Chapter 13 Summary

When they get back to Dick's house, May begins to cook the cleaned fish, and Dick gets himself a beer and goes to see if Elsie wants one also. He cannot find Elsie or Tom. He finally looks in the boathouse that he built two years ago to house his materials and his tools, and also to keep anyone from being able to see that he is trying to build a boat. He finds Tom showing Elsie the boat, and is very upset, as the boys are not to let anybody near his project. Tom quickly leaves Dick and Elsie alone, and Elsie admires the boat as one would admire a work of art, running her hand along its side. Then May comes in and tells them it is time for supper. Dick is startled, but Elsie goes on about the boat and...