“We struck the right man,” he said.
“What do you mean?” questioned the girl.
“This fellow must have done some dodging before, for he knows all the tricks, and he can double on his own tracks in the most artistic manner. He will earn his tenner, all right.”
“Then do you think we’ll give Jones the slip?”
“I think we have done so already.”
At Ninth they turned northward and proceeded three or four blocks, when the cab rounded a corner into a side street and the driver called down that he had lost the fellow.
“And earned your money handsomely,” declared Merry. “You shall get the coin.”
“Where will you go now, sir?”
Merry consulted Hilda.
“I shall permit you to take me home now,” she said. “I am going to tell you all the story and ask your advice, for I am in sore need of it.”