“I only hope the folks at home won’t object to our taking that motor-boat trip,” remarked Fred, after the meal was over and the boys were preparing to go to their classrooms.
“I don’t see how they can object,” came from Randy. “It will be perfectly safe.”
“Of course it will be safe,” returned his twin brother. “There won’t a thing happen to us.”
“Let’s hope so, anyway,” said Jack. “We’ve had adventure enough. Gracious, just look at what happened at Big Horn Ranch and at Big Bear Lake! After all those doings, I’m willing to sit down and take it easy.”
“No sitting down for me,” broke in Andy, and in high spirits he dropped his school books and turned a cartwheel in the corridor.
“Andy Rover, what do you mean by such conduct in the school building?” came in a cold, clear-cut voice, and the boys saw Professor Duke standing in a doorway close behind them.
“Oh, excuse me, sir. I didn’t know any one was looking,” stammered the fun-loving Rover.
“After this reserve your gymnastic exercises for the gymnasium,” was the professor’s sarcastic command as he turned away.
“My, but he’s a real sociable fellow!” was Randy’s whispered comment.
“And we thought he had turned over a new leaf,” murmured Jack.