All too soon bedtime came, and they climbed into their bunks for their last sleep in the big woods until spring.
Tom was to drive them down to Greenville in time to catch the noon train for the south, and after breakfast all the men gathered about them to say goodbye, and tears shone in more than one pair of eyes as they shook hands with each man in turn.
“You mak’ der new man of me. De bon Dieu bless you,” said big Jean Larue, the tears streaming down his cheeks, as he gripped Bob’s hand as though he never wanted to let it go.
They reached Greenville just in time to get a bite to eat at the hotel before train time.
“We’ll be back in time for the river drive,” Bob shouted to Tom, as he waved his hand from the rear platform as the train pulled out from the station.
The next volume in this series will be “The Golden Boys on the River Drive.”
THE END
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