"
"Well, you beat him to it," observed Ned.
"Bless my necktie, I should say so!" agreed Mr. Damon. "Do you
think he really expected to find the gold?"
"Either that or the papers," was Tom's answer. "He must have
engaged the vessel and the grappling apparatus, and, possibly, a
diver, after we set him ashore at St. Thomas. Well, we'll leave
him to his own fun."
The M. N. 1 made good time back to her home port, nothing
except a terrific storm occurring to mark the voyage. And as she
submerged when that was on she did not feel it. After greeting
his father, Tom lost little time in going to Mary's house with
the box of securities and other papers.
"I want you to hand these to your uncle with my compliments,"
he said. "I've got the Air Scout out in the meadow. We'll go over
in that. How is Mr. Keith?"
"Not very well," Mary answered, after she had got over her
surprise at seeing Tom. "But this good news will restore him, I
think."
And it certainly was a great tonic. Mr. Keith could hardly
believe the story that Mary and Tom jointly told him.
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