human
Do you suppose, Dory, that anybody will be good enough to really present the crew with a new shell?
gpt
Somebody's got to--if Central High is to win,
human
That's so. We can never beat East High with our old tub--let alone the Lumberport or Keyport eight.
gpt
Leave it to Mother Wit, laughed Dorothy.
human
She has her thinking cap on.
gpt
But we can't leave everything to Laura Belding, declared Dora.
human
She shouldn't be called upon to do everything. She got Colonel Richard Swayne interested in our Girls' Branch Athletic League, and so we are to have a fine new field, they say. That's enough for Laura to do.
gpt
But Mother Wit is always turning up unexpectedly with something new, laughed Dorothy.
human
And she says we must have a new shell in time to use it in the race on the big day.
gpt
Who's launch is that, Dory?
human
Why--why----Isn't that Pretty Sweet's _Duchess_?
gpt
Maybe. It's missing explosions dreadfully. Nasty thing! I don't like a motor boat.
human
Well, a canoe or a sailboat is more fun, I believe, unless you want to go fast,
gpt
Speed up, Dory. We can cross the bow of that boat. It _is_ Purt's boat.
human
And there are two other boys aboard.
gpt
Chet and Lance, I declare!
human
Laura said she and Jess were coming over to the island to-day; funny the boys aren't with them.
gpt
Then somebody else would have to go with Purt, for he could never run that motor alone. Oh, look!