tedly, but the boys felt that he must often be lonely in his new
surroundings, with no one but the natives about him. They little knew
that the solace and comfort of the grand old man was the knowledge that
he had helped his fellow man, though the color of the skin was darker
than his own.

* * * * *

Their voyage was accompanied by favoring winds and perfect weather.
Valparaiso, Chile, was the first port at which they landed, and as a
trip around the Horn, or even through the Straits of Magellan, and up
along the Atlantic coast, would mean several months, with their own
vessel, they shipped in one of the line steamers, and within seven weeks
they saw Sandy Hook lightship, and then the forts which lined the
opposite shore at the Narrows.

Telegrams to their parents created paroxysms of joy in many homes which
had been robbed when the _Investigator_ went down. There were no happier
homes than the ones Harry and George were welcomed to.

The papers told the stories of the boys in pages and pages of
descriptions, and they showed the photos, and told what the boys had
done in their temporary home. The hero of all this wonderful home-coming
was Angel.

The people, the houses, the wonderful automobiles which he saw on every
hand, at first alarmed him, but when he saw that George did not seem a
bit afraid, he reconciled himself to the situation.

His first automobile ride was a revelation to him. He held on tightly to
George, at first, but soon the sensation became one of joy, and he could
not get enough of it. The boys were certainly feted, but when they told
their parents that they must go back, the proposition met with strong
opposition.

The parents forgot that the boys were now over two years older than when
they went away, and it seemed singular that the surroundings did not
seem the same to them as before the happy boyhood days before they left
home.

For business reasons the parents knew that it would be prudent to permit
them to return and they were influenced by the remarkable change they
saw in the manners and actions of the boys. They saw the youths were
strong and self reliant, ever ready to act and to carry out their
resolutions. These boys had been transformed into men.

They spent many days going over old scenes and visiting friends. They
enjoyed to the utmost the reunion with their families, but they could
not cease talking about the Professor. They now realized in ful