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e q that Gordon) echlned on. the Sse Hates: 4 : He loo d | about the public rooms in}- He, too, looked through the public ¥ e hotel for Trim and not finding him, | rooms of the hotel thinking it possible Raited for half an hour or more In the that Gordon might have waited up for iv. oie Then as Trim did not return,. him. s Gordon decided that he would | postpone! ‘The detecgwe had learned nonin? of the game of billiards and go to bed. Importance during the evening. ce Accordingly he went to ay s room and | had no reason, EPS ae, for stay ing up ~ prepared for sleep. longer. Perhaps it was because he was the; When he found that Gordon was not companion of a detective that he took|in sight he concluded that the young ves man had gone to bed and went to his own saa Ordinarily kh he Pen ata ale have closed |toom, which was on the same floor with the door and got into bed without any Gordon’s and next door to it. ae of danger; this time, however, | Trim glanced naturally at Gordon’ Ss _ he saw tl at‘the door was securely locked. |door as he unlocked his own. He saw Tt was” st hotel doors, once} that it was closed. close 1 could be opened} Having entered his own room he closed Sate es a the outside ony “a means of a or the soos ben ind him and started toward th the davkocad he stumbled against a apie and overturned it. It went down - ‘He put his Rey 2 | upon or Bacon and | ‘with a loud crash. then examined ‘‘Confound it!’’ thought Trim, ‘‘why | It was a corady room and had Bis | ‘didn’t Istrike a match before starting winds “down and | 2°Toss the room. I’m afraid IJ have waked |up everybody around.”’ Se - UU ' these looked out upon a fire li sated bod} was waked pal D3 Lis Poy a aes | i ithere was nothing to show it, for na esc The other window was cown,| |: ae ti Nie thing in that part of the hotel was as lot fastened, and when Gordon raised 1a = I 2c hx miu teeing but quiet as before. 1 bet 3 basi _ Trim replaced the chair i in an upright . him and the street four Be /position and twenty minutes later was ee bis 2 tat, sound asleep. He tried to > leave this window partway Next morning he was up early, and the adi it fresh air, but it Stat thing he did was to. inquire at 4h d that th as ord was broken and the otice whether anybody had called for $s ee ae him or had left a message. Gordon “sought for “some way to keep| No one had done so.’ . : window open, and finding os dinie j ‘‘T suppose it’s a little too early for a opped it up with a lead pen- Charley to be routed out,’’ Trim thought: — ‘1 ae ) and so he went out for a stroll. tig Fa =e - He walked about the streets for a half =e aE ay -- | —