While this was going on, Nick and Patsy set out on the rather hopeless task of trying to find Chick in a large and strange city.
It was nearly night when they set out, and they wandered about an hour without discovering trace of Chick. Finally they reached the Broad Street station in their wanderings, and as they stood in front of it they saw Lannigan approach and enter.
“Chick’s somewhere around,” remarked Patsy.
“Unless he’s lost Lannigan,” said Nick.
“Chick never loses anybody,” said Patsy.
And to confirm his statement, Chick walked up to them.
“You can drop Lannigan,” said Nick, “for we have got on to his movements and know he will be where we want him to-night.”
“Don’t you think,” said Patsy, “it would be just as well to find out what Lannigan is doing here in the station?”
“Perhaps so,” said Nick. “It will do no harm.”
“Lannigan has been as busy as possible,” said Chick. “He’s led me a chase up and down into all sorts of queer places. He’s got a funeral on hand.”