He had lost the trail, as he quickly found, for Ramsay and Starlick had vanished from the building in which they had been but a few minutes before.
“I’ll slide around to the house and tell Nick about it,” said Patsy to himself. “He may want to give me fresh instructions.”
Nick Carter was not at the house, however, nor was Chick.
They had gone out together, Patsy was told.
He waited a long time for one or the other to return, but they did not come.
“I’ll have to go to Boucicault’s,” thought Patsy; “and I can’t wait any longer for Nick.”
Before he went, he left the following memorandum on Nick’s desk:
“Yasmar’s real name is Ramsay. Latter name used by his pals. Guess he is one of the two men you want. Ramsay and his side partner, Starlick, are to meet a man named Gillman in Boucicault’s place, Hamilton Street, Brooklyn, at ten to-night. Look out for a couple of boxes of doped cigarettes.