"You already have other company," murmured Hibbert apologetically.
"No; most decidedly we must not intrude on you."
"How do you do, Mr. Colquitt?" was Dr. Bentley's greeting. Then other introductions followed, and, ere he knew it, Hibbert and his friends were members of the party and destined to partake of the barbecue feast.
The oldish-looking man with the new arrivals proved to be Mr.
Calvin Page.
"He's the millionaire father of the missing boy that Colquitt and I are trying to find," Hibbert explained to Dick.
"Have you any clue, as yet?" Prescott inquired.
"Nothing worth while," sighed Lon Hibbert.
"It's too bad," murmured Dick. "Mr. Page is a fine-looking man, but he must be lonely."
"He is," agreed Lon Hibbert.
"His wife is dead, isn't she?"
"Yes; and Page would give the world to find that boy of his."