"Certainly," answered the clerk.
Our hero soon found the entry, "Frederic Vernon, Chicago," and after it the number of his room--643.
"Mr. Vernon is stopping here, I see," he said to the clerk.
"Yes, he just went up to his room. Do you want to see him?"
"I won't bother him to-night, thank you," rejoined Robert, and walked out.
He felt pretty certain that Frederic Vernon had retired for the night, but in order to make certain he hung around for the best part of an hour. As Vernon did not re-appear he concluded that the young man had gone to bed.
"Now to find Mr. Farley and explain everything to him," said Robert.
In looking over the directory he found a long list of people by that name, and of this list three were lawyers.
Which of the three could be the man he was after was the question.
"I'll have to go it blind," said our hero to himself, and called a passing hack.