“Then he returned to the house.
“I laid around the place for several hours, thinking he would come out. He did not put in an appearance, and I proceeded to make inquiries.
“Then I discovered that he was not in his room, and I knew he had left the hotel.
“I haven’t been able to get on his trail.”
“The deuce!”
“That cove is like an eel.”
For a time the men were silent.
Carter realized that Brockey had been tracking him, and saw that in the future he would have to be more cautious.
It was only by a mere stroke of good luck that he had slipped out of the hotel unrecognized.
Finally, Darwin looked across the table at his companion, and said: