"And look at the sky to windward.
There's a bit more blow coming out of those clouds yet." "Say, what do they teach you at Annapolis ?" grinned Foss.

"To go sailing only in calm weather ?" "Since you ask," Dave replied as quietly as before, though a slight flush mounted to his face, "one of the things they teach us at the Naval Academy is consideration for women.

Now, if just we four fellows were going out, I wouldn't say a word." "Don't think we girls are afraid," broke in Belle with spirit.
"I'm well aware that you're not afraid," Darrin replied turning and looking at her.

"But I'm afraid, Belle of what I might think of myself afterwards, if I were a party to taking you out in this boat when the river is running so much to whitecaps." "Do you think the boat is one of the kind that will turn turtle and sink the crowd ?" demanded Tom Foss, flushing in turn.

"I tell you, Darrin, the craft is as tight and sound, and as manageable, as any boat of her length to be found anywhere on fresh water." "She is a fine boat," Dave assented; "but I don't feel like being responsible for what may happen to the young lady who is more especially under my escort and care.