IN WHICH DAVE FINDS A FRIEND
here?" Dave asked when necessity demanded that something must be done.
"Albany, I guess, the same as you," replied Tempest. "One can nearly always get a job on a ship there. I vote we make a start in the morning and take to the road. My automobile is n't running satisfactorily at the moment."
Dave felt real regret in breaking camp, for the simple life they had been leading there appealed to him greatly after many weeks of hard work at sea.
"Some day I'd like to come back and spend another holiday here," he said.
"Rubbish," replied Tempest. "The world's full of places like this if you only take the trouble to find 'em. Don't worry. That's my motto. Take things as they come, and you can't help enjoying yourself. If I had a million dollars for every little camp like that that I 've had a good time in, I should be quite rich, but I should n't be nearly as happy, because I'd have to spend most
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