“Made me more ashamed than if he had,” Bennie replied.
“Me, too.”
“I guess we gave him a bad time of it, worrying about us. I guess we deserved to get ours.”
“Well, we got it, all right.”
“Kid, you’ve enunciated a history full!” Bennie answered. “We’re bum scouts. Never again.”
“Never again,” echoed Spider.
They were sound asleep when Uncle Billy returned from a last call on his patient at the hotel and went to bed.
CHAPTER XIV
Bennie Takes a Day Off to Do a Good Turn—He Washes All the Dirty Clothes
The next day neither of the scouts felt much like strenuous exertion. Their arms ached from pulling the boat, and they both had blisters on their hands, and the excitement had left them rather tired.
Mr. Stone looked at them while they were eating breakfast.