The latter two went off for a sight-seeing expedition alone, and a group of cadets also started on a “voyage of discovery” together.
But Scott Clemmons separated from all the others, saying that he had friends to visit, and punctually at eight o’clock he entered the Astor House, the place of his appointment with Barney Breslin.
New York is a large city, but yet people who are friends will run upon each other there in a most unaccountable manner. Two cadets were seated in the gentlemen’s parlor and saw Clemmons when he came along the hall.
A moment after they saw him joined by Barney Breslin, and the two, after some parley, entered the dining room together.
“Well, that looks friendly, Merrill.”
“It certainly does, Perry,” was the answer.
The appointment had been as faithfully kept by Barney Breslin as by Scott Clemmons.
“Well, I have come,” said the latter.
“You are wise,” was the reply.
“What is it, now that I am here?”