"Got no proof on him."
"You said he was his pal."
"Yes, but I couldn't prove it, only my word for it, that's all. He wants to lay me out for giving the snap away."
"How do you know he does?"
"Do you think he wants to thank me, give me a new suit of clothes and invite me to dine with him at Del's?" and Fred gave the least tinge of a sneer to his tones as he spoke.
"Well, hardly," Bob replied, laughing good-naturedly. "It is well enough to know what the fellow wants, though."
Fred did not reply, and Bob added:
"He'll find you out, anyway."
"Yes, so he will. Better go back and see what he wants. I'll go with you. He can't do us both up."
"Come on. Let's go and see if he is there," and the two young friends turned and made their way back to the Astor House where they had sent him.