"
"Very likely Paul is just seeing if everything is right," said
Hazel. "See, there, Jack has his place again."
During the second and third trials all interest was centered on the
Peter Pan, the Hague, (the home-made boat), and the Sprint. Now this
would be ahead, and now that, until it seemed that there could be
but little difference in the merits of any of the three. Of course
most of the sympathy was with the Sprint, because a girl was
striving to outdo the boys. At the same time, the Hague, being such
an oddity, and the lake folks knowing that this had been built by
the boys who were running it, came in for its share of applause.
"There is not a boat on the lake that can fairly beat the Peter
Pan," Hazel declared almost feverishly, for the others were
threatening to do so. "I have heard Paul say so."
"He ought to know," said Cora with a sly wink, "but that big tub,
the Hague, is something new. Perhaps it has the power of a
destroyer."
"It is big and clumsy enough to have any sort of power," remarked
Belle. "I should just be sick if it did win."
"All's fair, in a fair race," remarked Cora. "See the Hague is
ahead!"
One more course was to be made, and every eye and every mind was
centered on this, the final test.
The Peter Pan shot out bravely and safely. The Sprint made a
splendid second! Then the Hague! Something seemed wrong. It was
"missing.
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