The trip was a most delightful one, and no days
could have been happier than those which the Rover boys spent
grouped around their lather listening to all he had to tell of the
numerous adventures which had befallen him since he had left home.
A long letter was written to Captain Townsend, telling of the
finding of Anderson Rover, and the master of the Rosabel was,
later on, sent a gift of one hundred dollars for his goodness to
the Rovers.
Of course Anderson Rover was greatly interested in what his sons
had been doing and was glad to learn that they were progressing so
finely at Putnam Hall.
"We will let Arnold Baxter drop," he said.
"He is our enemy, I know; but just now we will let the law take
its course for the rascality he practiced in Albany."
"All right, father," answered Dick. "We can afford to let him
drop, seeing how well things have terminated for ourselves."
"And how happy we are going to be," chimed in Sam.
"And how rich -- when father settles up that mining claim in the
West," put in Tom.
Here I must bring to a finish the story of the Rover boys'
adventures in the jungles of Africa. They had started out to find
their father, and they had found him, and for the time being all
went well.
The home-coming of the Rovers was the occasion of a regular
celebration at Valley Brook farm. The neighbors came in from far
and wide and with them several people from the city who in former
years had known Anderson Rover well.
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