“Then it is agreed. We will start to-morrow.”
CHAPTER VII
ON THE ROAD
Nothing could have pleased Ernest better than to travel with Luke Robbins. He felt that he should be safe with the sturdy hunter, who was strong, resolute and reliable.
True he was not a man who had succeeded as man reckons success. He had lived comfortably, but it had never occurred to him to lay up money, nor indeed had he had any opportunity to do so. He mentioned this as an objection to the trip which he had himself proposed.
“My lad,” he said, “I am afraid I can’t go with you after all.”
“Because you’re rich compared with me.”