He is now serving out the sentence; but the last we heard of him he was not likely to live until it expired, as his health was very poor.
A few of the old villagers recognized Van's father, and he was given a royal welcome back to his native place.
Arundel, who was an Englishman by birth, concluded to remain in America the rest of his life.
Four years later Jack Howard, Dr. Pestle and Prof. Drearland made a trip to America.
They not only came to see the best country on the face of the globe, but to attend a wedding as well.
The reader will of course guess the happy couple.
They were our hero, Van Vincent, and the pretty Metha Arundel, who had been born and reared in the African Utopia.
Van asked the professor about his book, but the learned man claimed that he had not yet finished it to his taste.
However, he gave him a copy of the title page, which read as follows:
"Across the Dark Continent. Being the remarkable adventures and discoveries of an exploring party of six, with biographical sketches and portraits. By Prof. Drearland, the Greatest of Modern Explorers."