CHAPTER XXI
TRACING RETTO
Larry took another survey of the apartment to see if there were any more clues that might aid him. But the one that had so unexpectedly come to his hand was all he found. The place showed evidences of having been hastily vacated.
"I'll see Mr. Jackson," he decided. "Perhaps he can tell me something. He was interested in this queer man."
He lost no time in going to the rooms of his friends. They were glad to see him, and asked a number of questions about his mother, sisters and brother. But Larry, as soon as he could, turned the subject to Retto.
"He's gone," he told Mr. Jackson.
"I supposed he had. I saw the janitor taking his things from the room this morning."
"Do you know where he went to?" asked the young reporter eagerly. "I want to find him."
"I haven't the least idea."
"I wonder if the janitor would know," Larry went on.