The clerk looked surprised.
“No,” he replied. “I didn’t get any such request. Wait a moment until I see the telephone operator.”
He consulted the girl at the telephone, and was back in a moment. “No message of any kind came from your room to-night,” he announced.
“But one of your bellboys brought it up,” persisted Joe.
“Which one of them was it?” asked the clerk, pointing to a group of them lounging about.
“None of them,” responded Joe, as he ran his eye over them.
[CHAPTER XXVII]
CHAMPIONS OF THE LEAGUE
“There are three more of the bellboys doing various errands about the hotel,” replied the clerk. “If you gentlemen will wait around they’ll be back in a few minutes.”