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78 "Upper deck, please," Dick requested. "What's the red blanket, Chub?"

"That's a steamer rug, and it’s a fine one. Feel the warmth of it. I thought maybe we'd want extra covers some time. And there's an old foot-ball—"

"What’s that for?" asked Roy.

"Oh, we may want to kick it around some time when we're ashore. It'll be something to do. And this is an old sweater; I thought I'd just bring it along. And here's a small ice-cream freezer. It only makes a quart, but that'll be enough, I guess. And that's a bag of salt. Mother thought I might as well bring it as buy new."

By this time the audience was frankly hilarious.

"But do you know how to make ice-cream, Chub?" asked Mrs. Porter.

"Oh, anybody can make ice-cream," he answered carelessly. "You just mix some cream and sugar and flavoring stuff up and freeze it. I've seen our cook do it lots of times. Here's my electric torch. That'll be handy, you'll admit. And here's a collapsible bucket. It's great! I saw it in a store window one day. See how it