Ask him to square the thing with Aaron Fairchild and the
others, and tell him you are going on an ocean trip and won't be back
until you know you are safe. Then you come with me, and we'll have a
jolly good time, besides squaring up matters with the Rovers."
"Where are you going and how are you going to square matters with them?
"I've learned a thing or two since I came here. At first I was going to
try to fix them while they were at home, but now I've learned that they
are going away on a houseboat trip on the Ohio and the Mississippi. I
propose to follow them and give them more than they want the first
opportunity that presents itself."
"You are certain about this houseboat trip?"
"I am."
"And who is going?"
"The three Rover boys and some of their school chums."
"Humph! I'd like to get square with the whole crowd!" muttered Lew
Flapp. "I'd like to sink them in the middle of the Ohio River!"
"We'll square up, don't you worry," answered Dan Baxter. "I'm not
forgetting all they've done against me in the past.
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