Affectionately and sincerely yours,
Arthur M. Winfield.
THE PUTNAM HALL CHAMPIONS
CHAPTER I
A RACE ON THE LAKE
“Talk about a life on the ocean wave, Pep; isn’t this good enough for anybody?”
“It certainly is, Jack,” answered Pepper Ditmore. “And I think the Alice is going to prove a dandy.”
“The Alice a dandy?” came from a third youth aboard the sloop. “How can you make that out? Girls aren’t dandies.”
“But this girl is a boat,” put in a fourth youth. “Say, has anybody got an apple he doesn’t want?” he went on, looking from one to another of his companions.
“What, Stuffer, aren’t you filled up yet?” demanded Jack Ruddy, who had hold of the tiller of the craft that was speeding up the lake. “To my certain knowledge you have eaten ten apples already.”
“Ten?” snorted Paul Singleton, who was often called Stuffer because of his love of eating. “Not a bit of it! I’ve only had four—and two were very small.”