It was not many minutes, however, ere the chief of police arrived.
"I've been talking with Graves, gentlemen," announced the chief, "and
I'm wholly satisfied that the rascal, Hodges, is the first one we want
to find. When we get him we'll try to make him tell who's behind him."
"Did you get anything out of the four fellows you caught night before
last?" asked Jack Benson.
"Not a word to amount to anything, so far," replied the chief. "But
their case was continued a week by the court, and I'll find a way to
make 'em talk! Just now, my whole thought is centered on finding
Hodges."
"He isn't stopping at this hotel?" asked Jack.
"Not much! He wouldn't wait for us to come and gather him in like
that," answered the chief. "No; I'm dragging the town, and I also have
a man at the railway station, and another watching the water front."
"I can't understand how the fellow who called himself Hodges ever got
Judson to write him a letter of introduction to me," muttered Mr. Farnum.
"Do you know Judson's writing?" asked the police chief, suspiciously.
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