Part 9 (2/2)
”You ! and I haven't had a chocolate all day How did you co them?”
”Amy asked me to,” he said boldly
”Oh, Will Ford! I did not!” and Aallantly informed her
”Well, anyhow take the the box of confectionery into her lap
”Oh, A” a look of wonder at her brother
”And while Amy passes the treat, perhaps you will kindly elucidate the riddle of the ice boat for us,” suggested Mollie, catching a marshmallow chocolate which A very co on some candy that he produced froly innumerable pockets Betty said she never could understand how a boy could remember all the pockets he had--fourteen she once counted, when she had Allen Washburn enumerate them for her
”It's this way,” went on Will, with tantalizing slowness, but Grace knew better than to try to hurry hi ice boat”
”You have?” cried Grace ”You never toldabout it” She looked her keen reproaches
”Well, I' you now,” said Will ”It is a second-hand one, and used to belong to the Chacalott Club, down the river They bought a new one for racing purposes, and Allen heard of the chance to get this one
He told me, I told Frank, Frank told--told----”
”Oh, spare us the horrible details!” protested Grace ”Where do we come in?”
”In the ice boat, of course Where else did you expect?” and Will grinned at her like a Cheshi+re cat
”Provoking!” ed Mollie ”We've got so , roomy ice boat,” went on Will ”It isn't as comfortable as your _Gem_, Betty, and has no cabin”
”No cabin!” cried Aht all boats had to have cabins”
”An ice boat is like a pair of stilts, crossed,” explained Will
”There's no room for a cabin, but there is a sort of cockpit on this one It will hold ten when they aren't spilled out on the way”
”Spilled out?” queried Mollie ”That sounds interesting”
”It is--when you're not spilled,” said Will ”You see in a stiff breeze the ice boat sort of rears up on its hind legs, like an auto going around a curve on theels, and there the spilling begins
”As I said, the cockpit of the _Spider_ will hold about ten comfortably, and if half spill out, why sothemselves in”
”But what about us?” asked Grace
”Oh, we'll hold you in,” volunteered Will, cheerfully
”No, I o to camp?”
insisted his sister