Instantly the faces of the two boys fell.
"He said," continued their father, "that he wished you two were more intimate with them."
"I don't," said Jack. "They're too mean and selfish and then you can't trust them. I'm mighty sorry they're going there."
"Oh, well," declared Bob, "I guess there'll be room enough for them and us, too."
It was Thursday and they were to leave the following Monday, and so we will leave them, busy and happy in their last minute preparations for their new life in college.
And so we shall take leave of them for a short time. Their subsequent adventures will be found in a succeeding volume entitled "The Golden Boys at the Fortress."
THE END.
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