ade 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.

"For the town, of course."

"Well, what shall it be?" asked Tom.

"Call it America," shouted Will.

"Oh, that's too big a name," roared Ralph, with a scornful touch in his
voice. "Just imagine how this would sound: 'William Rudel, Esq.,
America, Wonder Island?' What would the postmaster think of such an
address?"

It did look a little out of proportion, as the boys laughed at the
sally.

"Let's call it Independence; everybody seems to be pretty independent
here," was Tom's suggestion.

"I have the best name in the lot."

"What is it?"

"Industria."

"There you are again with your Latin," answered Harry. "This is going to
a real American town. None of your Latin endings, or any other dead
language. This is a live town."

"Here is John; let's get a suggestion from him."

He heard the merry laughter, and as he approached wonderingly inquired
about the cause of the hilarity. George said: "We have been holding a
convention to find a name for the town. We have decided to leave it to
you."

"Name of the town? Let me see. I suppose you want a stunning name?
Something that will make people sit up and take notice. Eh? Well, if it
turns out all right it doesn't need a name, and if it is a failure
everybody will be calling it names."

The boys laughed at this first attempt that John had ever essayed to
treat a subject in a jesting way, but he continued: "If this convention
hasn't enough wit about it to select a name I don't think you ought to
get an outsider to make a suggestion. But seriously, Unity would be a
good name; and so Hustletown."

"Unity is just the thing," suggested George. There was