Chase grinned, and started towards the door.
“If you’re willing to wait an hour,” suggested Jardin, “I can take you all to my bungalow for supper.”
“No, thank you, Mr. Jardin,” replied Linda. “We want to be on our way—and fly while it is light. We’ll set off immediately. Fanny, you go with Mr. Chase. Come on, everybody!”
“What’s your other name, Fanny?” asked Chase, as the group walked along the beach to the planes.
“Preston,” replied the girl, with a sigh of relief at the thought of dropping the name of Sprague—or Long—forever.
The Sky Rocket took off first, and five minutes later Chase’s monoplane left the island. Within sight of each other, the two planes flew across the Pacific in the glorious light of the sunset, and arrived at the Honolulu airport without any disaster, a little after eight o’clock.
CHAPTER XIX
CONCLUSION
Leaving the planes at the airport, the four young people ate supper together at a quick-lunch restaurant in Honolulu. Here they discussed their plans concerning Fanny Preston.
Linda insisted that the girl live at one of the smaller hotels, on some of the gold pieces which she had returned that afternoon, and though Fanny protested, she had no money of her own, and no place to go, so she finally had to agree. In the meantime, Chase promised to work for her release.
“And then we’ll take you back to Los Angeles with us when we go,” Linda concluded. “And try to find you a job.”