Then, as he walked a
little way down the street with the chums he told them he had sold the
animal to the drug store proprietor for a dollar and had suggested
putting it in the window, to attract attention, and serve as an
advertisement.
It now lacked but a few weeks to vacation time, and every boy in the
school, including the four chums, was counting the hours until the
classes would close for the summer.
"We haven't made our vacation plans yet," said Fenn one afternoon, when
the boys were out on the river in their boat. "What are we going to do?"
"Let's take another boating trip, away up the river," suggested Ned.
"I was going to propose a walking trip, taking in the whole county and
lasting three weeks," Bart put in.
"That's too much work," commented Fenn.
"You're getting so fat you're lazy," remarked Ned. "But I think myself
walking is a little too tiresome."
"Oh, I only just mentioned it," Bart hurried to add. "I don't insist on
it. Let's hear what Frank has to say."
"I'm in favor of going camping," was Frank's answer. "I think it would
be fun to go to the farther end of the big woods.
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