"I reckon you'll have to call it square," laughed the policeman. "He was a slick one."
"He was, sir."
"You are a stranger in the city, I take it," went on the policeman, with a glance at Ralph's country clothes.
"Yes."
"You want to have your eyes open in the future, or you'll be robbed again before long.
"If you sleep in a room with others, pin your money fast inside of your shirt. Then they can't get it without waking you up."
"Thank you, I'll remember that."
"I shall watch out for that sharper, and nab him the first chance I get."
"That's right; he ought to be arrested."
"The trouble will be that there will be no one to make a complaint," went on the policeman.