The Motor Boys After a Fortune

, looking at the elderly gentleman, whose bald head glistened in

erry Hopkins, who had crossed t

a fortune in radium being on a lonely little island

b Baker, turning sl

ir old friend, the professor, who was paying a short visit to Mr. Slade. "Radium, Bob. Do yo

rub, once in a while. But I wasn't listening very closely. What is it about ra

and well-built lad, as he wheeled around from the window. "

right!" ad

'd be more likely to set radium in a

nough to be set in diamonds, but I'm afraid it would be too dangerou

asked Bob.

een written, yet about which even the greatest scientists admit that they know very lit

s, you know, and not only does it cause burns, but also forms of me

he Colorado?" persisted Bob. "That sounds interesting. Maybe there's a chance fo

ium in this book I was looking at, and I just told Ned that there was said to be a valuable deposit of it o

f he believed it w

the radium was true. They had the story, I understand, from some prospectors who were searching for gold. The prospectors landed on this island, because their boat wa

eft the island he took it with him, not knowing what it was. Later he gave it to a scientist,

nnected, and aroused a great deal of interest. An expedition was

sked Bob eagerly. "And

icked it up, had there been any, if there was radium to be had, for there is no comparison in the values of the

s wrecked, and the party barely escaped alive. This so discouraged them that they returned, and as far as I know

ns. "Because science missed

but one of the searc

d?" ask

never seen. The man disappeared completely. He was quite a friend of mine, too, in a way, for we corresponded, and exchanged scientific books, though I only saw him a few times. Har

e there is radium there?"

ntaining some, that the prospector picked up years ago. There was no doubt but that it contained radium, for

vaporated by this

for thousands of years, and, at the end of that time, the most delicate scales would show no loss of weight. It's the same way with pure musk. A grain

ange," murm

ut radium," went on Mr. Snodgrass. "I could talk

out Snake Island

twell, and felt his loss so much that the tale impressed me. I often thought I would like to have a try for that radium myself, not because of the fortune, but because

dive for a certain spot on the carpet. He came down

est insect case. It's in my right hand coat pocket," and the

l?" asked Bo

as speaking I happened to see a new variety of pink-wi

tering the room at that moment. "Oh, Profe

"As for killing it, I'll do that, but it must be carefu

drew out a small, glass-topped

eat holes in my new carpet," said Mrs. Slade. "I must

ntained cyanide of potassium, the fumes from which are almost instantly fatal to insect life. "That is worth many dollars to my college collection," went on the scientist. "I would not have missed that fo

id you'd like to go to Sna

I am afraid it is out of the question. However, I suppose some one will get the fortune some day," and the prof

ed Bob. "I say, Ned, what do you say if we h

knows it!" finishe

perfectly at home in each other's houses. "I guess it must be almost lunch time. I'll go see if it isn't r

ed the scientist

ited, and out of breath, who dashed up on the porch, on which opened the librar

elled the

ush!" c

loose-houses being washed away-people in the water-dogs-chickens-boats-fearful-terrible excite

gazed at the excited small la

s true, or ar

! Come on-rescue-big damag

his chums, and the professor, he rushed from the room, Andy comin