“And now,” exclaimed John when he had finished, “you tell us what you have to say. Fred said there was something.”
“We had an idea while you were gone, that’s all,” said Grant.
“Tell us what it was.”
“Go ahead, Fred.”
“No, you tell them,” urged Fred.
“Well,” said Grant, “it was only this. Fred and I were talking things over and we thought it might be good fun if we took the two canoes and went off on a little trip for a couple of days. What do you think about it?”
“I think it would be great,” exclaimed John heartily. “How about you, Pop?”
“It suits me first rate,” said George eagerly. “Why can’t we start to-night?”
“That’s a little soon I should think,” laughed Grant. “We can go to-morrow though if you say so.”
“We can get some good trout fishing up these streams, you know,” said Fred. “I want to get that big trout.”