A FAR ADVENTURE 301 



**I'll go," he said, at last, *4f it takes every 

 cent I've got and can raise." 



* ' Good, ' ' said the Feather Man. ' ' We will leave 

 next week." 



*' Next week!" 



*'Why not? There isn't anything that you 

 can't leave to Midgett, is there?" 



''N-no," said the boy, dubiously. 



*'Then," came the brisk reply, ''do everything 

 you have to do and be ready to start away by 

 Monday. ' ' 



The time of preparation passed like a breath, 

 and the long railroad journey across the conti- 

 nent was like a dream to the lad who had no 

 memory of any place save the woods and marshes 

 near the pot-hunter's cabin. It was not until he 

 found himself aboard the steamer bound for 

 Honolulu, had met several of the members of the 

 expedition and the long slow days of the ocean 

 passage had come that Shan fully realized the 

 change that had come into his life. 



The Feather Man, at whose suggestion Shan had 

 been given this opportunity, was anxious that his 

 pupil should distinguish himself, and, on the long 

 railroad journey, as well as on the boat, he had 

 spent nearly all the time instructing the lad mth 



