They set off side by side, taking care that Snipper should not notice them.
A half dozen blocks were covered, and the old gymnast and his two companions turned into a low-looking drinking resort.
Passing the place, Leo and Barton Reeve saw the men take a drink and then walk into a back room.
At once Leo led the way through a side yard belonging to the drinking resort.
Here was a window opening into the back room, and standing close to this the two could hear and see all that was going on.
The men were counting over several bags of money.
This finished, one of them brought out several bundles of unsold tickets.
“When can you get more for us, Snipper?” asked one of the circus swindlers.
“I don’t know. They have discovered this loss already,” replied the second-rate gymnast.
“Didn’t you put it off on the boy, as you said you would?”