“What are you coming at?” he growled. “Think I’m going to hit him with my fist?”
“No. I am watching for a man who is in that hotel. I must not miss that man when he comes out.”
“How is he connected?”
“I have followed him pretty nearly three thousand miles, trying to watch him night and day. Four times he has given me the slip, and four times I have picked up his trail again. I have tried in every possible way to accomplish my purpose before he could reach this place, but thus far I have failed.”
This was interesting, and yet Packard failed to see how it was related to Merriwell.
“I’ll explain,” said the Westerner. “This man is the bearer of an important message to Frank Merriwell.”
“Ah! that’s it?”
“Yes.”
“Well, you can’t stop him now unless you kidnap or kill him.”
“I don’t want to stop him.”