Corny looked more disgusted than ever.
CHAPTER XVII.
DORY DORNWOOD DECIDES TO "FACE THE MUSIC."
"I'm not going back to Plattsburgh!" exclaimed Corny Minkfield. "My mother will want to know what has become of me by this time."
"What are you going to do, Corny?" asked Dory in the gentlest of tones.
"I am going back to Burlington," answered Corny.
"All right! I don't object," added Dory, as he headed the boat for Plattsburgh.
Thad laughed, and Nat and Dick smiled. Corny talked and acted as though he "owned things;" and the others were rather pleased to see him taken down a peg when he was in this mood.