"I think you'll have to," returned the clerk, quietly. "You can
go in to breakfast, if you like, but you must afterward leave
the hotel. John," this to a bellboy, "go up to number forty-seven
and bring down this gentleman's luggage."
"You and the boy are in a conspiracy against me!" exclaimed
Coleman, angrily. "I have a great mind to have you both arrested!"
"I advise you not to attempt it. You may get into trouble."
Coleman apparently did think better of it. Half an hour later
he left the hotel, and Luke found himself alone. He decided that
he must be more circumspect hereafter.
CHAPTER XXX
A DlSCOVERY
Luke was in Chicago, but what to do next he did not know.
He might have advertised in one or more of the Chicago papers
for James Harding, formerly in the employ of John Armstrong,
of New York, but if this should come to the knowledge of the
party who had appropriated the bonds, it might be a revelation
of the weakness of the case against them. Again, he might apply
to a private detective, but if he did so, the case would pass out
of his hands.
Luke had this piece of information to start upon. He had been
informed that Harding left Mr.
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