"A sail will suit me down to the ground." Jack and Andy were also pleased to go, and the quartet of boys were soon down at the boathouse, where the _Skimmer_ was tied up.
They were just getting aboard of the iceboat when they saw another craft heave in sight.
"Who is that on board ?" asked Andy.
"It is Reff Ritter," answered Pepper, "and Gus Coulter is with him." "The iceboat belongs to a fellow in Cedarville," said a cadet standing near.

"Ritter hired it for a week." The second craft was called the _Rosebud_, and was rather a fine-looking outfit, with steel runners and a snowy-white sail.
"He must have paid something to rent that," observed Jack.

"I thought he didn't have much money ?" "He says his father is in business again and is doing better," answered Paxton, who was present.

"Hello, Reff!" he called out.

"Want another passenger ?" "I don't want you!" answered the bully, briefly.
"All right, you don't have to have me!" growled Paxton.
"Say, Century, do you want to race me ?" asked Ritter, as he brought the _Rosebud_ alongside the dock.
"I don't know," answered Fred, slowly.