"Well, if we're going to take the girls for a ride let's do it," suggested Allen.
"How does the boat run?" asked Betty, as she turned her attention to it.
"Fine and dandy!" he exclaimed with enthusiasm.
A little later the merry party of young people were out on the wide, blue waters of the bay.
Several gladsome days followed. The boys were welcomed at Edgemere, and, as the cottage was a large one, Mrs. Nelson insisted on Will and his chums remaining there, though they said they wanted to camp out, or sleep aboard the Pocohontas. But the quarters there were rather cramped.
One day, when the boys were coming back in the boat with the girls, the engine suddenly stopped while they were still a short distance from the dock.
"Hello! What's up? Trouble?" asked Roy.
"Yes, it's that magneto again," decided Allen. "I think I'd better tie her up and get a new one. It will be giving us trouble all summer if I don't."
And then, as the craft was ingloriously paddled up to the dock, the boys held a mysterious conversation regarding ground-wires, brushes, platinum points, spark plugs and batteries.
"Oh, will the boat have to go to the repair shop?" asked Betty.