Crabtree. They were just in time to see him leaving the hotel,
valise in hand.

"He's off," said Tom. "I wonder where he is bound?"

"Let us follow him and find out," returned Dick,

This did not prove to be an easy matter, for at the foot of the
hotel grounds Josiah Crabtree jumped into a stage which was in
waiting, bound for the depot.

"He's off on the train, I guess," said Sam, and the others were
inclined to agree with him.

Down at the river shore nothing could be seen of the Falcon, and
they concluded that Mumps had also taken himself off.

The morning was spent around, the hotel, in reading the
newspapers and taking it easy out on the beautiful lawn.

"Hullo, here's a novelty!" cried Tom presently, and pointed to an
Italian who was coming up to the hotel. The fellow had a small
hand organ and a trained bear and two monkeys. The monkeys were
dressed in red, white, and blue, and sat on the bear's back as he
trotted along.

"He's going to give us a performance," said Sam, as the Italian
came to a halt in the center of the grounds.

"There they go!"