"Coming with us, Truax?" asked Williamson, as the party passed out into a
dimly lighted street.
"No," replied the fellow, sullenly. "I'll travel by myself."
"You're welcome to," muttered Eph, under his breath.
The others climbed the steps to the State Capitol grounds, continuing
until they reached one of the principal streets of the little town.
"Say, but this place must have gone to sleep before we got ashore,"
grumbled Eph. "Hanged if I don't think Dunhaven is a livelier little
place!"
"There isn't much to do, except to wander about a bit, then go to the
Maryland House for a good sleep on shore," Jack admitted.
For more than an hour the submarine boys wandered about. The principal
streets contained some stores that had a bright, up-to-date look, and in
these principal streets the evening crowds much resembled those to be
found in any small town. There were other streets, however, on which there
was little traffic. In some of these quieter streets were quaint,
old-fashioned houses built in the Colonial days.
"Annapolis is more of a place to see by daylight, I reckon," suggested
Hal. "How about that sleep, Jack?"
"The greatest fun, by night, I guess, consists in finding a drug-store and
spending some of our loose change on ice cream sodas," laughed the young
submarine skipper.
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