“Oh, yes, I can,” was the reply.
“Name it.”
“Lapland.”
There was a little burst of applause and laughter.[laughter.] When it subsided Billy Bradley gravely asked:
“’Ow his that? Hi never ’eard there were prettier girls in Lapland than hanywhere else.”
This caused another shout of laughter, and Billy scratched his head in a puzzled manner, trying to discover the cause of the merriment.
Ted Smart looked sad and disgusted.
“See here, Dick Merriwell, you ought to be put in jail for that! That’s stealing! I own the copyright on that conundrum! But I bet you can’t tell the difference between a jeweler and a jailer.”
“One sells watches and the other watches cells,” answered Dick, laughing. “Give us something new.”
“Confound you!” snapped Ted. “If I had a gun I’d use it on you! But, speaking of guns, what does a seventy-four-gun ship and her crew weigh with all on board?”