“Bully for you, Dad!” Jack exclaimed.
“I’ll get him a job on Dad’s paper as a reporter,” Frank promised.
“That’s just the thing!” exclaimed Norman.
The party passed a restful night, and early in the morning Mr. Bosworth and Gilroy set out for the return trip. As they had made no arrangements for guides or teams, the boys accompanied them until, from far up on the mountainside, they saw the roofs of a little town from which telegrams asking for horses might be sent.
As the two descended the slope, the boys waved their handkerchiefs in farewell and promised to show up in New York within a month.
“And we’ll do it, too!” Ned declared as they set their faces toward their camp.
“We’ll be in New York if we ain’t having too much fun here!” Jimmie laughed.
During the following month the boys enjoyed their vacation to the fullest. They slept out on the range, hunted and fished in the cold mountain rivers, and had, as Jimmie always expressed it, the time of their lives. They were back in New York on time ready for the next adventure which might come in their way.
The presentation of the eagle to the Eagle Patrol was the sensation of the year among the Boy Scouts of New York. To this day, it occupies the place of honor in the club room, having been mounted by one of the most famous taxidermists of the city.
Mr. Bosworth fulfilled his promise to look after the future of Norman and his sister, and they were soon placed at work, much to their liking with prospects of happy lives before them.