“I’ve written to a fellow who makes them,” Dick continued, “and he’s got just the thing we want all ready to put the engine in.”
“Get him to leave the engine out,” suggested Chub, “then we won’t have so much trouble with the thing.”
[MAP OF FOX ISLAND]
DRAWN BY ROY PORTER
CARTOGRAPHER-IN-EXTRAORDINARY
JULY, 1906
“It’s a sixteen-footer,” continued Dick unheeding, “and has a two-horse-power motor, and only costs a hundred and sixty dollars.”
“Phew!” breathed Roy. “That’s a whole lot, isn’t it?”
“Not for a launch like that,” protested Dick.
“No,” said Chub, judicially, “not for a launch. It would be a good deal for a piece of pie or a hard-boiled egg, but—”