“And I have nearly one thousand in bills,” spoke the professor, in a whisper. “We will have enough. The robbers would never suspect me of carrying money. Listen; it is in the box with the big lizard and the bat, and no one will ever look there for it,” and he chuckled in silent glee.
“Then I guess we can go on,” said Jerry. “But I wonder who it was robbed us?”
“I suppose it was the Mexican brigands that hang about every hotel,” said Ned.
“I’m not so sure of that,” went on Jerry. “You know Noddy Nixon and his crowd are not far off. It may have been they.”
“That’s so; I never thought of them,” said Ned.
“Did you recognize any one?”
“The fellow who grappled with me had a mask on,” said Jerry. “But I thought I recognized that fellow Dalsett. However, I couldn’t be sure.”
“I didn’t get a chance to see my man,” Ned added.
“The fellow who came for me had a voice like Bill Berry’s,” put in Bob. “If I could see his ear I could soon tell.”