Part 21 (2/2)
”And wasn't it on your account that dad let you girls co all the favors----”
”Children! Children!” admonished Betty with a s to do with dad,” went on Will ”This is so up on ed Mollie
”Nope It's a secret You'll see it as soon as it comes”
”Give you a chocolate if you tell,” bribed Grace
”Nope”
”Two”
”Nope!”
”Oh, let hi to do next?”
”Oh, just sail on--sail on,” answered Allen with a laugh ”We won't try any h”
They proceeded up the river anotherabout Then soht of soirls at once evinced an appetite for fresh fish
”Why, we can do that ourselves,” declared Will ”We'll try it e get back”
”Oh, see if you can't get theed Grace ”They will be fine for supper”
Theto dispose of some of their catch They were lu known, Grace insisted on her brother inquiring if they knew anything of Paddy Malone
”I used to know him,” said one burly fisherman, ”but he hasn't been around for a year or so”
”Guess he don't dast come,” put in another
”Why?” asked Will curiously
”He got into trouble, I hear, and the authorities want hi of the sort,” the first ht as a fish pole More likely it's the other way round and he's staying away so as not to reed the second h”
With their fish the young people started back in the ice boat, Will finding out, by talking with the other lumbermen, that Paddy Malone had not been seen in some time
The fresh fish were indeed a welco their share ”We'll have to try this sport to-morrow,”
decided Will, when he had cleaned off his plate the second time