They had hardly gotten into the courtyard when they saw Dempsey and Lannigan with the others behind them, appear on the little bridge above them.
At the same moment, the large doors of the lower floor of the rear house were thrown open and a man appeared before the two detectives, who said:
“What in creation are you doing here?”
“Only looking around,” said Patsy.
“Well, look around somewhere else,” said the man.
“What is it, Tom?” asked Dempsey from the bridge.
“Oh,” said Chick, “he’s growling about our coming out here.”
“Well,” said Dempsey, “what are you doing there?”
“Nothing,” replied Chick. “We went out of the wrong door and are going back.”
Followed by Patsy, he returned to the saloon.