he rowed.

"Did we?" said Roy. "It's the best thing I know of if you want to stay
home from school."

"It's kind of queer," said Townsend.

"Oh, yes, mysterious," said Warde.

"Let's talk of something pleasant," said Roy.

"Well, I'm pretty hungry, too," said Townsend.

"We'll soon be there," said Warde. "We had something of a scare,
didn't we?"

"All's well that ends well," said Townsend.

"Oh, sure," said Roy, "only you don't end so _well_ after eating
hunter's stew. We should worry, we'll have all the stuff pretty soon
now. Narrow escape, hey? _Oh, boy_, it would have been terrible to
lose all that stuff. It looked like an altar, didn't it?"

"It'll look like a vacuum when we get through with it," said Warde.

"Do you think we can get it all in the boat?"

"If we can't, we'll tow the icing cakes behind," said Roy. "What _I'm_
thinking fond thoughts about is the ice cream."