uld have the power to send him away."

"Then the wise chief must know that if he acts as a true father to his
people they will not try to get another chief."

Blakely had been a man of affairs at home, and was a sharp, shrewd
business man. To him the Professor entrusted the arranging of the
affairs of the town, impressing on him the importance of directing the
natives into a wide and diversified character of enterprises.

The business was one admirably suited to his temperament. He had long
ago spoken to the boys and John about the promotion of the island, by
the establishments of various industries, and particularly agricultural
pursuits, which would require workmen to cultivate coffee, cocoa, the
spices, and the numerous vegetable products which grew in a wild state
in great abundance everywhere.

These various articles, if grown systematically, would mean an immense
source of wealth, and should afford employment for all the natives, and
thus mean their advancement.

The hills were full of mineral. He knew this, and had the testimony of
the Professor as to the valuable character of the various ores. Sooner
or later communication could now be established with the outer world.
All were contemplating the preparation of a suitable vessel which would
enable them to return to the United States.

One evening, while the conversation was on this absorbing topic, he
remarked: "I don't know how you gentlemen feel about this place, but as
for myself I feel that from a business point of view this is the ideal
spot. I am just as anxious as you are to see my home again, but the
possibilities are so immense here, that, as soon as possible, I shall
come back."

"For my part," replied the Professor, "if a ship should appear in the
harbor to-morrow, I would not for a moment consider leaving these
people. The work of their redemption is not even started in such a way
as to permit me to safely leave them. The boys may well be pardoned and
commended for wanting to go home, but my work is here."

"That expresses my sentiment exactly," said Harry. "I want to go home,
it is true, but what a wonderful experience we have had here, and when I
think of the remarkable progress we have made it astonishes me more than
I can tell you. If I do go home it will be to come back again, because I
want to be where the Professor is. I like this work, and the excitement
it affords."

"You won't have any more savages to fight," responded the Professo