He was extremely gratified at this permission. A half hour afterwards the Professor called Tom and told him of the incident, and suggested that he should be provided with a quantity of food for the journey. But he had already gone. That was certainly sufficient to show the intense eagerness to bring back his people.
George and Ralph were the ones who were always on the alert for new things, and Jim made a good companion for them in this respect. The latter was the first one to actively canvass the subject of a name.
There had been too much to do even to think of this before, and if it occurred to the Professor he had never mentioned it. Jim went over to see the Professor as soon as the idea occurred to him.
The Professor smiled when he saw Jim's eagerness.
"Yes, the idea is a good one, but that is something which you boys will have to decide. It has not occurred to John and Blakely, I know."
"I thought it would be a good thing to call it Industria, or something of that kind," responded Jim.
"I like that name, but you settle it among yourselves." Jim was back very quickly, and rushing in to the boys, cried out:
"The Professor said it was up to us to get a name for it."
"Name for what?" asked Harry.