"
"Well, we can find out. You set down over there in the window and be
reading a paper. I'll go out and follow him. If he comes back this
way, you take a good look at him and give me the high sign if it's one
of 'em. And if it is, he'll be connectin' up with the other one,
sooner or later. I'll jest keep my eye on him, anyway. You say he had
on a dark suit and is dark-complexioned and young?"
"Yes--that one. The other was bigger and taller and had light hair and
gray eyes. Both of 'em were in their range clothes on number three."
"All right." And the plain-clothes man hastened out and up the street
until he had "spotted" Pete, just entering the doorway of the express
office.
Pete came out presently, glanced about casually, and started back for
the room. Half a block behind him followed the plain-clothes man, who
glanced in as he passed the hotel. The conductor nodded. The
plain-clothes man hastened on down the street. He saw Pete turn a
corner several blocks south. When the detective arrived at the corner
Pete was just entering the door of the little clothing-store next to
the restaurant.
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