The Rover Boys out West Part 28
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"If I see Wumble shall I get him to wait for you?" he said.
"If you wish. We will be around to-night and also to-morrow morning to see him."
"All right."
The boys walked off and around the corner into the street where the cars were running.
"I don't like him at all," exclaimed d.i.c.k. "I believe he is tip to some game."
"Oh, you may be too suspicious," declared Sam. "What game can he be up to? He was kind enough to help us hunt up this Jack Wumble."
"I don't care--his manner doesn't suit me at all. He's a sneak, if ever there was one."
The boys walked on for a distance of several blocks, and then coming to a nice-looking restaurant went in for dinner.
While they were eating d.i.c.k happened to glance out of the show window of the place and gave a low cry.
"What is it, d.i.c.k?" asked Tom.
"I thought as much. That man is watching us."
Sam and Tom gave a look, but by this time Henry Bradner had disappeared from view.
"You are sure that you saw him, d.i.c.k?" asked Sam.
"I am positive. Boys, do you know what I think? I think he is a sharper, and imagines he has three green country boys with money to deal with."
"Well, if he thinks that he is much mistaken," was Tom's comment.
"In the first place we are not so very green, and in the second our cash account is rather limited."
"We spoke about a mine, and he may imagine that we carry several thousands of dollars with us."
"If he's a sharper why did he try to find Wumble for us?" asked Sam.
This was a poser and d.i.c.k did not pretend to answer it.
The dinner finished, they walked forth once more and down into the heart of the city.
They soon found what looked to be a fairly good hotel, and engaged a large room with two beds for the night.
"Now we can take a look around," said Tom.
The best part of the afternoon was spent in sight-seeing, and the boys visited Lincoln Park, Jackson Park, the museum, menagerie, Masonic Temple, and numerous other points of interest.
They were returning to the hotel at which they had registered for the night when suddenly Tom caught his brothers by the arm.
"Well, I never!" he gasped. "What do you think of that?"
They saw he was gazing across the way, and looking in the direction saw an elegant hotel, over the broad doorway of which was stretched the sign:
WESTERN PALACE GEORGE LAVELLE, Proprietor.
Established 1871.
"By jinks! That Bradner deceived us!" gasped d.i.c.k. "This must be the hotel father mentioned."
"But what about Jack Wumble?" began Sam. "He was registered at the other place."
"Did you see the register?" demanded d.i.c.k.
"No, but--"
"We'll soon learn the truth," went on the elder Rover. "Come on."
And he made his way through the ma.s.s of moving wagons and trucks to the opposite side of the thoroughfare.
All entered the broad hallway together. The floor was of marble, and big mirrors lined every wall. Certainly the place was in sharp contrast to that known as the "Palace of the West."
Walking up to the office counter d.i.c.k inspected the register. On the third page from the last written upon he found the entry:
"Jack Wumble, Denver; Room 144."
"There, what do you think of that?" he demanded, as he showed his brothers the entry.
Both were dumfounded, and for the moment knew not what to say.
d.i.c.k turned to one of the clerks.
"Is Mr. Jack Wumble in?" he asked.
The clerk looked at the row of keys behind him.
"No, sir; he's out."
"Have you any idea when he will be back?"
"I have not. Perhaps he is back already and over in the smoking room."
"I don't know him personally, but I am very anxious to see him."
"I'll have a boy look for him," returned the clerk, and called up a bell-boy, who took d.i.c.k's card and went off with it to the smoking room and the dining hall, calling softly as he pa.s.sed one man and another, "Number 144! Number 144!"
Presently the bell-boy came back, followed by a tall, thin, and pleasant-faced man of sixty, wearing a light-checked suit and a broad-brimmed slouch hat.
"This is the gentleman, sir," he said to d.i.c.k.
"Are you Mr. Jack Wumble?" asked d.i.c.k curiously.
"That's my handle, lad," was the answer, in a broad, musical voice.
"And I see your card reads Richard Rover. Any relation to Andy Rover, as used to be a mining expert?"
"I am his son."
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