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118 swing. And there were several very fast "scooters" and the like upon Lake Luna.

But Laura's brother and his chum declared that "they'd got 'em all beat to a stiff froth!" And on this night they produced the finished product of their joint work for the last several weeks.

"What do we call it? The Blue Streak!" declared Chet. "And that's the way she travels. We tried her out this morning and Well, you girls will admit that you never traveled fast before."

"My goodness me, Laura! Do you think it is safe for us to venture with them?" demanded Jess.

"If Chet brings me home in pieces he knows what mother will do to him," returned her chum, laughing.

The novel boat certainly attracted considerable attention when the boys ran it out of the old boathouse and pushed it far away from the skating course. It combined the principles of an aircraft with runners of the familiar iceboat.

"Just call it an aero-iceyacht, and let it go at that," said Chet. "That hits it near enough."

"And it really can sail in the air or on the ice—like a hydroplane?" demanded Jess.

"You'll think so," Chet assured her.