"
"I think you will do well to accept the money and get uniforms,"
Mr. Wright declared thoughtfully. "You will have to telegraph
for them in order to have them here by Saturday."
"I have the A.B. Lollard catalogue up in my room," suggested Hartwell
"I'll run up and get it, and you fellows can look it through and
make a quick decision."
"When you have the choice of uniforms made," said Mr. Wright,
"write your telegram and bring it to me to sign. The Lollard
people know me, and will honor my order."
Now that matters had been arranged so as to be strictly within
amateur usages, Dick, Dave and the others found that they had
a new cause for interest as they glanced through the bewildering
display of uniforms offered in the catalogue.
When the choice had been made Dick turned to young Holmes to say:
"Greg, run down to the landing to relieve Tom, and ask him to
hurry up here. We want him, too, to approve our selection or
to state his disapproval."
Reade arrived with a breathlessness that testified to his having
run all the way. Needless to say, he heartily agreed with his
chums as to the uniform selected by them.
The uniform chosen was not expensive. It consisted of sleeveless
cotton shirts, white cotton trousers, knee-length, and with a
red stripe down the sides, and thin, light boating shoes.
The total cost, per boy, was three dollars and eighty-three cents.
Certainly not an expensive canoeing uniform! There would be
some express charges to pay in addition.
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