Still he had not wasted his time.
"They will meet there to-morrow night, eh?" he muttered. "Well, it would not be a very difficult thing to have an officer on hand with a warrant for this stranger."
He went straight to his room, hoping to find Hodge there.
He did. Bart was seated in his favorite attitude, with his feet on the table, and a cigarette in his mouth!
CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE RING DISAPPEARS.
"Bart!"
The exclamation of mingled surprise and reproach came from Frank's lips.
Hodge had made a move to conceal the cigarette, but discovered he was too late.