“School has closed. And, anyway, we have graduated,” answered Jack. He was trying vainly to recall the stranger. The fellow’s face looked familiar, but he could not remember having ever spoken to him.
“Out for a day’s fun, I suppose,” said Brooks easily. He acted as if he was in no hurry to leave the Rovers. “How was Fatty the last you saw of him?”
“Fine as silk,” answered Andy. “Taken on a few pounds more,” and he grinned. He rather liked the looks of the stranger.
“We’re going to get some railroad tickets,” added Fred, and he nodded toward the agency.
“Why, that is just where I was going!” exclaimed Joe Brooks. “I want to get accommodations to Chicago.”
“Well, we’re going farther than that,” said Randy, and thereupon all entered the ticket agency.
CHAPTER XIV
OFF FOR THE WEST
While the four Rover boys consulted with one clerk in regard to Pullman accommodations, first to Chicago and from there to Maporah, Joe Brooks spoke to another clerk alongside regarding accommodations to the first named city only. The stranger seemed to hold the attention of the clerk, asking numerous questions. But his eyes and ears were wide open to take in all that the Rovers were doing.