CONCLUSION.
"Say, Bob, what'll we do with this money?"
The check had been received on the day following Mr. Golden's
announcement, and as soon as the boys got into bed that night they
began to talk about it.
"Well, I'll tell you my idea. You remember what I said before I was
kidnapped, about that prize of fifty thousand dollars for flying
across the Atlantic, don't you? Well, tomorrow, let's ask dad about it
and if he says we may try it, we can use it to buy an airplane next
summer. What do you say?"
"What do I say? I say that, for a youth of your tender years, you have
a mighty level head, and that last remark of yours is certainly a
corker."
The next morning, at breakfast, they broached the subject to their
father.
"Well, I never!" declared Uncle Ben, "What in the name of common sense
will you boys think of next? But of course, you are only fooling."
"Indeed we're not," declared Bob, emphatically.
"But sober earnest now, Bob, do you think the scheme is practical?"
asked his father.
"I don't see why not. Lots of aviators can stay in the air as long as
their gasoline will hold out and the only reason they can't fly
farther is because they can't carry enough fuel. Now we could carry
enough of those cylinders to take an airship round the world."
"Well, well," said their father, as he rose from the table, "there's
lots of time to think of that between now and next summer. I won't say
yes, and I won't say no at present, but we'll see."
It was now the beginning of the last week in August and the boys spent
the next few days delightfully, sailing in the Sprite, fishing,
swimming and playing tennis with the girls. To Jack's secret delight
Mrs. Golden invited Evelyn Nason to spend a week with them, and as she
was a lively girl, they were a very jolly party, and Mike declared
that they made more noise than a barrel of monkeys.
September came around too soon, and Uncle Ben announced that the next
day he and Aunt Lucy must start for home. All were very sorry to have
them go, for they all loved them dearly.
"Don't forget, boys, that you are to spend a week with us next
Christmas," was the last thing Aunt Lucy said, as they started off in
their big car.
Two days later, May and Evelyn went home and the Roost seemed quite
deserted, and the Goldens began to think about leaving the lake for
the summer.
It was Wednesday evening, and they were going to close the cottage the
following Friday. They were all sitting around the open fire in the
living room, for the night was chilly.
"Boys," said Mr. Golden, throwing down the paper he had been reading,
"how would you like to be tin soldiers?"
"Tin soldiers? What in the world do you mean?" asked Jack, as they all
laughed.
"Well, I'll tell you. This afternoon a friend from Philadelphia was in
the bank and he was telling me about a military college near there,
where his boy went last year, and he praised it so highly, that I
thought it might be a good place for you. I believe in military
training," he continued, "as it teaches, besides other things,
alertness and efficiency. I have very much regretted that I did not
have the advantage of such training, and I would like my boys to have
it. What do you say?"
The boys thought for a moment and looked at each other. Finally Bob
said:
"I think it would be bully; how about you, Jack?"
"Same here. Do they teach cavalry there, dad?"
"Yes, they give courses in infantry, cavalry and artillery."
"That'll be great," declared both boys.
"Then you think you would like to go, do you?"
"Yes, sir, I think it will be just the place for us," answered Bob and
Jack said the same.
"All right then, we'll consider it settled and I'll write to the
president the first thing in the morning as the term opens the
seventeenth."
The boys talked about it for a long time that night, after they were
in bed, and the more they thought about it, the more anxious they were
to go.
Friday morning came, and after a final sail in the Sprite, she was
pulled into the boathouse and made snug for the winter. Needless to
say, the cells were taken to Skowhegan for safe keeping. By noon, the
Roost was ready to be closed, and after lunch, they left for their
town home, the boys on their motorcycles and the rest of the family in
the car.
"This has been a splendid summer," declared Bob, as they were about to
start, "in spite of all the trouble we've had, and I've had more
excitement than I expected to have all my life."
"That's so," agreed Jack and then added soberly, "we certainly ought
to be very thankful that everything turned out so well."
One day, about a week after they came down from the lake, Mr. Golden
said, at the supper table:
"Mr. Jenkins was in the bank today and said that Fred and Will were
coming home tomorrow, and that he had decided to send them to the same
college where you're going."
Instantly the faces of the two boys fell.
"He said," continued their father, "that he wished you two were more
intimate with them."
"I don't," said Jack. "They're too mean and selfish and then you can't
trust them. I'm mighty sorry they're going there."
"Oh, well," declared Bob, "I guess there'll be room enough for them
and us, too."
It was Thursday and they were to leave the following Monday, and so we
will leave them, busy and happy in their last minute preparations for
their new life in college.
And so we shall take leave of them for a short time. Their subsequent
adventures will be found in a succeeding volume entitled "THE GOLDEN
BOYS AT THE FORTRESS."
THE END.
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