“That’s fair enough,” agreed the boys.
“Should we fail, I will pay you for your time.”
“Oh, we’ll take our chances on that,” broke in Jo. “We’ll get enough fun out of the trip to pay for that.”
“When do you want to start?” asked Jim.
“I’m ready now. If you are, I think we can get off within a day or two.”
“I would like to go with you,” went on Jim, “but there is something I would like to attend to first.”
“May I ask what that is?” inquired the professor.
Whereupon Jim told him of the seizing of the Sea Eagle, and of the abduction of the Senorita de Cordova.
“Broome!” exclaimed the professor, when Jim had concluded, “is that old rascal mixed up in that?”