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After Belle unhooked the hem of her sister's skirt from an iron bolt, thereby giving Bess a sudden drop to the deck of the Chelton, however, Bess declared she knew water when she saw it, and also the difference between a water color and an oil painting. "What did you call her Chelton for?" asked Walter.
"It isn't any such great, or late, hour of night," replied Cora, calmly, "and the woods are not dark. There's a lovely moon. But I don't propose to go through the woods. What is the Chelton for if we can't use her?" "Cora Kimball, do you mean to say that you'd go out on the bay, and over to Denny's cabin, after dark, with the prospect that some desperate men are going to attack him?" asked Bess.
In a girl's way Cora told of the plans for the auto fete, and of Dr. Bennet wishing to have the Chelton boys meet his student friends. "First rate!" responded Jack, when Cora paused for breath. "I rather fancy the idea of going after some of the girls. I cannot help but agree with Ed that all the girls should not leave town at once you should take turns." "But how about Clip?
"There are enough water-loaded clouds over there yet to dampen our enthusiasm." This proved to be true, for torrents of rain followed in the wake of the vanishing thunder clouds. But the wind had ceased, and the waves soon quieted. With more than a sigh of relief the Chelton girls and boys fell into the course made now by the Dixie, for in that boat Denny Shane was at the wheel.
I'm completely out of breath. It's dreadful to try to hurry through the sand." "Indeed they shall not take the Chelton out without my permission," Cora declared. "When we make our initial trip I intend to command it. For one thing, Uncle Denny is to come along; for another well, that's to be a little surprise. This afternoon at two exactly will you come, Uncle Denny?"
Not that I am the one to say that, but because a noted specialist will wait for all the other doctors. It's a long stony, but I will let you know how we make out if I beat that sharper into Chelton." Cora couldn't speak. She, too, put out her hand to the old squire, who was wiping his eyes and shaking his head against Duncan's gift.
"Well, the price?" called Duncan, with his hand in his pocket. "I tell you I am a doctor, and I am in a hurry to get to Chelton. Can't you make it something reasonable and then something for your own trouble?" The man eyed Duncan sharply. "I was told you would say just that," he said with a curious laugh. "And that is just what the other fellow said to you," spoke Tom. "Now look here, Hanna.
"That's 'Dainty' there, the stroke, and if he gets in here he'll eat the dish pan and the cooker. I say, young ladies should be most careful what sort of fellows they associate with." But in spite of this the "Likes" were invited. Possibly they smelled the eatables, for they came up to the side of the Chelton as nicely as if they had set out from shore with that intention.
She made barely enough to live on, by selling her laces, and since reaching Chelton the day-before, she had not sold a penny's worth. Her money was exhausted, and she was nearly on the verge of fainting when she applied at the Kimball home.
"Wait until you get the order," and she laughed, "Mother declares I have a positive faculty for business." "I rather agree with her," said Paul with a smile, as his fair companion turned the machine into the main street of Chelton. "I really feel unable to properly thank you for what you have done for me to-day " "Now, please," interrupted Cora. "I was amply repaid in beating Sid Wilcox.
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