CHAPTER XX
IN NEW YORK CITY
“Dave Porter!”
“Buster Beggs!” cried our hero, his face lighting up. “Where in the world did you come from?”
“Just got off the accommodation coming the other way,” announced Joseph Beggs, otherwise known as Buster, a fat youth who had long been one of Dave’s Oak Hall classmates.
“Are you alone?” questioned our hero. He had just stepped from the local train to change to the express for New York City; and he had fairly run into Buster, who was standing on the platform flanked by several suitcases.
“No, I’m not alone,” answered the fat youth. “Shadow Hamilton and Luke Watson are with me.”
“You don’t say so!” and our hero’s face showed his pleasure. “Are you bound for New York?” he questioned quickly.
“Yes, we are going to take the express.”