"Let me go ! " exclaimed Harry Ambleton.
The family were summering at a tavern near a pond, and therefore called the Humphrey's Pond House. There were several families there, and many a good time they had together, driving, walking, bathing, playing games.
This time they were sailing in a curious boat, or boats, for there were two, fastened together, with a flooring which covered both, making one deck, around which were railing and benches. Between the boats, and partly beneath the deck, was a big paddle-wheel which could be turned by long handles, joined at one end, like the shafts of a handcart. When these handles were pulled back and forth by two men, the paddle would revolve, and away the Twinboat would shoot through the water.
