CHAPTER XIXCHICK’S STRANGE ENCOUNTER
The three detectives went to the door, but on reaching it, Merton said:
“I think I’ll have to leave you here. My business will make me stay here, for I see that my man is getting pretty well loaded, and I must keep an eye on him.”
Chick and Patsy therefore shook hands with him, thanking him for the assistance he had given them.
While they talked at the door, a young man and a young woman entered from the street and, walking some distance into the place, suddenly stopped, peered forward earnestly, and then hastily turning, went out into the street again.
The action had been observed by Patsy, who made up his mind that they had seen somebody at the tables they desired to escape. He watched them go to the corner and engage in earnest conversation.
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