It was at the end of the term, and many of the boys were preparing to go home when Percival said to Jack: 

“The doctor is going to let us have a summer camp for a few weeks.  We are to live on the river, and have all the fun we want with the addition of some study, just to keep our hands in.  What do you say, Jack?  Will you stay over if I do?”

“I may stay in any event, Dick.  I want to get on as fast as I can, and this will give me a chance.”

“Then if you stay, so will I,” heartily, “and between you and me you will find a lot more who will do it if they know you are to be here.”

“The more the merrier,” said Jack.

THE END