"I should not have been afraid but that I could have managed the boat as well as Frank did," replied Charles, more boldly.
"I don't know but you could, Charley," answered Fred; "but I doubt it."
"I am pretty sure I could."
"Perhaps you will be elected the next coxswain, Charley," continued Fred; and there was a slight twinkle in his mischievous eye.
"No! Oh, no! I'm sure I don't want to be coxswain."
"You don't!"
"No; I never thought of such a thing."
"Didn't?"
"I'm sure I never did."
"Then I will tell the fellows, so that they needn't throw their votes away upon you," said Fred roguishly.