The ship settled down, about a hundred feet from the balloon shed, which remained the same as when the adventurers had left it. No one was in sight, and the travelers stepped out on the ground. "If you will come inside I will pay you for your time, Andy," said Mr. Henderson; "and you, too, Bill and Tom. You know I promised you good wages while you were with me, and I think you have earned the money." The hunter and the two helpers were liberally rewarded for the time they had spent. Bidding the professor good-bye, they went their several ways, to astonish their friends and acquaintances with their strange tales. "As for you, boys," went on Amos Henderson to Jack and Mark, "I will pay you, too, if you like, or you can continue with me, and perhaps some day we'll make a trip to the South Pole--if not through the air, then under the sea, for I have in mind to build a submarine boat next. What do you say?" "I'll stay," said Jack. "So will I," exclaimed Mark. "Hurrah for the South Pole!" "Then come on in to supper," cried the professor gaily, leading the way to his cabin. THE END. End of Project Gutenberg's Through the Air to the North Pole, by Roy Rockwood