"
Quincy wondered whether Nature, literature, or law would be his
father's most appreciated relaxation, but inclined to the latter.
The next morning Maude exclaimed: "Let's have some fun. What shall we
do?"
"There are three canoes in the boat house," said Quincy, "why not a
row on the pond?"
"Fine!" cried Maude. "Quincy, you are a man of ideas."
Captain Hornaby had asked Florence to go with him and she had
willingly consented. This emboldened Harry Merry, who had come down
from the State House with the Governor's correspondence, and he,
rather bashfully, requested Maude's company in the third canoe.
"Can you swim?" she asked.
"I learned when a boy," said Harry.
"All right. I don't believe the style has changed much since then. I
wouldn't go with you unless you could swim. It would be too great a
responsibility."
Harry thought to himself that he would be willing to swim ashore with
such a "responsibility" in his arms.
Maude turned to the Captain: "Can you swim, Captain Hornaby?"
"Of course, Miss Maude. We Englishmen are all sea dogs, don't you
know?"
"But Englishmen are drowned sometimes," said Maude. "How about
Admiral Kempenfelt and the Royal George? See Fourth Class Reader for
full particulars in verse."
The three couples were soon afloat--Quincy and Alice, Captain Hornaby
and Florence, Harry and Maude.
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