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`` I am not going to tell any of them -- at least , not for a week or so longer , '' returned Dick . `` I am living in hope every day that we 'll get some kind of a clew . '' It had rained hard the day previous , but now the sky was clear . With but little to do in the offices that afternoon after three o'clock , the Rover boys took a walk up Broadway from Wall Street to where the Outlook Hotel was located . `` It certainly is a busy city , '' was Tom 's comment , as they came to a temporary halt in front of the post-office . `` Just look at the stream of humanity and the cars and wagons , not to speak of the automobiles . '' `` What takes my eye , is the size of so many of these buildings , '' declared Sam .