ning Andy's beautiful boat would be ruined. I am sorry to say that

ation at the injury done to his enem

troyed. If Andy would only have agreed to exchange for ten

iloquized Conrad. "He will regret

t. Every time the bell rang he thought it mig

iend, Valentine, and told him of

at it, Val," he sa

s excited, and he at onc

tion of surprise when

he said. "It is far ahead

hange. He offered me

't think of

s, it is Mr. Gale's gift, and even if he had

too. But are you going to

I have no boatho

for two boats," said Valentine.

be glad to pay you rent

ey, Andy; I will do i

ustn't forget that I

d of it; but, all the same

ad doesn't hav

promised him one. He has not

hey reached the boathouse. There was no difficulty in putting it

Andy, so that you can get at yo

That will be

ou like M

fall in with him. It will be a gr

nking of g

hink so-I

down to the pond, provided with the shavings a

t more prudent, in view of the plot in which he was engaged, t

now," said the tramp, whe

onrad, sharply. "If I should do that,

nough. I want to get eve

o you kn

, evasively. "He played me a mean tr

of a tric

er time-I haven't time no

at

didn't spoil the bo

you must not leave it on the bank, f

t. I'll b

livered to the tra

e tramp went down to t

's b

t this was the one he was to destroy. He waited till half-pa

them over with pieces of board, which, with the help of the h

g it, however. But to finish the work he used the hatchet, and hacked vigorous

lated this work w

chuckled to himself. "I'd like to

rad had agreed to meet him at an old ruined barn no

e earlier," he said, "for

ble Conrad directed h

itting outside,

you," he said. "I hav

u do th

kon. That boat ain'

k any one sa

one round. It may have been found out by no

id the job? You are

ou can go and s

dent. Conrad wished some one el

ramp's word. His avowed hostility to Andy mad

he money,

e's the

the toolhouse where it

to get it back witho

hatchet with him. He was not to do it without observati

oing with the h

en using it in

ing to imitate George Washingt

e," said Conra

to see just how badly Andy's boat was injured, and as there was no schoo

ohn," he said. "We'll tak

rig

they met Jimmy Morris, coming from it. He seeme

ter, Jimmy?" as

, who naturally guessed th

"It is such a pity! I

y for me?" demand

ned. It is all hacked up,

ou mean And

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