“And what are you going to do?” asked Chet of Andy, one day.
“I am going to rest for a month or so,” was the answer. “Then Mr. Dawson, who has been appointed my guardian, is going to send me to a first-class boarding school.”
“And after that, Andy?”
“I am going into the lumber business—and you are going with me, Chet.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
“But I haven’t any money.”
“Never mind, when I go in for myself you are going to have an interest,” replied Andy, and his tone showed that he meant what he said.
The report that the Barwell Dawson expedition had reached the North Pole created a great stir. Many would not believe it, and the explorer and Professor Jeffer were called upon to submit proofs. This they did willingly. Then Barwell Dawson was asked to lecture, but declined. But Professor Jeffer took to the platform, and made a great deal of money thereby, and from the book he issued later.
“It was a grand trip—a truly marvelous trip,” the professor was wont to say. “But—but I do not think I desire to go again.”