We didn't have a chance to look for the island before the shipwreck, and after it the map got lost." "Well, maybe it's jest as well, Bob," said the old man with a philosophical air.

"I'm gittin' too old to need so much money anyhow, an' you're young enough to earn what you need.

I reckon it's jest as well," and with a chuckle he shuffled off.
As for Bob, he had such a liking for the sea, in spite of the terrors of the deep, that when he completed his education he became mate on a vessel, and finally captain, and now is in a fair way to become part owner of a big ship trading between New York and South American ports.

And here we will say good-by to Bob Henderson, the former castaway.
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