Dunton flushed a bit, but he was not to be rebuffed.
“That’s all right,” he laughed. “I can stand a little jolly like that. Don’t you want free passes to the show to-night? I happen to have two. Here they are.”
The girls hesitated. Surely this was a great temptation to them.
Frank had paused to watch the success of Dunton’s efforts.
“Take them, girls,” urged the presuming actor. “You are welcome to them. I will see you after the show.”
That was enough to decide one of the girls.
“We do not accept presents from strangers, sir!” she said, cuttingly.
The other one looked disappointed, but said nothing.
“Then permit me to introduce myself,” laughed the masher. “I am Douglas Dunton, of the Empire Theater Comedy Company. Now you can take turns in introducing each other to me.”
This was a very pretty little scheme, and one of the girls, who had light hair and blue eyes, would have fallen into Dunton’s snare readily enough.