"Hurrah!" cried Ned. "That's the stuff!"

"Well, it's the end of the Dartaway," observed Jerry. "Poor old boat!
I suppose we had better accept this sum, and not sue, eh?" and he
looked at his chums.

"Sure," replied Bob. "If we sued it would take a good while to
collect, and if we got a larger sum we'd have to pay the lawyers.
Let's take this money and hire the Ripper."

"I don't believe you'll need all that," interposed Rose. "That's quite
a sum, and Charlie will surely not ask as much as that for the hire of
his boat."

"Well, if he does we'll pay it," decided Jerry. "I want to cruise on
the Pacific, and this seems to be the only way we can do it. We'll
have a motor boat trip, even of the Dartaway is out of commission."

Charlie came over to "The Next Day" bungalow that night and in a short
time he and the motor boys had arrived at a business arrangement
regarding the hiring of the Ripper. Charlie only asked a small sum as
rental, much less than the amount of damages received, so that the
travelers had plenty left for other purposes.

"And now the boat is yours, as long as you stay here," said Charlie,
when the final details had been arranged. "I know you will take good
care of her."

"Of course we will," answered Jerry, "and, if you find, after you get