the job in ten days, perhaps," was the answer.

"Oh! what a lucky dog you are," sighed Will; "think of the innumerable
chances for taking magnificent snapshots along the way."

"Hold on. I didn't tell you that in his letter he says particularly, 'you
and those bully good chums of yours, the whole three--plenty of sleeping
accommodations for the lot aboard!'" cried Frank, with a smile.

Then there _was_ a scene! Jerry gripped Bluff, and gave him a hug a bear
might have envied, while Will was shaking Frank's hand as though it were
a pump handle.

"Glorious!"

"The finest ever!"

"It beats the Dutch how Frank runs into snaps!"

This last, of course, from Jerry, who was taking his turn now at
squeezing the hand of his chum.

"But, I'm afraid, fellows, that we won't ever get the consent of our
parents," sighed Will. "My mother would hate to have me go so far away.
You know she only has my twin sister Violet and myself. Oh! it's sure too
good to be true."

"Now don't cross a river until you come to it, fellows. To tell you the
truth, that part of the programme has already been attended to. My father
and myself have been the rounds unbeknown to any of you, and got the