Then we had to
push off until we could get a sufficient start. It struck me that while
Dutchy was quite clever to think of such a rig, yet it was very clumsy and
capable of much improvement. Bill wasn't saying very much all this time,
and I could see he was doing a lot of thinking. Evidently he was planning
some improvement, but Bill was a very considerate fellow, and did not want
to spoil Dutchy's pleasure just then by telling him how much better a
scooter he might have built. It wasn't until after supper, when a meeting
of t he S. S. I. E. E. of W. C. I. was called, that Bill carne out with his
scheme.
A Meeting of the Society.
"Why not mount the sailing canoe on runners, instead of the scow? You
would have a very light rig then, and it would sail like a streak."
"Mr. President," said Reddy, "your plan sounds first-rate, but how are you
going to fasten runners onto the canoe?"
"I've thought all that out," replied Bill. "If we can only get hold of a
pair of sleigh runners it won't take long to rig up the sled boat."
Dutchy, who had looked rather crestfallen at a suggestion of an
improvement on his pet invention, now suddenly brightened up.
"I know where we can get the sleigh runners!" he exclaimed.
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