A JOYOUS REUNION.
The _Ajax_ was almost ready to proceed when the boat joined her. The
repairs had been made with even more success than the captain had dared
to hope.
When, therefore, Mr. Jukes informed him tremulously that he was not to
leave the vicinity till they found some trace of Tom Jukes, he did not
receive the orders with the best grace in the world. But, of course,
there was nothing for it but to obey.
Perhaps, too, the captain, who was a father himself, felt a sort of
sympathy for Mr. Jukes, although he did not believe for an instant that
Tom was in any danger.
Mr. Jukes passed a sorry night, and the next morning, haggard and gray,
he was up and about early. He came up to where Jack was leaning against
the rail.
“So it’s you, is it?” he said, in a softened tone. “I’m sorry I spoke as
I did last night, but I was almost beside myself with grief. You cannot
understand how this thing is preying on me.”
“I do understand, Mr. Jukes,” said Jack earnestly; “and as for being
sorry about the way you spoke of me, I don’t blame you one bit.”
The strangely softened magnate sighed and his tired eyes swept the sea.
“We must not leave here till we get some news of Tom,” he said.
Then he fell to pacing the deck, while Jack went back to his wireless.
Suddenly he picked up a message.
“_Ajax! Ajax! Ajax!_” buzzed the instrument.
Jack sent a replying message and then came this:
“This is the _Caronia_. We were in communication with you yesterday.
We’ve picked up a shipwrecked crew and——”
“What!” volleyed back Jack’s key.
“What’s the matter, are you crazy? Don’t butt in when I’m giving you the
news. Where are your manners?”
“Oh, stop that and get on!” sputtered Jack’s key.
“Well, you must have got out of bed the wrong side this morning!” came
the reply. “I said that we had picked up a shipwrecked crew. They want
to go aboard some vessel for New York, so I called you up. We’ll pass
you pretty soon now.”
“Was there a boy among them?” asked Jack.
“Yes. Name, Tom Jukes, son of the old millionaire. Why?”
“Because his father is on this ship!”
“For the love of Mike!”
“Yes; have you got a clear wire?”
“All clear now.”
“Then send for Tom. Let him speak to his father. The old man is almost
unbalanced over his loss.”
“Nothing easier than that.”
And so it came about that, ten minutes later, Tom’s greetings came to
Jack through the air, while Mr. Jukes, with tear-filled eyes and a heart
full of thankfulness, stood in the wireless room of the _Ajax_ and
dictated his answering messages.
He was a changed man from that instant, but he could hardly keep his
patience till the _Caronia_ came up and the transfer of the castaways
was made. The drifting boat of the _Halcyon_ had been picked up early
that morning by the liner, after her crew had become hopelessly lost and
bewildered.
What a meeting that was! And when the father and son had finished
wringing each others’ hands, it was Jack’s turn. Tom Jukes declared that
if it had not been for the wireless, he might at that very moment have
been on the _Caronia_ bound for Liverpool, and it might have been weeks
before he and his father were reunited.
“I suppose we can go ahead now, sir?” said Captain Braceworth, poking
his head into the wireless room where the joyous reunion had taken
place.
“Yes, captain. And, by the way, I want the names of those men you sent
to the rescue. There’s something handsome coming to them. As for this
lad,” smiling at Jack, “he’s too proud to accept a gift.”
“I know one he wouldn’t mind,” said Tom roguishly.
“And what’s that?” asked his father, patting the lad’s hand.
“A better job on a bigger ship.”
Jack’s eyes danced. Mr. Jukes smiled.
“Well, we shall see what we shall see,” he said; “but, if I do anything
like that, it will be on condition that you go along with him. He
wouldn’t have anything to do with you on land. Perhaps he will on the
ocean.”
“And I can learn wireless?” asked Tom.
“If Ready, here, will teach you. I’m convinced now that it is one of the
seven modern wonders of the world. Look at what it has done for us! And
I’m going to see that the lad who worked it isn’t neglected.”
Mr. Jukes was as good as his word. When the injured _Ajax_ came into
port ten days later, Jack’s reward came.
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imposed upon him by his new work must be saved for the telling in the
next volume of this series, which will be called: “The Ocean Wireless
Boys and the Lost Liner.”
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Transcriber's Notes
In the text of this book, italicized phrases are presented by
surrounding the text with underscores, and boldface phrases are
presented by surrounding the text with equal signs.
Hyphenated words have been retained as they appear in the original
text, except as noted in the full list of changes below.
Changes made to the text:
table of contents - changed "Aim" to "Arm" to match the
actual chapter title
original text: XXII. You Saved My Aim
table of contents - added dash after "Adventure" to match
actual chapter title
original text: XV. An Adventure
page 10 - changed "shipowner" to "ship-owner" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: Her dad, he’s Jacob Jukes, the big ship-owner
page 10 - changed "shipowner" to "ship-owner" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: Someone had found the ship-owner
page 33 - changed "figure-head" to "figurehead" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: Your figure-head looks like you
page 36 - changed "top-sails" to "topsails" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: Douse my top-sails
page 55 - changed "oilskins" to "oil-skins" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: uncouth figure in dripping oilskins
page 70 - changes "pairs" to "pair"
original text: very red pairs of ears
page 100 - changed "ship-wrecked" to "shipwrecked"
to be consistent with other usage in the book
original text: transfer the ship-wrecked men
page 184 - added italics to "Ajax" to be consistent with
other usage in the book
original text: The Ajax would not be ready for
page 185 - added closing quote at end of paragraph
original text: you are ready for sea again.
page 190 - changed "is" to "in"
original text: Now what is the world is going on
page 196 - changed "fireroom" to "fire-room" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: had been transferred to the fireroom
page 218 - changed "water-front" to "waterfront" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: the shadowy region toward the water-front.
page 220 - changed "up-town" to "uptown" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: Mr. Jukes was speeding up-town
page 226 - changed "lamppost" to "lamp-post" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: When you struck that lamppost——”
“That lamppost!” exclaimed Jack.
page 243 - added closing quote to sentence
original text: Please repeat warning.
page 258 - changed "thought" to "brought"
original text: The boy could not have thought
page 271 - added apostrophe to "Heavens"
original text: For Heavens sake, send help!
page 279 - changed "Keelhaul" to "Keel-haul" to be
consistent with other usage in the book
original text: Keelhaul me if ever I sail
page 297 - added closing quote
original text: was miserably weak.
page 305 - changed "Dukes" to "Jukes"
original text: Dukes, son of the old millionaire.
no page number - ad page "Log Cabin to White House Series"
changed "statemanship" to "statesmanship"
original text: of his statemanship
no page number - ad page "Log Cabin to White House Series"
changed "citzenship" to "citizenship"
original text: circles and private citzenship.
no page numbers - five advertisement pages (first, second, fourth,
fifth, and sixth) have a subheader line that contained a small
number followed by a square bracket - these two character
notations have been removed, as they appear to be some type
of typographical annotation not relevant to the text