"It is not convenient to post a letter where a journey of fifty miles on
foot is necessary to reach a mailing place; but you shall hear from us
at the first favorable opportunity."

With Jake, Cummings and Poyor spent but little time; neither had any
especial love for him after all that had happened; but with the boys the
Indian was almost affectionate.

"If the gods will listen to Poyor's prayer your lives shall be free from
clouds," he said gravely, and laying his hands on their heads he went
through a certain ceremony as if blessing them, after which he did not
speak again.

If good wishes were of any avail both Walters and Cummings should have
succeeded in their attempt to carry away treasure from the Silver City;
but whether they have yet been able to do so neither Neal nor Teddy
know, for not a word has been heard from them since that parting in the
harbor at Progresso.

The trip home was as uneventful as is usually the case when one travels
on a steam vessel, and at about the time when the Sea Dream should have
arrived the castaways landed in New York before the news of the yacht's
destruction had been learned.

As a consequence neither Teddy's parents nor Neal's mother had been
anxious concerning them, and the home coming was a very tame affair, as
compared with what both had been through.

Even at this late day the boys are speculating as to whether the white
men and the Indian ever succeeded in their desires, and both believe the
news will soon come that Cummings has been able to read the inscriptions
on the monuments at Copan by the aid of his researches in the Silver
City.

THE END.

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