The pranks he used to play were now a thing of the past, and he fully justified the good opinion Captain Spark had of him.
It was a six months' trip home, for they were delayed two weeks or more by contrary winds, and several days longer in making the passage of Magellan Straits.
As the Walrus was to put in at Charleston, South Carolina, it was necessary for Captain Spark, Bob and Mr.Tarbill to make the rest of the journey home by rail.

Mr.Carr and the two sailors secured berths in the _Walrus_.

Though Captain Spark had lost all his money in the shipwreck, he was able to borrow enough for the fares of himself, Bob and Mr.Tarbill.
Bob reached home a little short of a year from the time he had left.

He was a much better boy than when he went away.

His father and mother did not need to be told of the change in him.