“Why, we might come in this way. I say ‘might,’ because it isn’t yet settled,” answered Fred. “But my father talked it over with me, and he intimated that if the whole scheme looked good to him, he would not only finance Captain Corning’s project, but he might also join the expedition that went hunting for the lost steam yacht, and, in that case, he might take us fellows along.”
CHAPTER XIII
STARTLING NEWS
“Hurrah for Uncle Sam!”
“How long before we could start, do you think, Fred?”
“A trip to the ocean would just suit me!”
Such were the remarks from the three other Rover boys after they had listened to what Fred had to tell about Captain Corning’s project and what his parent might do concerning it.
“Say, Fred, do we come in on this?” questioned Gif.
“I don’t think I could go,” added Spouter sorrowfully. “I’m booked for a trip to the coast of Maine. And, incidentally, Gif, I thought you were going with me.”
“I’m sorry, Gif, but I’m afraid we’d have to leave you behind,” answered the youngest Rover boy. “It’s too bad, but when my father first talked about it, he spoke of taking me and nobody else. But when he said that, I told him he’d have to take my cousins or I wouldn’t go.”