Rupert accompanied Mr. Packard to the hotel, having agreed to relieve another bell-boy from midnight till six o'clock the next morning.
When he reached the hotel he found it a scene of excitement. The bell of No. 61 had been ringing violently for some time.
The other bell-boy had come downstairs in a panic.
"I can't get into No. 61," he reported. "There is somebody dead or murdered there."
CHAPTER XIX. WHAT HAPPENED IN NO. 61.
"Come upstairs with me, Rupert," said Mr. Malcolm, the clerk. "You've got a head on your shoulders. We'll soon find out what's the matter."
They ascended in the elevator to the third floor, and made their way hurriedly to No. 61.
There was a sound of a child crying inside. Mr. Malcolm tried the door but it was locked.