“I’d like to have that boy under me,” muttered the clerk. “I’d cure him of his impudence.”
CHAPTER XXI
BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA.
“WHAT do you think of my plan, Mr. Sharp?” asked Tom, after describing in detail his proposed journey.
“It is likely to be rather a wild-goose chase, Tom.”
“I expected you would say so.”
“But you want my consent, nevertheless?”
“Yes, sir.”
“As your mind is fixed upon it, I will not interpose any objections, but I have not the slightest expectation that you will succeed.”