t on,
enthusiastically.

"When is this grand tour to come off?" asked Roger.

"It starts about the middle of July--just two weeks from to-day. The
plan is to spend about four weeks in and around the Park, seeing
everything thoroughly. You know there are some fine, comfortable hotels
there, and folks like Mrs. Wadsworth don't like to travel in a hurry."

"Going through the Park would certainly be a great trip," said Roger.
"And especially with the girls."

"We could travel with them as far as--let me see, what's the name of the
place--oh, yes, Livingston. That's where they leave the main line of the
railroad to go on the little branch to the Park."

"Well, if they spent four weeks in the Park that would give us plenty of
time to hunt for the mine," said Phil, thoughtfully. "But it would be a
big job."

"And a dangerous one," added Roger. "Remember, where there have been
several landslides there may be more. Fact is, when I spoke to my dad
about going out there, he shook his head and said I had better keep
away--that the search ought to be conducted by experienced men who
understood the lay of the land and all that."

"Oh, we could be careful," returned Dave, impulsively. The idea of going
in search of the lost mine appealed to him strongly.

"Sure, we'd be careful," added Phil. "Aren't we always careful? All
aboard for the Landslide Mine, say I! Come on, if you are going!" And he
grinned broadly.

"Better wait until after lunch," returned the senator's son, dryly. "We
might have something you'd like to eat, Phil."

"All right, just as you say." The other youth dropped back into a wicker
chair. "Say, doesn't it just feel good to think that we have graduated
from Oak Hall and don't have to go back?" he added, with a sigh of
satisfaction.

"I'm glad I have graduated, but I am not so glad that I am not going
back," answered Dave. "We had some good times at the Hall."

"So we did--dandy times!" cried Roger. "I tell you, I shall miss Oak
Hall a great deal. I shall miss our friends and also our enemies."

"Speaking of enemies, I wonder what ever became of old Job Haskers,"
said Phil.

"I don't know and I don't want to know," came from Dave. "I never want
to see that good-for-nothing teacher again. I am glad, on account of the
fellows left at Oak Hall, that the doctor discharged him."

"So am I," put in the senator's son. "Just the same, Dave, Haskers will
try to get square with us if he ever gets the chance."