"Nothing doing, I'm staying here," replied Dick. "I wouldn't miss this for anything!"
"You're fooling, Dick! You wouldn't want to stay here! Let's go!" urged Rex Carter.
"I'm not fooling, Mr. Carter. This will be my one and only chance to be a real king. I've earned this job and I'm not going to give it up. Tell Dad I've found that Stone-Age tribe!"
Rex Carter looked at Dan and Ray, with a question in his eyes.
Ray took her father's hand and snuggled up to him as if for protection, but Dan turned to his friend.
"Say Dick are you positive that there'll always be plenty of eats?" he asked.
"I promise," replied Dick with a smile.
"Then I'm staying as chief adviser to the king!" Dan said with a smile as he turned to his father.
Rex Carter looked troubled, but Dick's confident manner assured him that he could trust his son to him.
"It's all right, Mr. Carter," said Dick seriously. "We couldn't leave these people without a king and an adviser. They are depending on us! We have to stay!"