They had arrived the evening previous, and Mr. Stewart had left the hotel thus early in order to hire a craft of some kind to make a tour of the keys in search of some tidings of the missing ones.
Now that there is no possibility there can be any trouble regarding the Zoe or her cargo, it is time to end the story.
There is really nothing more to say, except that Ned spent that winter with Vance and Roy, and very many short cruises did they take in the Zoe; but, putting them all together, there was not as much adventure in them as had been crowded into the first voyage.
As a matter of course the treasure was taken charge of by Mr. Stewart and Mr. Harland, and to-day, in a certain New York City bank, there is $8,000 as Ned’s share of the treasure found on Spider Key.
Up to the present time the boy who the good people of Jonesboro had decided was certain to come to some bad end has never returned to that place, nor is he likely to do so until after he has passed an examination for Columbia College, which he, with Vance and Ned, intends to enter next term if possible.
Where is the Zoe?
That question cannot be answered, although it is very probable she is in the vicinity of Key West; but if any of the readers should keep a sharp lookout during the coming summer, it is more than likely they will see a jaunty little steam craft, bearing the same name, which is owned by Ned, Vance, and Roy, having been purchased with a portion of the money found in the old hulk on Spider Key.
THE END.
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