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`` Not if they find Hoppy , '' grimly replied Red . They tore through Santa Fe , only stopping long enough to wet their throats , and after several hours of hard riding entered Alameda , where they found Hopalong in the manner narrated . After some time the three left the room and headed for Albuquerque , twelve miles to the south . At ten o'clock they dismounted before the Nugget and Rope , an unpainted wooden building supposed to be a clever combination of barroom , dance and gambling hall and hotel . The cleverness lay in the man who could find the hotel part . CHAPTER VII . The Open Door The proprietor of the Nugget and Rope , a German named Baum , not being troubled with police rules , kept the door wide open for the purpose of inviting trade , a proceeding not to the liking of his patrons for obvious reasons .