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 they noticed a little knot of curious people gathered by the curbstone, and saw a close carriage driven rapidly away.

"Move on!" exclaimed a burly policeman. "It's nothing at all except a fellow resisting arrest. Move on, please."

The two boys would have been glad to wait for Roy; but as the guardian of the night emphasized his order by resting his club lightly against Joe's back, they concluded that they had better move on. They walked the length of the block and then returned, but no Roy Sheldon was in sight. There were but few people coming out of the hall now, but there was the watchful policeman with his ready club and his stereotyped command:

"Move on, please. Don't block up the walk."

"Roy has certainly come out before this time, and that blue-coat has driven him away," said Joe. "He knows the road to the hotel, and there's where we shall find him."

The boys turned about and went down the street again, and the first thing that attracted their attention when they entered their hotel