"Yes."
"She's gone away. Did you see where she went?"
"She went over to New York in the boat, about twenty minutes ago."
"Did she go alone?"
"No; there were two boys went with her."
Martin asked for a description of the boys, and realized to his intense disappointment that his plans were foiled, and that Rough and Ready had recovered his sister. He was provoked with himself for leaving her, and his vexation was the greater that he had not only lost Rose and the money she might have made for him, but also the sum which the newsboy stood ready to pay for the return of his sister.
"Confound the luck!" he muttered. "It's always against me."
CHAPTER XXVI.
CONCLUSION.
"Now," said Rufus, "we'll surprise Miss Manning. She won't be expecting you."
"Do you think Mr. Martin will come after me, Rufie?" asked Rose, anxiously.