He went to the next corner, and there found another mark. This was plainer, and still indicated that Chick was going up the Bowery.
“These are last night’s marks,” said Patsy to himself. “If he has kept it up all night, we must get to him in time.”
He pursued his inquiries up the Bowery as far as the old armory, and there, seeing that the marks still tended to the north, returned to Rivington Street to meet the chief.
Arriving on that corner, he found Nick awaiting him.
It did not take the two long to exchange the additional information that had been gained by each since they had parted.
“You have been right from the beginning in this matter, Patsy,” said Nick.
“The two men who stole those papers from Lannigan’s room were Spike Thomas and Bally Morris. They carried them to Spike’s rooms and hid them away there. Still, I yet think we followed the proper course.”
“But the question now is,” said Patsy, “who has got the papers now, and who were the third thieves?”
“Who does Spike think were the thieves?” asked Nick.
“He thinks they are two young toughs who live in the same house, and who saw them stowing away these things.”