"Do you really think," demanded Fred, "that they won't be found?"
"No, I don't think anything of the kind," said Grant. "I'm very sure they will be found. All I'm saying is that it's foolish to waste your time lamenting over what can't be helped."
"I'm not crying," retorted Fred somewhat sharply.
"Yes, you are," rejoined his friend. "You're wailing over the fact that John and Pete aren't here."
"Well, they aren't here, and that's one fact."
"If you cry about it, that's another. My mother told me there are only two things a fellow never ought to worry about in this world."
"What are they?" inquired Fred interested at once.
"The things you can help and the things you can't. There isn't any use in worrying over things you can change, for if you're able to change them, stop worrying and get at them and make them different. If you can't possibly change them, then all the worrying in the world won't do you any good."
"I'm wondering," inquired Fired, turning as he spoke and glancing again at their uninvited visitors, "if those men are planning to stay here."
"They certainly look the part now," said George in a low voice.