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“Who said anything about getting along without me?” Mr. Livingston demanded with a broad smile.

“You don’t mean you’re taking us with you!” cried War, his freckled face crinkling into lines of delight.

“That’s the general idea. I cabled my friend, and received a reply this morning. He said to bring you fellows along.”

“But the cost?” Jack interposed anxiously.

“That’s the rub,” admitted the Scout leader. “Appleby isn’t too well off. He’s offered though, to pay all the plane fares, round trip. All other expenses of the trip would have to be met by us.”

“Would nine hundred dollars do it?” War asked eagerly.

“It might.”

“We have another hundred or so we’ve saved for the Minnesota trip,” added Willie. “I’m for shooting the works!”

“Until the mayor presented the check tonight, I couldn’t see how the trip might be financed,” Mr. Livingston admitted. “But with plane fare furnished, I think we could get along. Once we’re in Colombia, Mr. Corning will put us up at the Last Chance mine. So we’ll have no living expenses there. Naturally, we’ll need a little extra money for emergencies.”