"When do they take place?"
"The pageant will be held two nights hence. That will really open the
carnival. The boats, decorated as suit the fancies of the owners, will
form in line, and move about the lake, past the judges' stand. There
will be prizes for the most beautifully decorated boat, the oddest,
and also the worst, if you understand me. I mean by the last that some
captains have decided to make their boats look like wrecks, striving
after queer effects."
"I should not like that," said Betty, decidedly. "But if there is
time, and we can do it, we might decorate?" and she looked at her
chums questioningly.
"Surely," said Grace, and Mollie took the chance to whisper to her:
"Why don't you start some questions?"
"I will-- if I get a chance," was the answer.
Betty was finding out more about the carnival when the start would be
made, the course and other details. The races would take place the day
after the boat parade.
"There will be canoe and rowing races, as well as tub and 'upset'
events," said Mr. Stone. "We are also planning to have a swimming and
diving contest the latter part of the regatta week, but I don't
suppose you young ladies would care to enter that.
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