“How?” asked Hodge.
“I will find a way.”
They walked up into the city, Frank hurrying forward in advance. The Windsor Hotel had not closed for the night, and they went in there, where Frank registered for them all.
“Now,” he said, “you had better go to sleep, fellows. I have some work to do myself, but you can’t help me.”
“I couldn’t sleep if I tried,” declared Diamond. “Let me go with you.”
“All right; but the others must turn in and try to sleep.”
“What are you going to do, Merry?” asked Hodge.
“I am not certain yet what I shall do. Sleep, as I have told you. I shall try to get some sleep myself before morning.”
He seemed as calm as possible, now. To look at him and hear him speak, a stranger could not have dreamed that he had just met with such a loss.
Diamond asked no questions as he and Merriwell left the Windsor. Jack was confident that Merriwell knew what he was about.