“You won’t have to notice them, Martha,” declared her brother.
“Don’t worry but what we’ll make them keep their distance,” added Fred.
The whole crowd looked around the depot, and presently made out Slugger and Nappy at the far end of the platform. They were smoking cigarettes and talking in low, earnest tones.
“I hope they didn’t get seats in the parlor car,” said Mary.
“I don’t think they did,” answered Spouter. “They’re such smokers, I guess they’d just as lief hang out in the smoking car.”
In a few minutes the train came along, and, bidding their friends good-bye, the Rovers got aboard and had a porter show them to their seats. From the window Jack waved Ruth a good-bye, and then the long train pulled out of Haven Point and began its trip to the metropolis.
It was rather a long journey, and it was necessary that they obtain a meal on the train.
“Let me go into the dining car and have a look around first,” remarked Fred, when it came time to eat.
“What’s the matter—afraid we won’t be able to get seats?” inquired Randy.
“I want to see if Slugger and Nappy are around. I don’t want to eat when they do.”