"You talk as if you expected to be a distinguished man. Ha, ha!"
"I hope to be a successful man," answered Bert stoutly.
Percy laughed again and drove on. Five minutes later Bert saw the farmer running from the house in a state of great apparent excitement.
"Have you seen anything of my wallet?" he gasped, as he came within hearing distance.
CHAPTER XX.
BERT IS PLACED IN AN EMBARRASSING POSITION.
Bert regarded his employer with surprise.
"Your wallet?" he repeated.