"Frankly," answered Jack, "I came to see your sister. My friends came over to find buffaloes in New York."
Alfred Van Hoosen burst into a roar of laughter.
"Buffaloes in New York!" he said. "You surely are not serious."
"Indeed I am."
"Why, you might as well look for Indians on Staten Island. Is it possible that educated Englishmen, such as any friends of yours must be, can be so ignorant?"
"The average Englishman," replied Jack, "knows about as much of America, as he does of Kamschatka."
"Who are these friends of yours?"
"You have seen them, when they called at the house during the time I was sick. There is Captain Cannon, Mr. Twinkle, Professor Mole and Harvey, though the latter is not as foolish as the rest."
Alfred reflected a moment.
"We will have some fun with them," he said. "Of course you can post Harvey."