“I’ve come to take you for that promised stroll,” he told Dick.
Dick looked at the others inquiringly.
“You go with him,” nodded Colonel Ashton, “the rest of us can get along without you for one evening.”
“If I’m breaking up a party—” began Bristow.
“Never mind,” said the colonel with a wave of his hand. “You two young fellows run along. We don’t need you.”
“All right, sir,” agreed Dick.
Personally he was glad to have a chance to look about the town a little with one of his own age. The others took their departure, and soon Bristow and Dick also left the hotel.
“I would have looked you up sooner but I have been terribly busy,” explained Bristow. “I have had important matters to attend to, and this is the first time I have been at liberty. Where would you like to go?”
“Any place you say,” said Dick with a smile. “You know more about this place than I do.”
“I guess you’re right,” was the smiling response, “we’ll wander up Broadway aways and watch the theater crowds.”