“Right you are!” answered Jack.
He and Fred hurried through the train and into the diner. Neither Brown nor Martell were present, for which they were thankful. They found a table for four on one side of the car, with a table for two directly opposite, and at once engaged both. Then, while Jack held the tables, Fred hurried back and brought the girls and the twins.
“I never eat in a dining car but what I think of that fun we had with Asa Lemm when we first came to the Hall,” remarked Andy, as they sat down. “My, what a pickle we did get that professor in!” he chuckled, referring to a series of incidents, the particulars of which were related in “The Rover Boys at Colby Hall.”
“I wonder if we’ll ever meet old Asa Lemm again?” remarked Fred.
“Sure!” returned Randy. “He’s like a bad penny—bound to turn up some time.”
The young folks ordered soup for a first course, and this was quickly served. Mary and Martha sat at the larger table with Andy and Randy opposite, while Fred and Jack occupied the smaller table on the other side of the car.
The soup was finished and the young folks were waiting to be served with the more substantial portion of the meal, when suddenly Fred, who was looking toward the far end of the dining car, pressed his foot down on that of his cousin.
“What is it?” questioned Jack quickly.
“Here come Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell,” was the low reply.