That was why the daring young adventurer was some days in the rear of his cablegram. When, in a few days, he did reach the interesting historic old town of Nassau, he was forced to accept several more favors from his kindly host. He saw no way of escaping a loan sufficient to cover his passage by steamer and rail back to Valkaria by way of Lake Worth, and to pay the freight bill on his aeroplane.
“But I’ll return it,” insisted Andy.
“As you like,” responded his friend, “if you’ll bring it yourself, and your father, and mother, and spend a winter with me on Andros.”
“And Ba?” added the boy.
“I’ll take care of him as long as he lives, if he’ll come,” was the Englishman’s answer.
When the big Florida-bound steamer had made her way out past Hog Island and was in the channel roll, the boy went below to inspect his cabin. Pinned to the pillow on his bed was an envelope addressed: “Mr. Andrew Leighton—to be opened at sea.”
Tearing it open, a narrow strip of blue paper dropped in Andy’s hands. It read: “Royal Bank of Nassau. Pay to Andrew Leighton or order £1,000. Monckton Bassett.”
The next story in The Aeroplane Boys Series tells how these adventurous lads made use of a novel aircraft in hunting the wary Rocky Mountain goats. The title is “Battling the Big Horn, or, The Aeroplane Boys in the Rockies,” and every boy interested in hunting will want to read it. These stories can be bought wherever books are sold. For full list of titles in this series see [advertisement on page 2].
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