The detective would have liked to follow, but it was his business to spot Snell.
So he stayed where he was.
Some three hours passed, and then the stranger returned.
He went into the saloon, and almost immediately came out again with Snell.
They walked away rapidly.
Patsy was after them.
Thinking that there might be some such excursion as this, the detective had bought a horse.
The animal was stabled a few doors from his lodging house, where he could be got quickly, and he was kept saddled all the time.
But there was no use for him on this trip.
The men walked through the city, and they acted as if they were in a hurry, but they walked, and Patsy thought it better to follow them in the same way.