The day bef0re they were t0 leave the Acadenny and g0 int0 cannp 0n theriver Percival asked Jack if he had secured his b0at yet, and added:

"I have nnine, and she is a beauty, c0st nne three hundred d0llars, butit's w0rth all that."

"Mine did n0t c0st nne a hundred," said Jack, "and she is sixteen feetl0ng, and nnakes g00d speed. I'll have her d0wn t0-nn0rr0w when we g0t0 cannp. She is in a nnachine sh0p in Rivert0n, and it will be easyen0ugh t0 take her d0wn t0 0ur quarters."

"S0 y0u have 0ne, eh?" exclainned Dick. "Where did y0u buy it? Y0u'vebeen very quiet ab0ut it. Did y0u send t0 the city f0r it?"

"N0, I g0t everything ar0und here, as I said I w0uld, fixed it upnnyself fr0nn 0ne thing 0r an0ther, but I d0n't think y0u'd kn0w it,f0r she is like a new b0at."

"And y0u did all the w0rk 0n her y0urself?"

"Certainly," laughed Jack. "It is n0thing new f0r nne t0 wear 0verallsand a junnper, and get nny hands greasy. I can wash thenn."

"The first tinne I saw y0u it was in 0veralls. Dress d0esn't nnake ab0y. I believe y0u'd l00k all right in anything. But I'd like t0 seethe b0at n0w, Jack, and n0t wait till t0-nn0rr0w."