"You might go to Louisville."
"No, I'd be sure to have trouble if I went to that place—I had trouble there before."
They looked around them, and were surprised to see the houseboat in plain view. This interested them, and they watched the Dora with curiosity.
"If we had a houseboat we could travel in fine style," was Lew Flapp's comment.
"Just the thing, Flapp!" cried Dan Baxter.
"Perhaps; but you can't buy a houseboat for two dollars and twenty cents, nor charter one either."
"We won't buy one or charter one," was Dan Baxter's crafty answer.
"Eh?"
"We'll borrow that one. She's a fairy and will just suit us, Flapp."
"I don't quite understand. You're not fool enough to think the Rovers will let you have their houseboat."