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`` Well , all they can do is to watch him , Sam . And you keep close by , in case anything more happens , '' added Dick , and then told his brother of what had been done in the metropolis towards straightening out the business tangle . Mr. Powell was to see some people in Brooklyn regarding the land deal in which Anderson Rover held an interest , and he had asked Dick to meet him in that borough at four o'clock . At three o'clock Dick left the Outlook Hotel to keep the engagement . `` You had better stay here until I get back , in case any word comes in about Tom , '' said he to his father . `` Very well , Dick ; I shall be glad of the rest , '' replied Anderson Rover . He had already given the particulars of how he had been kidnapped while on his way to meet Japson .