"Good-by," echoed both boys, and with quickened pace they drew toward the shore and soon joined Lewis and the Codfish.
CHAPTER V. THE WATER CARNIVAL.
Business still held good, and less than two weeks after the Queen's Ferry began its traffic there was money enough in the treasury to pay all running expenses and leave enough for the first installment of fifty dollars for Mr. Simpkins.
"It isn't due until the end of the summer," said Frank, "but we might as well pay it, and there's five dollars over for Captain Silas. That's for the idea."
"And please, sir, where does the crew come in?" inquired the Codfish.
The boys were all seated on the veranda of the Armstrong home. After dinner, with paper and pencil they had gone over their daily earnings, with the result that the decision to pay up had been made. All voted unanimously.
"Oh, you will get your reward by and by. Isn't it enough to have such company as ours without pay?" queried Lewis.
"Say, Codfish," said Jimmy, "that poster of yours was a dandy." He referred to the one that the Codfish had spent the greater part of the day before preparing, and it was the announcement of the special excursion to Turner's Point on Thursday. The Codfish had put his best efforts on the work, and, like the others that had preceded it, it was embellished with drawings illustrating the coming carnival.