"And what luck did you have, may I ask?"
"We had good luck at first, but at Rocky Creek two rascals entrapped us, and stole our boat and cargo."
Wolverton laughed outright. So it was true, after all.
"Excuse my smiling," he said; "but you seem to have come out at the little end of the horn."
"It does seem so, sir."
"You remember what I told you before you started?"
"What was that?"
"That you were too young for such an expedition. It would have been much better for you to accept my offer."
"It seems so," answered Bob again.
"Seems so! Of course it would have been. But the trouble was, you were so puffed up by your own self-conceit that you thought you knew best."