t of the country through which they were passing was new to them, and, rested as they were from the voya

boat. The speed at which Fred was driving was not as great as when they had been on the

watched the slowly rising waters and several times had been lifted to a different level the novelty, ho

said John, "that's

ed, "No crowd ever left a fellow at Poughkeepsie and went on without him without having to pay the price. I'm telling yo

this special favor?"

rted John. "All I'm saying is that action and reaction are equ

t. "I want to know if anybody k

y. "We have got to hear it, so we might as w

y Go Ahead boy who can tell what the Suez Canal co

e Go Ahead boys looked foolishly at one another. Not

nt, "connects the Mediterra

demanded Fred. "You

dent there is a city by that name. By the way, fellows, if you'll wait a minute

ily sought his bag and in a bri

, as he saw an expression of const

. "Matter enough. Somebo

mining the bag, which Grant had placed

sn't mine,"

her," added Fred as h

morning and instead of giving me what belonged to me they have sent my bag o

ted John. "Maybe it isn

declared Grant after h

and see if there isn't some way to find out what there is insid

ant sharply. "It's locked and I h

," said John as he lif

edged Grant. "I don't see how that por

Soc, but for you to take your

ess and telegraph the hotel to send my bag in the same way to Utica.

to Timbuctoo or San Francisco. Some other fellow has it and if he has and isn't making remar

much of his clothing that he would require on the trip were contained in the missing bag. He

chenectady to enable him to send a telegram to the hotel at wh

e believed had been given him in place of his own to the express office. There, in acc

ith his own troubles that he failed to discover the grin

o get my bag," suggested Grant sharp

he things you need, but we thought we wouldn't. You need the lesson, Soc. You have been telling all t

o say until the boat stopped at an attractive

nd when they arrived at Utica in a measure served to restore his good nature and thro

urns in steering the boat. The banks of the canal were free from rocks and even if the s

at had preceded them and among them the refe

informing their captain how small his chances of winning the rac

ompanions, but in spite of it all it became plain to the other

sed almost to her maximum. At such times the farmers in the fields stopped in their labo

or met a heavily laden canal-boat the Black Growler m

oon when at last the litt

w that I owe the rest of you anything, but I'm going to take pity on you

ing at Fred as he spoke. "Meanwhile

oked after," said Grant. "Come on with me, Jack, and

of an hour they returned to the place where the Black Growler was awaiting them. Not a word had

ake the best of it. I'm not going to spoil all

r the boat and its belongings had been left in charge of

it would do for us to go on a bit farther. There are hotels all along the way

. "We want to get all the exp

something you will r