onia approached, the speed of the big yacht was checked and she stopped not far from the motor-boat. I

?" called the captain, leaning ov

nal men forced themselves on board and we have just gotten r

e captain gruffly, "what more do you want? I

can't go

y n

soline

d the captain, "and I'm afraid

ht give us a tow

we might

he rail and standing near the captain of the yacht. He wore a yachting cap and it was plain to the

heir way on board our boat and they have just left us. Our gasoline is out and I

he man heartily. "Have you

d not," re

ll toss y

an who had been speaking to Fred and in a brief ti

dy?" called the

y this time he and his friends had made

hen, captain

the Black Growler obediently followed abou

a. It was evident that the party had not followed the example of the Go Ahead boys in spending any nights at hotels. They sle

told, for a party of five young people in addition to the older ones assembled in the

place where a landing safely could be made Fred shouted to the people on the Caledonia, "

plied the man who had arranged for

own the St. Lawr

ed Fred, "as far

e on an island near there. My name is Stevens. If you expect

s interested as he in his word. "We certainly shall do so

dkerchiefs in response to the tokens of good will that came from the stra

could obtain a breakfast and not many minutes had elapsed before the fou

aid John as he called for

e time," said George, "if you would

night long," spoke up Fred. "

owed very plainly that you were not sleeping and yet I cannot unders

you heard," r

en't you glad," he added, "that I told you how wide the Erie Canal is? You s

yourself. You haven't your notes with you. None of that," he added quickly as Grant fe

ce and fifty-six feet wide at t

d at his discomfiture. "We can't dispute you and even if you don't know anything a

as I'm telling

anal that New York S

Grant, "but then you have to have a goo

the same tell me about the

-five feet wide at the bottom. Of course there are some places," Grant added, "when it runs into a lake o

er than the

the new one is about twelve feet deep. It's going to

supply of gasoline had been obtained, once more in hi

as only a memory and they could well affo

cked out, Peewee," said George. "There's no accounting for the ta

berly that his friends all laughed. "Once is enough and forever. I did

o the rest of us. We don't stop again without knowi

t to Syracuse early this afternoon and we can go right on to Oswego if

use," said Grant. "Probably the gasoline you bough

St. Lawrence River," declared Fred. "I'm not g

refore abounded in interest. Prosperous villages and fertile farms were passed. As the sun climbed higher into the heavens the day became so muc

rio. There they would be ready to start on the following morning and were hopeful that if no mishaps occurred they would arrive at their destination the following afternoon. The clear air, the quiet that rested over the region through wh