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ONE DAY IN VACATION 109
every time. Johnny threw condemnatory
glances at her. She was likely to ruin everything,
doing no better than that, after he had assured
the gentleman that they could row.
The boat scraped against the wharf.
"How much for my passage?" asked the
gentleman.
"Do you think five cents is too dear?" asked
Johnny in a businesslike manner.
No, the stranger thought not.
"I declare if there isn’t the Kingthorpe heir
himself, hiring out as boatman!" came a voice
from the wharf.
Pshaw! Ola Ramm was hanging over the
railing watching them.
"Kingthorpe heir?" asked the gentleman.
"What does he mean by that?"
"It is what they call me," replied Johnny,
rather soberly.
Asta led the way at once to the candy
shop.
"Perhaps we ought not to have taken any
money," said Johnny.
"I should like to know!" exclaimed Asta.
"As heavy as he was to row!"
The raspberry drops were very good. Why
not be boatmen all summer long?
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