "byes," as he called Bob and

ed, for as soon as possible they intended to start for the lake and put a new twenty horsepower e

ou run over to the garage and bring round the big ca

nk ye're agoing to take a

now. Easy now with that motor and don't for mercy's sake, d

come down till they had finished, and as the family were not at the lake just then, there was no one

folks, who had come to see them off, they started with Bob at the w

the extreme upper end of the lake, but Bob was a fast driver,

tumbling out of the machine as it came to a stop. "Sure and I thought I'd b

ty strong," laughed Jack, as he u

ly engaged taking the old engine out of the Sprite and so rapidly did they work, stoppi

ou take the canoe and see if you can get a few perch for supper,"

ess time than it takes to tell it, he had the little canoe in the water and

et of line and began rowing at a rate just sufficient to keep the canoe in motion. The fish bit we

ly had he taken up the oars however, when, looking up, he saw a new motorboat coming rapidly up the pond, and only a

g?" shouted Will Jenkins, as soon a

as possible, for he did not reli

"are you going to enter the

eb

we can run circles round y

does look fast,

ak, and look at her

ut down their engine, and the two boa

u can manage to keep in sight," taunted Fred,

le without hitting and give him a good scare. But just as he was going to turn to avoid hitting the canoe, something went wrong with the tiller and the next momen

Jack was mad clear through, for it had looked to him as though Fred had hit him intentionally. Fortunately, the canoe was so

my tiller rope stuck and I couldn't tu

want to give me a wider berth or I'

bantam! Suppose you le

k up all but two or three of his fish, while the Winner hea

very hard not to hit me," muttered Jack

finished packing away the old engi

If I had them two young saplin's in me hands

t to be taught to be more careful. However no great harm is done and now let's g

9 o'clock, and the boys decided that they would g

some one began to shake him and opening his sleepy eyes he

rying to get in to the boathouse. I was smoking a

less than a minute they were out of be

ack and I will go round through the woods. Go

not very dense. It was a bright moon-light night, and as they emerged from the woods and were within about

pered Bob, "let's m

se, they were grabbed and thrown to the ground. It is not to be supposed that they gave in without a struggle, and for a few

urned his captive over. "What are you doi

d reply. "Can't a fellow take

t into our boathouse in the middle of

ld shack. We were only walking by and hap

his captive, who proved to be Fred Jenkins. "They were

s captive up, "you hike out of here

s sneaking round here again sure and it's meself

getting even, the two cr

"I'm agoing to sleep in the boathouse, and if them fellers co

best plan. Come on, Jack, it is nearly 1 o'clock,